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2016: 2016 Jan 29 02:20 UN should refer Sri Lanka to ICC, or setup crim... 2016 Jan 29 02:03 Wounds of war cannot be healed without justice ... 2013: 2013 Jan 29 23:58 Sri Lanka cricket ban getting closer, says note... 2013 Jan 29 22:44 Colonial governor diverts more education funds ... 2012: 2012 Jan 29 16:56 Sinhala gang attacks Tamil residents in Trinco ... 2012 Jan 29 01:26 STF killed Trinco students, Basil Rajapakse tol... 2011: 2011 Jan 29 22:20 EPDP area organizer recovered dead in Vadamaraa... 2011 Jan 29 16:49 Ambassador, an honest man sent to lie for Sri L... 2011 Jan 29 12:13 Kokkaddichchoalai massacre of 65 Tamil civilian... 2010: 2010 Jan 29 17:16 British Politicians express support to Tamil re... 2010 Jan 29 15:26 'Lanka' weekly news paper editor arrested 2010 Jan 29 14:11 STF searches Fonseka’s political office in Colombo 2010 Jan 29 12:45 UK referendum committee releases poll-procedure... 2010 Jan 29 04:42 "Referendum on Eelam is our right and responsib... 2010 Jan 29 03:05 Youth killed, dumped in well in Ki’linochchi 2009: 2009 Jan 29 18:11 ANC urges immediate ceasefire between GoSL, LTT... 2009 Jan 29 17:24 British Foreign Office calls for 'Humanitarian ... 2009 Jan 29 16:06 Pull back Indian military help to Lanka: Thirum... 2009 Jan 29 15:25 Artillery barrage kills 44 civilians, 178 wound... 2009 Jan 29 12:48 UN Rights Chief expresses concern at rapidly de... 2009 Jan 29 11:53 Stop killing Tamils in Vanni now - Jaffna Catho... 2009 Jan 29 11:32 LTTE not opposed to individual right of a civil... 2009 Jan 29 07:14 Tamil youth abducted in Ampaa’rai 2009 Jan 29 07:02 Tamil Nadu journalist burns himself to death co... 2009 Jan 29 06:13 Tamil Nadu parties launch Eezham Tamils Protect... 2009 Jan 29 03:48 10,000 French Tamils demonstrate in Paris 2008: 2008 Jan 29 20:28 5 SLA killed, 15 wounded in Mannaar clash - LTTE 2008 Jan 29 16:12 Contain threats against media, RSF appeals to R... 2008 Jan 29 13:52 Bruce Fein: U.S. Declaration of Independence va... 2008 Jan 29 10:37 Endorsement of media repression in Sri Lanka, a... 2008 Jan 29 10:08 TN Congress scorns freedom of expression favour... 2008 Jan 29 10:07 40 Tamils still in custody after Ja-ela claymor... 2008 Jan 29 09:59 20 killed, 14 wounded, SLA attacks bus carrying... 2008 Jan 29 08:54 FMM Condemns stabbing of Thinakaran associate e... 2007: 2007 Jan 29 17:01 Youth shot dead at Anpuvallipuram 2007 Jan 29 16:47 Youth seeks safety at Jaffna Police station 2007 Jan 29 16:43 Five more arrested in Jaffna for breach of curfew 2007 Jan 29 16:15 Jaffna-wide schools boycott begins Monday 2007 Jan 29 14:23 US backs Sri Lanka, urges talks and access for ... 2007 Jan 29 11:17 Development Vision can't exist independent of c... 2007 Jan 29 10:19 Tamil youth abducted in Eravur 2007 Jan 29 10:08 SL Development Forum begins in Galle under tigh... 2007 Jan 29 10:03 9 Tamil civilians arrested in Colombo 2007 Jan 29 09:03 9 civilians arrested in Jaffna for curfew viola... 2007 Jan 29 05:47 Grenade attack in Vavuniya 2006: 2006 Jan 29 19:19 ILO funds computer center in Mannar 2006 Jan 29 16:02 2948 places of worship destroyed in war, tsunami 2006 Jan 29 15:57 Kalmunai tsunami-affected schools to be developed 2006 Jan 29 15:47 CTTU to raise troop presence near schools with ... 2006 Jan 29 15:07 Passing out parades held for Sea Tiger auxillia... 2006 Jan 29 13:20 SLA troop presence at school entrances irks par... 2006 Jan 29 12:34 Tamil farmer shot dead in Lingapuram 2006 Jan 29 11:16 Three wounded in grenade attack on Vavuniya tra... 2006 Jan 29 03:40 Floods worsen tsunami refugees' woes 2006 Jan 29 01:11 Two attacks against troops Saturday night, says... 2005: 2005 Jan 29 17:19 Ratwatte to give evidence in election massacre ... 2005 Jan 29 15:51 Dissanayake's Rights violated, UNP to petition UN 2005 Jan 29 15:35 Ranil Wickremasinghe leaves for Norway 2005 Jan 29 14:01 TCF assists Eachchilampathu tsunami victims 2005 Jan 29 11:55 WHO aids CHC with medical supplies towards reli... 2005 Jan 29 10:05 US to complete withdrawal of Marines from Sri L... 2005 Jan 29 06:22 Tigers meet Muslim refugees in Ullai 2004: 2004 Jan 29 17:40 Jaffna Police officer arrested for assaulting c... 2004 Jan 29 16:55 WorldBank funded NEIAP Phase II to commence 2004 Jan 29 16:07 Kumaratunge's message read out at UPFA rally 2004 Jan 29 14:29 JVP for elections -Amarasingha 2004 Jan 29 13:15 Thondaman raises questions on alliance call 2004 Jan 29 12:26 Jaffna to launch pro-peace signature campaign o... 2004 Jan 29 12:23 Protesting parents want school back from military 2004 Jan 29 02:21 Kokadichcholai massacre anniversary remembered 2003: 2003 Jan 29 23:38 GOSL, LTTE and WB to meet again in Colombo 2003 Jan 29 23:30 Saudi aid for road construction in Trincomalee 2003 Jan 29 17:13 No evidence that ragging took place - LTTE 2003 Jan 29 15:50 Victims of Mahiladi village massacre remembered 2003 Jan 29 15:39 'LTTE, IRA have political goals' - British Mini... 2003 Jan 29 12:50 "Sri Lankan peace process holds lessons for the... 2003 Jan 29 12:34 ICRC ready to support 24-hour A9 opening 2002: 2002 Jan 29 18:05 EPDP MP further remanded for Kayts murder 2002 Jan 29 18:04 SLA assaults fishermen in Jaffna 2002 Jan 29 17:27 JVP steps up protests against autonomy for Tamils 2000: 2000 Jan 29 22:17 Vasavillan school boycott to continue 2000 Jan 29 20:23 Jaffna Telecom Tower construction delayed 1999: 1999 Jan 29 19:05 Catholic church condemns rigged elections 1999 Jan 29 14:16 Boats attacked in Jaffna Lagoon 1999 Jan 29 14:14 NEPC to open regional offices 1999 Jan 29 12:23 Kadirgamar shaken up, down under 1999 Jan 29 12:11 Serum ban increases deaths -MO 1999 Jan 29 12:05 Women accuse Islamic fundamentalists of attack 1999 Jan 29 12:00 First SLAF passenger flight 1999 Jan 29 11:38 Chavakachcheri library to stay closed 1998:
1998 Jan 29 23:59 Voters said trickling in 1998 Jan 29 23:59 Low turnout in quiet polls 1998 Jan 29 23:59 Poll day begins with deserted streets 1998 Jan 29 23:59 Sporadic violence in Jaffna 1998 Jan 29 23:59 Demonstrations in support of Gen. Ratwatte 1998 Jan 29 23:59 Police rampage in Akkaraipattu 1998 Jan 29 23:59 Election rules breached in Jaffna 1998 Jan 29 23:59 Low turn out at clustered booths 1998 Jan 29 23:59 Voter numbers come in 1998 Jan 29 23:59 Varied results seen in Jaffna polls 1998 Jan 29 23:59 Rigging said underway in deserted Jaffna 1998 Jan 29 23:59 Civilians injured in pre-poll shelling ![]()
A good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes, it is good in itself. Even if by its utmost effort the good will accomplishes nothing, it would still shine like a jewel for its own sake as something which has its full value in itself.
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Know the Etymology: 332 Place Name of the Day: (332 of 500 revised) Koyilā-maṉai/ Kōyilā-maṉai ![]() The temple house; or the house of the temple servants ![]() [15.01.23] ![]() [05.03.18] FIU of CBSL emerges as networked Intel outfit against Tamils in homeland, Diaspora: The so-called Financial Investigative Unit (FIU) of the Central Bank of the unitary State of genocidal Sri Lanka (CBSL), which is led by a Colombo-based ‘Sri Lankan’ Tamil, Indrajith Coomaraswamy, is scheming rigid controls on Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in the North-East with a ‘counter-insurgency’ role. Related Story >> ![]() [15.02.18] Wives of enforced disappeared exposed to nightmare on Valentine's Day: At a stage event organised by the so-called Families of Disappeared (FoD) operated by Colombo based NGO and diplomatic community, Tamil women from the East were exposed to the traumatic experience of narrating their love stories with their husbands. Related Story >> ![]() [20.01.18] STF, SL departments harass resettled Tamils in Madu: The guards and officials of various SL departments as well as the notorious commandos of the StF are repeatedly harassing the 300 resettled and poverty-stricken Eezham Tamils of Ira'ndaam-kaddai (2nd Mile Post), which is located between Madu Shrine and Sinhala militarised Madu Road Junction in Mannaar district. Related Story >> ![]() [15.01.18] Sinhala Buddhicisation stepped up in Trincomalee North: SL Presidential Secretariat in Colombo is exerting pressure on Tamil Divisional Secretary not to interfere in the affairs of extreme Sinhala Buddhist monks, who are engaged in cultural genocide in Kumpu'rup-piddi in Trincomalee North. Related Story >> ![]() [01.01.18] Colombo demonstrates ‘foremost place’ to Buddhism at Champoor: The SL Archaeology Department, extremist Sinhala Buddhist monks, Sinhala governor and his wife are all jointly working for Sinhala Buddhicisation of Champoor, where SL Navy, groomed by the U.S. Pacific Command under the notion of 'military-to-military' engagement, is having its training base for the marines of genocidal Sri Lanka. Related Story >> ![]() [25.12.17] SL Army wages Sinhala-Buddhicisaton of Baron's Cap in Batticaloa Northwest: With the collaboration of ministries of Fisheries and Tourism, 232 Brigade of the Army of occupying Sri Lanka is Sinhalicising the Kudumpi-malai area of Batticaloa district. Related Story >> ![]() [17.12.17] Enduring psychological disaster of families of enforced disappeared conveyed through film: The story writer and director of the award winning short-film, Uru (Trance), 49-year-old Gnanadas Kasinathar, narrates the depth of psychological disaster as witnessed by him on the ground. The film, shot in Batticaloa, is inspired by the stories of long enduring sufferings of the enforced disappeared families. Related Story >> ![]() [13.11.17] Factoring political solution more important than addressing human rights: Not only did the Sri Lankan regime won the war against the Tamil liberation force, it might even win the propaganda war if the problems of Tamils in the island are exclusively focused on human rights to the neglect of the fundamental question of a long lasting political solution, commented Deputy Chief Minister of Penang state in Malaysia, Professor P. Ramasamy, told TamilNet on Monday. Related Story >> ![]() [08.10.17] SL constitutional discourse seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’ policy of genocidal Sri Lanka: The World Bank, the IMF and the WTO are behind the agenda that seeks to permanently lock Eezham Tamils into a Colombo-centric single-unit of genocidal Sri Lanka. The interim report on the constitutional discourse should be seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’, launched by the Agent State in Colombo in September 2017. Related Story >> ![]() [20.09.17] Sathasivam papers on Sumerian-Tamil connections see the light of day: Four pioneering research papers on the Dravidian connections between ancient Sumerian and Tamil, written between 1964 and 1987 by Eezham Tamil scholar, the late Prof A Sathasivam, gain new significance today because of the current advancements in coupling linguistics with DNA studies. Related Story >> ![]() [04.07.17] Understanding ‘Quisling politics’ and facing it with ‘Navaratnam School of Thought’: Eezham Tamils should grasp the synthesis of the Colombo-centric Quisling politics, which is being brought into them by the global powers and regain their strength to address it through the school of thought embraced by enlightened leaders of Eezham Tamils in the past. Related Story >> ![]() [08.06.17] Netherlands-funded CEPA project wages political ‘counter-insurgency’ on Tamils: Colombo-based NGO outfit, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), is tasked to recruit gullible and opportunistic sections of the diaspora expanding Rajapaksa-time ‘KP-Diaspora’ programme. The programme is funded by the foreign ministries of the USA, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Related Story >> ![]() [20.02.16] The Tamil Genocide by Sri LankaThe second edition with over 150 new pages traces the ongoing engagement in the Sri Lankan conflict of Professor Francis A. Boyle, an eminent American expert in international law, from the conflict’s last years to the present pursuit of UN recognition of the Tamil genocide and call for reparations. It is the first book to develop an authoritative case for genocide against the Government of Sri Lanka under international law. The book is available from Clarity Press, Amazon in soft cover or in Kindle version. ![]() [11.11.15] South Africa to Singapore: global Tamils grasping geopolitics to act: The South African conference held in Durban has come out with many demands that are dear to the heart of Tamils, such as demilitarisation, stopping Sinhala colonisation, repeal of the 6th Amendment to facilitate free negotiation etc. But the slip was still showing when the conference avoided the term genocide. What was more ironical that betrayed the deception was the slogan of the conference organizers that called the country they want to salvage as ‘Sri Lanka’, boldly written in Tamil. Related Story >> ![]() [04.11.15] Tamil leadership need not shy away or react to unfair challenge coming from Sumanthiran: Eezham Tamil polity seeking pardon from Tamil-speaking Muslims should be unassuming, but it should come in an enlightening way to the edification of the Colombo-centric agenda or the powers-guided agenda, pursued in the past as well as in the present. Otherwise, it may only amount to conferring impunity to the State in Colombo and its abettors. Related Story >> ![]() [06.05.15] Retired land commissioner of Eastern Province on Structural Genocide against Eezham Tamils: The systematic seizure of traditional lands belonging to the Tamil speaking people of the North-East have been widespread under the guise of archaeological, forest and wild-life conservations and subsequently carried out through the acts of demarcating these lands under the purview of the state apparatuses such as the Archaeological Department, Forest Department and the Wild-life Conservation Department, says retired Land Commissioner of the Eastern Province Karthirgamathamby Kurunathan, in an in-depth video interview to TamilNet. Related Story >> ![]() [05.05.15] TNPF rejects ‘domestic investigations’ upheld by USA: The fact that the United States and the US Secretary of State John Kerry would consider the post January 08th 2015 situation in Sri Lanka, with the new government favourable, is understandable. But, for him to suggest that there is a favourable condition for the Tamils, is stretching too far, said Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) Leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, responding to a question from TamilNet. Related Story >> |
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