|
|
"LTTE-TNA decide to work united"-Sampanthan[TamilNet, Saturday, 13 April 2002, 18:47 GMT]"The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) have accepted the need to work unitedly,"said Mr.R.Sampanthan, leader of the TNA parliamentary group Saturday evening in a statement on his return to Colombo from Vanni. Mr.Sampanthan told Tamilnet that the three and a half hour meeting with the LTTE leader was a historic event. Full story >> LTTE political group arrives Trincomalee[TamilNet, Tuesday, 09 April 2002, 15:40 GMT]Four members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam arrived east port town of Trincomalee, Tuesday around noon by sea from Mutur. The LTTE members led by Trincomalee district political administrative secretary Mr.Iynkaran were given an emotional welcome when they landed at the town civilian jetty. Full story >> LTTE invites CWC, UPF leaders for talks[TamilNet, Monday, 08 April 2002, 19:03 GMT]The hill country Tamil political leaders have been invited by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for talks on the peace process. The talks will be held on April 14 in the northern Vanni region, political sources said. Full story >> "NE neglected in educational development"-Sampanthan[TamilNet, Monday, 08 April 2002, 19:00 GMT]"Educational development projects which have been funded by the World Bank and other countries are being implemented only in Sinhala areas. No foreign funded educational development program has been implemented in Tamil areas. This is a shameful situation. It is a blatant and disgraceful discrimination of Tamil medium schools and Tamil medium education in this country," said Mr.R.Sampanthan, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentary group leader speaking at the committee stage debate on the votes of Ministry of Education in parliament Monday. Full story >> LTTE ban to be lifted on May 1 - minister[TamilNet, Sunday, 07 April 2002, 22:17 GMT]The proscription of the Liberation Tigers, imposed in 1998 by the former People’s Alliance regime, will be lifted on May 1, according to a minister of Sri Lanka’s United National Front government. Mr. T. Maheswaran, Minister for Hindu Religious Affairs, declared the government’s intent whilst speaking at a conference for Divisional Secretaries at the Jaffna District Secretariat Sunday afternoon. Full story >> TNA parliamentarians to meet Thamilchelvan[TamilNet, Thursday, 04 April 2002, 11:49 GMT]All Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarians have been invited by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for a top-level discussion on the on going peace process . Mr.S.P.Thamilchelvan, the head of the LTTE's political wing has sent invitations to the TNA parliamentarians. Full story >> Buddhist priest lights lamp at LTTE function[TamilNet, Wednesday, 03 April 2002, 12:27 GMT]Mr. Poovannan, the head of the LTTE's Civil Administration Division, raised the Tiger flag and Rev. Siyambalagaswewa Thero, the chief monk of the Vavuniya's Buddhist temple, lit the ceremonial lamp at the opening of the political office of the Liberation Tigers in the northern border town Wednesday morning. Everyone who was gathered at the function observed two minutes of silence for the LTTE's war dead when the function commenced at 10.30 a.m. Full story >> PTA accused freed after four-year detention[TamilNet, Wednesday, 03 April 2002, 12:25 GMT]The Anuradhapura High Court Judge Wednesday discharged an accused indicted under the Prevention of Terrorism Act when the defence proved that the Police did not give enough time to the accused to make up his mind before making a confession. The accused who had been in prison for four years and six months since his arrest was later released. Full story >> Tigers arrive in Vavuniya, address meeting[TamilNet, Monday, 01 April 2002, 11:34 GMT]
Full story >> SLA harassment continues -Sampanthan[TamilNet, Sunday, 31 March 2002, 19:57 GMT]Tamil civilians residing in villages in the Eachilampathu division of the Trincomalee district, held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were being subjected to severe body checks and interrogation by government troops stationed at the Sri Lanka Army checkpoint at Mahindapura said Mr R Sampanthan, who personally witnessed these activities Saturday. Full story >> Diplomats of forty nations shown Jaffna by FM[TamilNet, Thursday, 28 March 2002, 15:28 GMT]Diplomats from forty countries visited Jaffna Thursday, accompanied by Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mr. Tyronne Fernando and Minister for Rehabilitation Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena. The high commissioner of India, Mr. Gopalakrishna Gandhi, was among the diplomats who toured Jaffna Thursday. The group saw the burnt out shell of the Jaffna public library and the ruins of the Chavakachcheri town before visiting the SLA's Forward Defence Line on the A9 highway at Eluthumadduval where work on the entry point to the peninsula scheduled to open on 8 April is in progress. Full story >> SLMM officials arrive Trincomalee[TamilNet, Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 16:03 GMT]The Norwegian monitoring team held discussions Wednesday morning with the Trincomalee Government Agent Mr.N.H.K.Nelumdeniya and government military authorities at the District Secretariat. Ms Victoria Lund, a Norwegian who is to head the Trincomalee District Monitoring Committee with another monitor Mr. Pontus Westrom, a Swedish national arrived Trincomalee Tuesday evening. Full story >> CPJ criticizes tardy investigation of journalist's murder[TamilNet, Tuesday, 26 March 2002, 22:36 GMT]The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a report on 'Attacks on the Press 2001' released Tuesday that Sri Lanka Police ignored evidence suggesting that militias backed by a pro-government party may have murdered Nimalarajan in retaliation for his reporting on vote rigging and intimidation during the 2000 parliamentary elections in Jaffna. Full story >> Paramilitaries handover weapons partly[TamilNet, Monday, 25 March 2002, 20:50 GMT]Tamil paramilitary groups operating with the Sri Lanka army began handing over a section of the weapons in their possession from Sunday in Jaffna, Vavuniya, Trincomalee and Batticaloa. The EPDP, a close ally of President Chandrika Kumaratunga, turned in the largest number of weapons to the SLA on Sunday, including mortars and Rocket Propelled Grenades. Addressing the function to mark the handing over of weapons by the EPDP Sunday, Sri Lanka's Security Forces Commander for Jaffna said that the group had rendered yeoman service to the army to fight the war in the north. Full story >> 'Pongu Thamil will continue'- Sampanthan[TamilNet, Monday, 25 March 2002, 20:02 GMT]"We, the Tamil people held 'Pongu Thamil' (upsurge) rallies in Vanni, in Batticaloa, in Trincomalee and shall continue to do so in other districts of the northeast province to demonstrate our support for peace, to demonstrate our commitment to peace," said Mr. R. Sampanthan, the Tamil National Alliance parliamentary group leader, taking part in the budget debate in parliament Monday afternoon. Mr. Sampanthan said: "we, the Tamil people on whose behalf a very strong and powerful military organisation has waged an armed struggle, are trying our best today to resolve our problem peacefully." Full story >> Four thousand demonstrate against SLA in east[TamilNet, Thursday, 21 March 2002, 13:47 GMT]More than four thousand people Thursday demonstrated against the Sri Lanka army in Kiran, 26 kilometres north of Batticaloa, blocking traffic on the main road to Colombo from the eastern town for more than an hour. The demonstration and meeting were organised by civil society groups, NGOs, students and trade unions in the area to condemn the SLA for stripping and pulling down Annai Poopathy commemoration pandols and decorations in the villages of Kiran and Santhively Wednesday. Full story >> Northeast local elections postponed for Sept. 25[TamilNet, Thursday, 21 March 2002, 13:41 GMT]The Election Commissioner Thursday postponed elections to local government bodies in the Northeastern province except the Ampara district for September 25. The Commissioner announced earlier that the elections to north-east local councils would be held on March 25. The Commissioner of Elections Mr.Dayananda Dissanayake made the announced Wednesday after consultations with the Attorney General. Full story >> Fifty thousand at Trinco 'Pongu Tamil'[TamilNet, Tuesday, 19 March 2002, 16:57 GMT](News Feature) More than fifty thousand people thronged the eastern port town of Trincomalee to attend the 'Pongu Tamil' (Tamil upsurge) rally held Tuesday, urging the Sri Lankan government to lift the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and to recognise the Tamil people's right to self-determination. Full story >> "Remove PTA from Statute Book" -Sampanthan[TamilNet, Sunday, 17 March 2002, 10:38 GMT]"The Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) should no longer continue in the Statute Book," said Mr.R.Sampanthan, Leader of the Tamil National Alliance parliamentary group, in a letter to the Prime Minister. "We would strongly urge that the rigorous impact of the PTA on the lives of Tamil detainees and people should not continue," he stressed. Full story >> "UNF to take constructive decision on LTTE ban" -PM[TamilNet, Thursday, 07 March 2002, 21:03 GMT]A parliamentary delegation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Thursday held a wide ranging discussion with the Prime Minister Mr.Ranil Wickremasinghe on several issues, including the lifting of ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the postponement of the local government elections in the Northeast province scheduled to take place on March 25. A spokesman of the TNA delegation told TamilNet that the Prime Minister had assured that the government would take a constructive decision in regard to the lifting the ban on the LTTE at the appropriate time. Full story >>
|
Latest 15 Reports
21.09.24 16:12
 JVP always denied Eezham Tamils’ inalienable self-determination: Anthropology scholar
18.09.24 21:30
Sinhala leftists need careful perusal of Lenin’s definition of Right to Self-Determination |
||
|
Reproduction of this news item is allowed when used without
any alterations to the contents and the source, TamilNet, is mentioned |
URL: http://www.tamilnet.com