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OMP clarifies that it does not have any lists of surrendees or the disappeared

7Jun

By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments

LOCAL

OMP clarifies that it does not have any lists of surrendees or the disappeared

The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) issuing a statement clarified that media reports that it could provide the names of surrendees or the disappeared if a request is made are not accurate and the OMP does not have any lists of surrendees or the disappeared. "The attention of the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) is drawn to several articles in the media as well as social media quoting its Chairperson, Saliya Pieris as having told protesting families at Mullaitivu that the OMP can release the name list of the disappeared during the final stages of the war or those who surrendered to the security forces, if a written request is submitted. This is not accurate," the OMP said. The seven commissioners of the OMP were in Mullaitivu on Saturday, June 2 to meet with families of the missing and...

29May

By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments

Business, Main Story

PM outlines plans for North

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday focused on the need to link the Northern Province with southern development corridors to develop its economy focusing on agriculture, fishing, tourism and manufacturing. Wickremesinghe speaking in Kilinochchi during a visit to the war-affected Province noted that despite the war ending nine years ago, the region had not seen an economic regeneration. He pointed out that despite the development of infrastructure significant challenges, especially on poverty, water and housing access remained in the area and required Government assistance. He acknowledged the region would need a multipronged approach including better education and employment opportunities to improve its GDP contribution and provide better living standards for its residents. ...

Rs. 318 million for development of Mullaitivu

12Apr

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LOCAL

Rs. 318 million for development of Mullaitivu

Mullaitivu District Government Agent Rupawthi Ketheeswaran has said that the district has received Rs. 68 million as an initial step to initiate 156 development projects in the district. The officials said 65 percent of the projects are agricultural projects while 18 percent of the remaining are fisheries projects and all these projects will receive Rs. 318 million. The progress of these projects is to be received in four stages this year, the Government Agent said. Out of the total funding, Rs. 162 million will be received from the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Resettlement while the other monies will be received from the respective ministries. According to the official, 55 projects will be implemented in the Karadian Aru Divisional Secretariat Division, 21 projects in Mantha...

Minister Mangala Samaraweera meets with ‘Mothers of the Disappeared’ in Mullaitivu

2Apr

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LOCAL

Minister Mangala Samaraweera meets with ‘Mothers of the Disappeared’ in Mullaitivu

Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera today met with the mothers of the disappeared and missing in Mullaitivu, who are staging a roadside protest opposite Mullaitivu District Secretariat for the past 390 days demanding to know the whereabouts of their missing children. The mothers of the disappeared presented the facts about their missing children to the Minister and requested him to provide a quick solution. The Minister assured them that officers from the Office on Missing persons (OMP) will be sent to meet them soon to learn about the disappearances and he personally will intervene to ensure that the mother will receive the information they seek on their loved ones. Minister Samaraweera stressed that the activities of the OMP will not be interfered politically ...

Sri Lanka Army to hand over occupied Keppapilavu land in Mullaitivu District to residents

28Dec

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LOCAL

Sri Lanka Army to hand over occupied Keppapilavu land in Mullaitivu District to residents

Sri Lanka Army will officially hand over 133 acres of land it had occupied in Keppapilavu area of the Mullaitivu district today, the Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs Ministry said. The official ceremony to return the land will be held at the Keppapilavu Kovil in Mullaitivu today. The Army has vacated the land and relocated the troops in order to return the land to the general public. The Army has also assured the buildings situated in the area which were utilized by the armed forces will not be demolished and can be utilized by the people. With the return of the land, the Ministry has also taken measures to resettle those who had been displaced at Keppapilavu in the new year. A group of Residents in the area early this year launched a Sat...

Sri Lanka police arrest 31 asylum seekers trying to migrate to Australia

30Nov

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LOCAL

Sri Lanka police arrest 31 asylum seekers trying to migrate to Australia

Sri Lanka Police have arrested 31 persons who were attempting to illegally sail to Australia and New Zealand in fishing boats. Arachchikattuwa Police acting on information received have arrested the 31 would be asylum seekers in the Nagula Eliya area in Arachchikattuwa. The police say the group was waiting to board the boats to migrate to Australia and New Zealand through the sea routes. The suspected asylum seekers are residents of Udappuwa, Mullaitivu and Jaffna. Australia sends asylum seekers arriving in boats to detention centers in offshore islands of Manus and Nauru.

Sri Lanka Army contributes to implementation of many health projects in the North

20Nov

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LOCAL

Sri Lanka Army contributes to implementation of many health projects in the North

Many development programs are being implemented successfully under the guidance of President Maithripala Sirisena and with the contribution of Tri-Forces to uplift the living standards of the people in the North, who were affected by the three decade long brutal war, President's Media Division said in a statement. At present, a large number of projects which were implemented jointly with the Ministry of Health to improve the health facilities for the people in the North have successfully been completed with the labor provided by Army troops. Those projects were launched under the supervision of the Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake. Under this initiative, development activities including the construction of Out Patients Department (OPD) and ward complex of the Marut...

High Commissioner thrashes Canadian Tamil MP’s distorted account on Sri Lanka

13Nov

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Feature, History

High Commissioner thrashes Canadian Tamil MP’s distorted account on Sri Lanka

Ahmed A Jawad, Sri Lanka's High Commissioner in Canada slammed Canadian Tamil MP Gary Anandasangaree's misleading and factually inaccurate article, titled 'Sri Lanka's military aren't ready to be peacekeepers,' published by the 'Toronto Star,' on 3 November 2017 . In a letter to the Editor of Toronto Star, the High Commissioner noted that the Canadian Tamil MP's article does not portray the factual position regarding Sri Lanka's contribution to UN peacekeeping missions, or the progressive developments in the country under the National Unity Government. Disputing the claim made by the MP, who is the son of TULF leader V. Anandasangaree, that the "army occupies as much as 60,000 acres of civilian land just in the Mullaitivu district in Northern Sri Lanka, with massive camps that encroa...