Buying Onions From India & China
Jaffna onion cultivators are unable to market their produce, but it is sad that Sri Lanka imports onions from India and China. In Colombo onions are selling for Rs110 per kg. But…
Jaffna onion cultivators are unable to market their produce, but it is sad that Sri Lanka imports onions from India and China. In Colombo onions are selling for Rs110 per kg. But…
Channel 4’s recent programme on Sri Lanka broadcast recently in England. As noted here, … the team making a documentary for Channel 4 was ordered to leave Sri Lanka’s embattled Jaffna peninsula…
Last week Thamil Chelvam’s death was celebrated in the South by lighting firecrackers. About one and a half decade ago, the SLFP supporters in the South did the same on the tragic…
By Shanthi Sachithanandam “Last night was full moon Oh you Sinhala Buddhist For whom breaking even an egg on a full moon day is Adharma How come lives of Tamil people became…
As a family we lived amidst many challenges in the past few years never wanting to leave the peninsula which will always be our home. Even though we witnessed very many battles…
Peace and normalcy are two essential or even sole ingredients for individual and family happiness and community development. Conflicts and commotions, social upheavals and political unrest denial of equal opportunities and inequality,…
Chamath Ariyadasa The coverage by the media of yesterday’s earthquake near Indonesia might be of interest to some readers, and as the editor of JNW, Sri Lanka’s first SMS news agency, I…
12 Sep 2007 12:31:03 GMT Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka issued a tsunami alert on Wednesday for its north, south and eastern districts following a major earthquake in…
President Mahinda is checking the Jaffna peoples’ pulse. Now security forces take census in Jaffna. They collect all the informations Address, ID No, educational qualifications, designation, phone No, mobile No, Bicycle, motorbike…
Security forces are issuing a Special Military ID again in Jaffna. After 1996 when the troops captured Jaffna the forces issued a special ID for Jaffna people. After the CFA they stopped…
All of our politicians says Sri Lanka is a one country and solve the ethnic problem within one nation but they treat Tamils like citizens from another country. One Jaffna Journalist was…
Clearly, Groundviews seems to be doing something right in highlighting the plight of IDPs and refugees in the embattled North and East of Sri Lanka through stories such as and others. The…
Traders on Jaffna Stanley Road are badly affected by the closure of the road. The road is closed for public usage for security reasons and only pedestrians are allowed to use it.…
ඉන්දු ලංක෠ගිවිසුම (1987 ජූලි- 2007 ජූලි): අවස්ථà·à·€à¶šà·Šà¶¯? බලහà¶à·Šà¶šà·à¶»à¶ºà¶šà·Š ද? “ඉන්දු ලංක෠ගිවිසුමෙහි දසවන සංවà¶à·Šà·ƒà¶»à¶º අවස්ථà·à·€ පෙන්නුම් කරන්නේ එහි අරමුණ වු ජනවà·à¶»à·Šà¶œà·’ක ගà·à¶§à·…ුවට දේà·à¶´à·à¶½à¶± විසඳුමක් සොය෠ගà·à¶±à·“මෙහි ල෠à·à·“â€à·Šâ€à¶» ලංකà·à·€ ඇදහිය නොහà·à¶šà·’…
“I have a moral duty to pacify wherever there is irritation given to the Sinhalese. I have a duty to pacify them and tell them our people are at your mercy. They…