Northern Province (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka: Mannaar-Jaffna bus service resumed after 20 years

The public bus service from Mannaar to Jaffna has been resumed after twenty years in addition to the bus services resumed to Colombo from Mannaar, sources in Mannaar said. Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus leaves Mannaar...

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UN chief welcomes decision to open refugee camps in Lanka!

Updated on Sunday, November 22, 2009, 09:28 IST Tags: New York: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has welcomed Colombo's decision to grant freedom of movement to the displaced Tamils living in the military guarded camps at the Northern...

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Two foreign companies to assist reconstruction of Sri Lanka's Northern rail track

Leading News from Sri Lanka :: * Two foreign companies to assist reconstruction of Sri Lanka's Northern rail track Sun, Nov 22, 2009, 09:29 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 22, Colombo: An Indian company has...

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Sri Lanka: Colombo announces new phase of 'IDP management'

Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother and advisor Basil Rajapaksa MP on Saturday announced that the Tamils held in the internment camps of Vavuniyaa would be free, starting from December 01, to go and live wherever...

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Sri Lanka vows to free 130,000 refugees

Colombo government bows to international pressure to close internment camps that have held civilians since end of civil war with Tamil Tigers Sri Lanka today bowed to international pressure and announced plans to close the...

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UN chief hails Sri Lanka's decision to release more than half of IDPs

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed Sri Lanka's decision to grant more free movement to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and also hailed the government's move to release...

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Lanka to free war-displaced Tamils

Sunday, November 22, 2009 VAVUNIYA: Sri Lanka said on Saturday it would grant free movement to the remaining war-displaced civilians held in internment camps, meeting a key demand of the international community. The government...

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Tamil, Muslim parties meet in Zurich

— PHOTO: AP Relief writ large: Internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils react as they hear the announcement of the opening of all camps for the displaced in Vavuniya on Saturday. COLOMBO: In the first of its kind,...

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Colombo-Jaffna bus service begins

Leading News from Sri Lanka :: * Colombo-Jaffna bus service begins Sat, Nov 21, 2009, 10:53 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 21, Colombo: Sri Lanka Transport Board has started a commuter bus service between...

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Governor protects Northern people from heavy rains

As heavy rains lashed these days in areas in the North, the Governor Northern Province, GA Chandrasiri has advised the officials of the Department of Health of the Northern Province to take steps to commence a special health...

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