TNA breaks links with LTTE
The members who have settled in London are S. Jeyanandmoorthy, P.
Ariyanethiran, Thangeswari Kathiraman (All from the Batticaloa district),
Padmini Sithamparanathan and Selvarajah Kajendra (from the Jaffna district)
and Vino ...
<http://lankabiznessnews.com/2009/02/01/tna-breaks-links-with-ltte/>
LankaBiznessNews.com
<http://lankabiznessnews.com/>

Tamil Sydney - UN subtly abets Colombo's genocide - Says Sri ...
... has no moral or humanitarian grounds to urge the civilians to submit
themselves against their will into the hands of those who commit genocide
on them, said Batticaloa parliamentarian S. Jeyananthamoorthy on Saturday.
...
<http://www.tamilsydney.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1790&Itemid=37>
TamilSydney.com News
<http://www.tamilsydney.com/>

Asterpix Interactive Video - Vaharai Aftermath 01:43 More than 200 civilians were killed and hundreds of others injured in the five-month long Sri Lanka military offensive carried out in sea, air and ... http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.asterpix.com/console/%3Favi%3D14024831&source=video&vgc=rss&usg=AFQjCNEKE-XUnUIBC1GiUODnypToSQQA2A

TNA breaks links with LTTE

Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka

One of the MPs from the Batticaloa district had visited 16 countries last

year, but failed to visit his electorate during the past four years, they

said. ...

<http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090201/News/sundaytimesnews_01.html>

Overseas employment for LTTE surrendees
Sunday Observer - Columbo,Sri Lanka
Those who surrendered were first rehabilitated at the camps, located in
Jaffna, Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts and later received vocational
training ...
<http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/02/01/new17.asp>

South Asia Refugee Rights Monitor: UNHCR calls for security for ...
By South Asia Refugee Rights Monitor
Most of the more than 200000 people displaced during fighting between
Government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the
eastern districts of Trincomalee and Batticaloa have returned home over the
past two years. ...
<http://aprrnsarg.blogspot.com/2009/02/unhcr-calls-for-security-for-east.html>

UN subtly assists Colombo's genocide - Jeyananthamoorthy MP

Siber News Media - New York,NY,USA

Sharply reacting to statement of the United Nations, Tamil National

Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian for Batticaloa district, Senathiraja

Jeyananthamoorthy, ...

<http://www.sibernews.com/200901311529/>

North and Eastern province get 120 nurses | First Lanka
The Batticaloa Teaching Hospital will get 06 nurses. Ten nurses will be
sent to the Kalmunai Base hospital. Ashraff Hospital in Kalmunai will
receive 10 nurses while the Kantale Base hospital will get 10 nurses. ...
<http://firstlanka.com/english/defence-news/north-and-eastern-province-get-120-nurses/>

Sri Lanka: 'UN subtly abets Colombo's genocide' - MP

... said Batticaloa parliamentarian S. Jeyananthamoorthy on Saturday.

"Hitherto, the UN and the International Community have only demonstrated

their miserable failure in making the Colombo government to observe human

rights. ...

<http://australiantamil.com/?p=3649>

Sri Lanka: Shut down observed in East despite SLA threats
... the killing of Tamils in Vanni was totally observed in the East in a
peaceful manner despite harassment and threats by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) of
severe consequences for those taking part in the shut down, sources in
Batticaloa said. ...
<http://australiantamil.com/?p=3635>

GANDHI UNITY-PROGRESS PARTY: THE GREAT TAMIL LEADER OF SRILANKA ...
By Shan Nalliah / GANDHIYIST
When he was District Judge of Batticaloa and in the Fourth Class of the
Civil Service, Sir Arthur Gordon appointed Arunachalam over the heads of
about thirty seniors, among whom was Mr. (late Sir) Alexander Ashmore, to
act in the office ...
<http://gandhiunity-progressparty.blogspot.com/2009/01/sir.html>

NE province get 120 nurses
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
Ten nurses will be sent to the Kalmunai Base hospital. Ashraff Hospital in
Kalmunai will receive 10 nurses while the Kantale Base hospital will get 10
...
<http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/01/31/news21.asp>

Boost for East
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
He mentioned that initiatives have been taken to establish all Government
offices for the coastal areas of Ampara district at Kalmunai.
<http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/01/31/news42.asp>

Shut down observed in East despite SLA threats

TamilNet - Sri Lanka

People in Batticaloa, Ampaa'rai and Trincomalee districts observed the

shut down closing their shops and refraining from attending offices, ...

<http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28219>

Britain at War: Rumbled for tobacco smuggling
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Some time in '43 the "City of Marseilles" bound for Madras got a bit too
near the coast just off the small town of Batticaloa on the East side of
the Island ...
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/britainatwar/britainatwarreadersmemories/4400151/Britain-at-War-Rumbled-for-tobacco-smuggling.html>

Passage to Prison « Peter Ratnadurai's Weblog

In 2006 and 2007, UNHCR constructed several "refugee camps" in

Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts; these only succeed in serving as

holding centres from where white vans picked up young Tamils on a daily

basis. ...

<http://peterratna.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/passage-to-prison/>

Peter Ratnadurai's Weblog

<http://peterratna.wordpress.com/>

Sri Lanka: Batticaloa district Tamils condemn killing of Tamils in ...

The Association of Tamil People (ATP) in Batticaloa district vehemently

condemns the systematic killings of the Tamils in Vanni by the Government

of Sri Lanka (GoSL) while urging the International Community to come

forward to stop the ...

<http://australiantamil.com/?p=3622>


free humanities study guide: An Exploration into Eurasians the ...

By arts and entertainment

It is now only spoken in the parts of coastal towns of Trincomalee and

Batticaloa in the eastern part of the Island. Most of its vocabulary is

from Portuguese, but its grammar is based on that of Tamil and Sinhalese.

...

<http://humanities-study-guide.blogspot.com/2009/01/exploration-into-eurasians-burghers-of.html>

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At least 50 LTTE militants and 44 civilians killed in intensified ...

... Four civilians and three SLAF personnel killed in LTTE-triggered

claymore mine explosion in Trincomalee District · Two civilians and a

Policeman killed in Batticaloa District · Priest Killed in his Temple In

Sri Lanka Fighting ...

<http://hindu.theuniversalwisdom.org/least-50-ltte-militants-and-44-civilians-killed-intensified-fighting-mullaitivu-district>

Latest Hindu News - Uniting world...

<http://hindu.theuniversalwisdom.org/>

A people on the run
Himal Southasian - Kathmandu,Nepal
The LTTE followed up with unprovoked massacres in two prominent Muslim
villages near Batticaloa that had attempted to keep out of the violence.
...
<http://www.himalmag.com/A-people-on-the-run_nw2819.html>

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6, Kotte, Western Province, 125 914, 16, Dalugama, Western Province, 74

129. 7, Kandy · Central Province, 119 186, 17, Maharagama, Western

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Western Province ...

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Batticaloa district Tamils condemn killing of Tamils in Vanni
TamilNet - Sri Lanka
The Association of Tamil People (ATP) in Batticaloa district vehemently
condemns the systematic killings of the Tamils in Vanni by the Government
of Sri ...
<http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28207>

spring to life: 30 lost years
my colleage in batticaloa told me this about his life (he's only 37).
roughly 30 years this conflict between ltte and the sinhalese majority now
scars the life, public as well as private. when he was 17 he had to flee
his village, ...
<http://spring2life.blogspot.com/2009/01/30-lost-years.html>
spring to life
<http://spring2life.blogspot.com/>

Nod for 18 landing sites, three anchorages
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
The program has identified three locations, Vakarai (in the Batticaloa
district), Sainthamarudu (in the Ampara district) and Suduwella (in the
Matara ...
<http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/01/30/news15.asp>

Extreme hydro-meteorological events (hurricanes, especially Wilma ...

S. Raveendranath, Eastern University, Sri Lanka: Environmental. components

of vulnerability after the tsunami in Sri Lanka ...

<http://portal.worldwaterforum5.org/wwf5/en-us/ForumKnowledgeBase/4th%20World%20Water%20Forum/Programme%20of%20the%20Forum/Sessions/Session%20Summaries/FT5/FT5.28%20Final%20Report.pdf>



Sri Lanka/L3 Farmers - WikiEducator

Dec 31, 2008 ... The official launch, held in Hambantota in southern Sri

Lanka in April ... Open University of Sri Lanka ... Eastern University, Sri

Lanka ...

<http://www.wikieducator.org/Sri_Lanka/L3_Farmers>



Eastern University Sri Lanka | Google Groups

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to this group: eastern-university-sri-lanka@googlegroups.com ...

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Eastern University massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jan 9, 2009 ... Eastern University , Sri Lanka (official website).

Retrieved from "http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_University_massacre"

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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_University_massacre>



List of Records in School of Economics Publications Fedora ...

Journal of Science - Eastern University , Sri Lanka, 3 1: 30-54. 2.

Asafu-Adjaye , J. and Dzator, J. (2003) Willingness to Pay for Malaria

Insurance: A Case ...

<https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/collection/UQ:3817?rows=5&pager_row=236>

Sri Lanka: Tamil youth abducted in Ampaa?rai
Unidentified armed men abducted a Tamil youth 9 January around 8:30 p.m in
Kalmunai police division as he was returning home with his mother in a
three-wheeler, being just released by Kalmunai police who had arrested him
in a cordon and ...
<http://australiantamil.com/?p=3604>

Kalmunai Municipality, Ampara District, Sri Lanka
Kalmunai Municipality, Ampara District, Sri Lanka.
<http://www.kalmunai.org/>

Sampath Bank moves into North and East
Sunday Observer - Columbo,Sri Lanka
Bogahalande together with his team will visit Batticaloa and Kalmunai from
January 27-29 to recruit experienced bankers as well as new entrants from
the ...
<http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/01/25/bus03.asp>

Rotary International District 3220 : 2008-09: The Greatest Asset ...
By DG Nalin
RC of Kalmunai (from 16 to 20) + 25% 3. RC of Colombo Central (from 31 to
37) + 19% 4. RC of Kuliyapitiya (from 47 to 55) + 17% 5. RC of Kandy (from
62 to 70) + 13% "Top 10" Clubs in absolute number of Members 1. RC of
Colombo - 103 ...
<http://rid3220y2008-9.blogspot.com/2009/01/greatest-asset-of-rotary-membership.html>
Rotary International District...

School destroyed by tsunami is rebuilt by SOS Children's Villages ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
This school is situated in Kalmunai, 300 kilometres east of Colombo and 45
... The coastal Ampara district, where Kalmunai is located, reported more
than ...
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/JBRN-7NJFT3?OpenDocument>

School destroyed by tsunami is rebuilt by SOS Children's Villages ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
This school is situated in Kalmunai, 300 kilometres east of Colombo and 45
... The coastal Ampara district, where Kalmunai is located, reported more
than ...
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/JBRN-7NJFT3?OpenDocument>

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Registration of Suppliers and Contractors for Supply of Timbers ...
Applications arc invited from Suppliers, Manufacturers and Contractors who
wish to register themselves with Eastern University, Sri Lanka for the
supply of ...
<https://www.dgmarket.com/eproc/np-notice.do~3254656>

RoseCharities - Words, Thoughts and Ideas

By RoseCharities

Wednesday 31st May 2006. Team departs YVR for In... ► April (3). Doctor

of the Fallen Turtles: Kratie Province Camb... 26 November 2005 - Kalmunai

SriLankan Hoop Dreams ... www.RoseCharities.org The Name. ...

<http://rosecharities.blogspot.com/2009/01/huge-congratulations-and-our-best.html>

Sri Lanka: Muslim family man shot injured in Ampaa?rai
Unidentified armed men opened fire Tuesday around 9:30 a.m on a Muslim
family man riding a bicycle along Hanifa Street in Kalmunaikkudi in
Kalmunai police division in Ampaa?rai district, seriously injuring him,
Kalmunai police said. ...
<http://australiantamil.com/?p=3477>
Australian Tamil

Rotary International District 3220 : 2008-09: TRF - Annual Program ...
By DG Nalin
RC of Kalmunai - Per Capita US$40.63 8. RC of Trincomalee - Per Capita
US$37.52 9. RC of Kelaniya - Per Capita US$36.67 10. RC of Colombo South -
Per Capita US$34.48 "TOP 10 Clubs" in Total contributions: 1. RC of Kandy -
US$4396.30 ...
<http://rid3220y2008-9.blogspot.com/2009/01/trf-annual-program-fund-contributions.html>
Rotary International District...
<http://rid3220y2008-9.blogspot.com/>

Sri Lanka: Karuna group men abduct washerman in Kalmunai
Karuna group armed men arriving on a motor cycle and a three-wheeler
abducted Thursday around 3:30 p.m a washerman from his house at
Cheaniakkudiyiruppu Kiddangki area in Kalmunai in Ampaa?rai district,
according to a complaint lodged ...
<http://australiantamil.com/?p=3445>

Sri Lanka: Catholic priests appeal to UN to intervene in Vanni
Register ・ Login ・ WordPress ・ XHTML. ← Sri Lanka: Karuna group men
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intervene in Vanni. January 18th, 2009 ・ No Comments. Catholic priests and
other religious ...
<http://australiantamil.com/?p=3447>

On the Edge ...: Losing and Finding
By Henry Victor, Ph.D
Formerly Senior Lecturer at the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka and Eastern
University, Sri Lanka. Research interests include World Religions, Islam,
Christian Theology, Spirituality. I am committed to promote Inter-Faith
relationships ...
<http://henryvictor.blogspot.com/2009/01/losing-and-finding.html>
On the Edge ...
<http://henryvictor.blogspot.com/>

North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka (province) - Sri Lanka Research ...
North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka - The North Eastern Province of Sri Lanka
is the merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka into.
<http://www.123exp-geography.com/t/18621082483/>

Sri Lanka: US Government renovates five schools in Trincomalee ...
Asian Tribune - Bangkok,Thailand
... (USAID) and USPacific Command, is rehabilitating five schools in
Trincomalee District and one hospital and two schools in Batticaloa
District. ...
<http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/15139>

Thirumavalavan to fast to death, demands New Delhi to stop war in ...
... Thirumavalavan to fast to death, demands New Delhi to stop war in Sri
Lanka1.13; Sri Lanka: LTTE booby trap kills STF commando, injures 2, in
Batticaloa1.13; Sri Lanka: Pillayan group men abduct Tamil civilian, in
Batticaloa1.13 ...
<http://australiantamil.com/?p=3401>

Sri Lanka's War On Journalists | newmatilda.com
Another is targeted in an eastern town, Batticaloa, and shot three times
but miraculously survives. Others disappear from a town in the north,
Jaffna, and are never seen again. A newspaper editor is shot in Jaffna in
an act that ...
<http://newmatilda.com/2009/01/13/sri-lankas-war-journalists>
newmatilda.com - Independent...

... During 2008 all humanitarian mine action activities were undertaken
from MAG's operational base in Batticaloa; MAG is currently undertaking
resource . ...
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US Pacific Command embarked upon development in Trincomalee
TamilNet - Sri Lanka
Five schools in Trincomalee district and one hospital and two schools in
Batticaloa district are to be rehabilitated. Amman Nakar school and Arafa
Nakar ...
<http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28000>

EASTERN UNIVERSITY, SRI LANKA
Non Academic Staff. 330. Posts without Salary Code. 6. Total. 536. EASTERN
UNIVERSITY, SRI LANKA. Summary of the Staff. EUSL.
<http://www.ugc.ac.lk/policy/approved_cadre/cardre%202007/summary/10EUSL2007.pdf>

Italy to finance water projects

The Italian Government has decided to participate in the financing of the UNHCR Special Project to improve water and Sanitation Services in selected operations in 2008/09.

Among the funds made available by the Italian Government, 250,000 Euros has been allocated to finance activities in IDP camps in Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Vavuniya, Batticaloa and Trincomalee, for the construction of water wells, rehabilitation of water wells in the area of returnees, promotion of good hygienic practices, states an Italian Embassy press release.

Eastern Troops Find Claymore

A SNAP search, launched by troops of the 23 Division inVALAICHCHENAI, BATTICALOA recovered a claymore mine, weighing about 2 kgs from the area on Sunday (4) around 5.00 p.m.. 

     The claymore mine, believed to have been brought there by Tiger infiltrators, has been placed with the intention of causing bloodbath or taking it elsewhere for a terrorist mission. 

Batticaloa District - IDP information

Sri Lanka: Batticaloa District - IDP 

information updated as at 31st December, 

2008 & Access information updated as at 

31st December, 2008

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Child injured in SLA gunfire in Batticaloa

A one and a half year old child was seriously injured Wednesday around 2:30 a.m in the indiscriminate gunfire by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers from their camp located in Makilloor Ka?n?nakipuram in Ka?luvaangchchikudi police division in Batticaloa district

 

Afro-Sri Lankans

Afro-Sri Lankans Few know that in the fascinating ethnomosaic that is Sri Lanka, there is a community of Afro-Sri Lankans. They are the Kaffir of Puttalam and Batticaloa districts who stand out with their kinky hair. Historians say that they were brought by the Portuguese to Sri Lanka via Goa in the 16th century, converted to Catholicism, and made to work under very exploitative conditions.The Dutch, who followed the Portuguese, used 4,000 of them to build the Colombo Fort. Sadly, even after five centuries today, the Kaffir are mainly manual labourers. Over the years, most have merged with the Sinhalese, and only about 215 families still retain their identity. Even these have no knowledge of their original tongue, Afro- Portuguese Creole. But amazingly, the Kaffir’s vigorous Afro-Portuguese musical and dance tradition has survived the ravages of time and cultural onslaughts.

Bishop Kingsley Swampillai, Bishop of Batticaloa and Trincomalee, was expressing

Bishop Kingsley Swampillai, Bishop of Batticaloa and Trincomalee, was expressing the concerns of many locals when he complained of continuing abductions, violence and killings. It is a self-defeating policy to promote one armed group of fascists against another. And it is pity that continuing calls for a respect for the rule of law are being ignored. Sooner or later, such a policy will come to haunt the government.

Karuna Amman alias Vinayagamorthy Muralitharan was spotted swinging the night away at Bentota Beach Hotel

The Beauty & The Beast, at Bentota Beach

Dushy Ranetunge at Bentota

Karuna Amman alias Vinayagamorthy Muralitharan was spotted swinging the night away at Bentota Beach Hotel on 31st December accompanied by a lady he introduced as his girlfriend.

His wife and children are in London.

Other goons hovered while attempting to gyrate to the rhythms amidst the discomfort of pistols lodged in uncomfortable crevices.

Lasantha Wickrematunge and his delightful new wife, Sonali Samarasinghe, both of the Sunday Leader fame, quickly rose from their table and excitedly greeted Karuna Amman, who was gyrating on the dance floor.

Karuna wore a silky, shiny, black shirt. They say that you can take a man out of Batticaloa, but that you cannot take Batticaloa out of the man. Or was it Jaffna?

The woman introduced as his girlfriend was hanging onto Karuna’s neck, while Karuna was attempting to navigate unsuccessfully holding on to the lady’s hips. The hold on the neck was too uncomfortable and he pushed her arms down.

Here was a man who is held by many to be responsible for the cruel execution of some 600 unarmed policemen who had surrendered during a ceasefire, and the abduction of Tamil children for use as child soldiers. Today in Sri Lanka, he has Michael Jackson star status and is a member of parliament after having been locked up in Britain for violation of Her Majesty’s immigration regulations.

The Karuna entourage included a "white man" dressed up in a Mahinda Rajapakse costume. He too was gyrating uncomfortably, as his skirt was getting in the way of his movement.

With the Bentota beauty queen prizes all being scooped up by the Russians and the Ukranians, the "white man" in the dress was overheard commenting that Karuna’s girlfriend should have entered the competition. Since I was one of the three judges, I could authoritatively state that her chances of success had long odds.

Observing developments were two gentlemen from the old country. They could be described as "the groper" as his wife frequently complained of her husbands wandering hands. The other was a thong spotter, who was having a field day with the place crawling with Russian and Ukranian beauties. His wife was joining in the fun.

The "groper" whispered if he should go up to Karuna and ask him if he enjoyed his sojourn in the Queen’s country at her Majesty’s pleasure.

The "thong spotter" was too busy beating a hasty retreat with his family in case a suicide bomber should decide to add to the new year fireworks display at Bentota.

Another, a legend and a great thinker, who enjoys his cigars, speculated about the future of Karuna Amman.

He wondered if the man would be pardoned for his war crimes. The "groper" from the old country interjected stating that no pardon has been yet forthcoming and that perhaps charges should be filed in the courts, local and international.

An opinion was expressed that although some may regard him as Michael Jackson, others may have not forgotten, and that a suspense account may have been opened with a debit entry, in anticipation of a corresponding credit entry in some future date to facilitate the closing of the account.

The Italian, Luca Pacioli, the inventor of double entry book-keeping would be proud.

They say that accountants never die, they only lose their balance.

As midnight approached, the elegantly dressed ravishing Sonali took to the floor with Lasantha, with Karuna Amman gyrating with his girlfriend next to them. The Beauty and the Beast were rocking at Bentota Beach.

EPC to seek Indian aid for development

The Eastern Provincial Council which is led by Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan has sought direct assistance from India for the development of the province, resettlement of displaced persons and for launching a relief programme for an estimated 45,000 widows – most of whom have lost their husbands due to the war.

The first round of talks was held this week between an EPC delegation led by Minister M. L. A. M. Hisbullah and Indian High Commission officials in Colombo. The Indian team was led by Deputy High Commissioner Wickram Misri.

Mr. Hisbullah told The Sunday Times that the EPC was trying to obtain aid amounting to US $ 200 million to rehabilitate widows. He said that of the 45,000 widows in the province, 33,000 are war widows. He said the High Commission had sought a detailed proposal of the requirements of the Provincial Council.

The Indian government has also invited an EPC delegation to visit Gujarat on a study tour of dairy farms, food processing factories and agricultural farms.

The Indian government has already donated 22 mini-buses to the Eastern Provincial Council with eight of them for Trincomalee and the rest for Batticaloa and Ampara. The buses are to be used for schools, for resettlement programmes, health and for revenue collection purposes.

An additional three trains comprising railway engines and passenger coaches will be donated by the Indian government next week to the Eastern Province to be used by passengers travelling between Batticaloa and Trincomalee.

Indian High Commission spokesman Dinkar Asthana said he was aware of the buses being handed over, but was not aware about the details of the meeting held this week.

Provincial Council sources said they had launched the campaign to find their own funds as the funds allocated by various donors had not been utilized for the development of the province.

The Chief Minister had earlier appealed to the Provincial Council Secretariat for funds, but had failed to get a positive response. The Council had thereafter decided to seek its own funds, mainly from India which had earlier pledged to support the Provincial Council.

However, the Council was also seeking funds from the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, JAICA and the Canadian government for road development, resettlement, the health sector, the education sector and for improving irrigation and canal systems.

LTTE shoots dead STF commando in Batticaloa

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam shot dead a Special Task Force (STF) commando at Munaikkaadu in Kokkaddichchoali police division in Batticaloa district on Saturday night, LTTE sources in Batticaloa said. The commando killed was identified as M. K. Vijayasiri, 37.

Immediately after the shooting incident at 10.30 p.m. STF commandos started firing in retaliation which left a civilian, Nesarajah Arulampalam, a resident of Munaikkaadu, seriously injured.
 
Arulampalam was admitted to Batticaloa Teaching Hospital.

Two Sri Lankans from Amparai beheaded in Saudi Arabia

Two Sri Lankan from Amparai districts were beheaded on last Friday in Saudi Arabia.

The Sri Lankans were beheaded by the sword on Friday after being convicted of armed robbery and murdering a Sudanese accountant, the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry said.

Two Sri Lankan migrant workers T. Suthakaran from Amparai and Ganesh Meharaj from Kalmunai were found guilty of shooting dead and robbing one Mohammed al-Jakk Mohammed, who worked as a company accountant.

Mohammed al-Jakk Mohammed was shot and killed as he walked out of a bank in Riyadh, after withdrawing Saudi Riyal 2 million in May 2006.

Even in 2007 Saudi Arabian government beheaded four Sri Lankan migrant workers—Sanath Pushpakumara, E.J.Victor Corea, Ranjith De Silva and Sangeeth Kumara—despite years of protest from international human rights organizations and the victims’ pleaded for clemency.

When Asian Tribune contacted Hussein Bhaila, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, he said that the execution by beheading of the two Sri Lankans occurred unannounced on last Friday and it was done without being notified to the Sri Lanka Mission in Riyad.

He said that he has called for a detail report from the Sri Lankan Embassy in Saudi Arabia.

The recent two beheadings were the first to be announced in 2009, while the tally of decapitations announced by Saudi authorities in 2008 stood at 102.

In 2007, a record 153 people were executed in the country, which applies a strict version of sharia, or Islamic law. That figure compared with 37 in 2006 and the previous record of 113 in 2000.

Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking can all carry the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, where executions are usually carried out in public.

In October, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said the number of executions in Saudi Arabia was surging and that the principal victims were poor migrant laborers’ and Saudis without connections.

STF recovers claymore mine during search operation - Kalmunai

Special Task Force (STF) personnel while conducting a cordon and search operation in general area Kalmunai , Ampara, have recovered a 3kg weighing claymore mine, Saturday(Jan 3) at 12.30p.m.

According to MCNS sources, the claymore mine was found near the Sinhala Maha-Vidyalaya.

It had been set to explode when it was detected. 

History of Batticaloa

History of the beginnings

One records it in the history that the people of Mattakkallppu Thamizaham (மட்டக்களப்புதமிழகம்) had lived in this ground during more than 2500 years. The Hindu scripture principal Ramayan also recorded that the crowned tank which was created by Hanuman is localized in the kovil of Mamangeshwarar.

Arrival of Mutkuhar

According to Mattakallappu Manmiyam (மட்டக்களப்புமான்மியம்) Mukkuva or Mutkuhar are known like the first people emigrated with this ground and built seven villages in various sectors. They have immigrant their India shape of people and established the kingdom of the name of Mukkuva.The of the villages and the cities in Batticaloa always holds the historical evedence of the ancient people batticaloan. When Mutkuhar imposed through by salt water and reached the destination of their voyage with the forests located around the lagoon. When they finshes.

The name given by Mukkuva was (Kallpu-Mattam) which means the " literally; border of the lagoon Later this was called (Matta-Kallappu) which indicates that the destination of the voyage and the water of Mukkuva is punt.

Arrival of Thimilar

A group of people of Fisher called " Thimilar" who emigrated of India lived in " Thimilathivu" where the strong first was built by Thimilar for the themself. " Valaikattiravu" who a place where Thimilar fished the massive quantity of fish by using the fishing nets (Valai/வலை). With the begginng there were conflicts between Thimilar and Mutkuhar later which it developed to the war and continued for one long period.

to fight between Mutkuhar and Thimilar

Mutkuhar gained the assistance of another group of people who came in Batticaloa from " Pattaniar" called parInde for the business and have demolishes Thimilar and drive out them far in Verukal/வெருகல் (close to the village boundry of Trincomalee).

The name of some villages are seemed to be the monuments of this war. A village close to morden Batticaloa " Sathurukondan/சத்துருகொண்டான்" called by city (Sathuru=ambush Kondan=kill the enemy) was employed by Mutkuhar attracted in an ambush the enemy. The place where the warriors who drove out behind Thimilar returned with Santhiwelli/சந்திவெளி together are called vitory and met (not of meeting of Santhi=a in all manners +Welli=field) and place of tha the warriors took the rest and celebrated the victory was called Vantharoomoolai/வந்தாறுமூலை (place of Vanthu=coming Aaru=rest Moolai=a took the rest) where the Eastern university of Sri Lanka is today localized.

The place where Mutkuhar accustomed Pattaniar them helped by conquering Thimilar and built the fortress to prevent Thimilar immigrate Eravur/ஏறாவூர் again called. (Era-derivative Erathu= to prevent the oor=place or the village Re-immegrant).

The rule and the expansion of Ellalan

For the period of King Ellalan (545 before JC) of Chola which reigned the majority of Scandinavian, the oriental parties of the country including/understanding ancient Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura were several of the soldiers of Chera, Chola, empires of Pandiya were remained with the existing people of Batticaloa

Etymology

Mattakallappu Manmiyam (மட்டக்களப்புமான்மியம்) is the only resource having the valid resourses events recorded in the ancient word Mattakkallpu de BatticaloaThe consists the words Mattu/மட்டு (honey) of Tamoul or Matta-derivative of Mattam/மட்டம் (flat) and Kallappu named geogrphical.

Mukkuwa called this place like Kallpu-Mattam or boundry of the lagoon later it became Matta-Kallappu or flat Lagoon.Similarly Mattu-Kallppu or the " confluence of the river of miel" became combinig Mattu de Mattakkallppu.When and additional Kallappu and sounnd of " k" added accoding to the rule tamoule lexicon. Consequently it became Mattukkallappu.But by pronouncing Mattukkallppu gives the same noise as Mattakkallppu is marked. Mattakkallppu became of this fact the name of this place. What consists the pure words tamoul employed 2500 years of back Mattu (honey)

References

• Mattakkallappu Manmium
• Batticaloa.com,
• Tamilian Nation, Oya Project

Chikungunya cases rising in Kalmunai

Sri Lanka's health officials today said that Chikungunya fever is spreading throughout the country at an unexpected rate. Dr. Paba Palihawadana, Director of the Epidemic Disease Unit of the Health Ministry, confirmed that over 3000 Chikungunya cases have been reported from various parts of the country within the last week. According the government statistics, the highest numbers of cases were reported from Embilipitiya, Monaragala, Polonnaruwa and Kalmunai. Health officials have already initiated special safety measures to prevent an epidemic of Chikungunya in the Embilipitiya area of Ratnapura District. Dr. Palihawadana urges the people to report to the nearest hospital if any person is suffering from fever.

Two security personnel killed in Eastern Sri Lanka

In the first attack of the New Year, a claymore mine exploded at Samanthurai in Batticaloa this morning killing two security personnel, the police said. According to the police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekara suspected LTTE cadres have launched a claymore mine attack on a group of police officers of the Veeracholai police on a foot patrol. A Civil Defence Force personnel and a policeman at Veeracholai Police were killed, spokesman confirmed. Samanthurai Police are conducting further investigations.