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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Army engineers are nearing completion of a project to restore and reconstruct a 45-kilometer segment of a major highway in the East.
Video - Batticaloa
| 01:11 Kuru maharaji visited Mamangapillaiyar Kovil Batticaloa http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D_prxJtwW0iQ&source=video&vgc=rss&usg=AFQjCNFcvgaVStZ9uslyZ81-LM8d-YsfAQ |
| 00:57 Kuru maharaji visit Mamangapillaiyar Kovil Batticaloa Sri Lanka http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DAuOhAammhjA&source=video&vgc=rss&usg=AFQjCNFLtCgJjKmxyuCFjgyuzUSfm1DB-w |
| 00:33 Kuru maharaji visit Mamangapillaiyar Kovil Batticaloa Sri lanka http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3De3fsWhJOQ9Y&source=video&vgc=rss&usg=AFQjCNEo2F9sH-T9GJkrbfNA9xrbFyNB4g |
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Entire Eastern coastal belt was part of the Kandyan Kingdom
Sri Lanka: 18 Muslim armed groups exist in Batticaloa district
Batticaloa Distance from Colombo 303km
Batticaloa is a city in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka. It is the seat of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka. It is on the east coast, 69 miles south by south east of Trincomalee, and is situated on an island.
Batticaloa is a quiet little place, with a small but well-preserved Dutch fort surrounded by a large lagoon on three sides. The constantly shifting views of land, lagoon and ocean lend Batticaloa an interesting character. A visit to the Kalkudah and Passekudah beaches is a must in the route from Arugam Bay upto Polonnaruwa.
The award-winning French charity Handicap International has a small factory producing artificial limbs in Batticaloa in Sri Lanka’s eastern province
Handicap International’s Sri Lanka director Satish Misra said the number of maimed could be “about 25,000 to 30,000 people”.
He said he had established an emergency centre at Vavuniya last year in anticipation of the demand, and that a team of specialist physiotherapists and occupational therapists were now working with the victims.
Their work has been hampered by a government ban on refugees leaving the camp which means the wounded cannot be taken to his factory in Batticaloa, on the eastern coast, where new artificial limbs are fitted and the patients are trained in their use.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
set up more workshops at Anuradhapura, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Ampara and Kandy hospitals for the benefit of needy children who require artificial li
The organization has planned to invest the money within a period of two years and it will also set up more workshops at Anuradhapura, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Ampara and Kandy hospitals for the benefit of needy children who require artificial limbs and other body parts.
Handicap is also funding a new building complex now being constructed at the Elpitiya General Hospital at a cost of Rs.450 million.
AmeriCares International also funds to provide medical equipment to nurses’ training schools, IDP camps and health centres. AmeriCares International is an U.S. based NGO engaged in social welfare activities in Sri Lanka and has contributed to upgrade the health sector in Sri Lanka significantly.
Monday, June 22, 2009
The Brandix factory in Punani, located in the conflict-recovering eastern district of Batticaloa,
The Brandix factory in Punani, located in the conflict-recovering eastern district of Batticaloa, is looking at doubling export output this year. The factory, yet to be given a name, has been in commercial operation since December last year. Brandix officials say the ‘Punani Project’ is performing well, although the group is experiencing a drop in export orders because of the global recession.
“We are currently producing 20,000 – 30,000 pieces of boys’ denim pants for a European buyer. We are looking at increasing output to about 50,000 – 75,000 pieces by about August-September this year,” the General Manager of Brandix Intimate Apparel, Theodore Gunasekera, told the Sunday Times FT on the sidelines of a press conference with the UNHCR last week. The country’s biggest apparel exporters called a press conference on Thursday to explain its involvement with UNHCR in assisting resettlement of displaced people.
However, the Brandix Punani Project is a separate, Rs 250 million investment by Brandix Lanka, made at the invitation of the government, to help generate jobs in the war-ravaged East. At the moment the factory employs around 220 people from all three ethnic communities.
A majority of the workers are women from families that were displaced due to the conflict and include about 40 rehabilitated ex-LTTE cadres.
Sri Lanka – MIC Newsline – June 19, 2009 – Dengue Casualties Rise – Six Killed within 24 Hours/ War Has Made 49,000 Widows in Eastern Province
Dengue Fever death toll in the country has risen up to 140 with six people dead within the 24 hours ending at 6.00 PM on Thursday the 18th instant. 10,417 people have been affected by this deadly disease according to the Health Ministry.
Gampaha district tops the list of Dengue casualties with 25 deaths followed by Kandy district with 24 and Colombo with 13 deaths. The disease is continuing to spread amidst various actions taken by the Ministry of Health.
According to the Health officials in Batticaloa, there are 317 people identified as dengue victims in the district with six people dead.
War Has Made 49,000 Widows in Eastern Province
“The three decades of war in Sri Lanka has made 49,000 women as widows in the Eastern Province” said Eastern Provincial Council Health Minister M.L.A.M. Hisbullah at a meeting held recently in Kattankudy.
“There are 25,000 widows in the Batticaloa district at present, out of them 12,000 women lost their husbands in the war during the recent past” the Health Minister said further. He said that the Provincial Council collected all these information.
Continuing his speech the minister said that the standard of living of these widows should be uplifted and be encouraged to improve their economic condition. ‘Self employed women in India have improved a lot and contributed towards the development of India. The same way the widows here too should be made to improve their economic status and develop the country’ he said.
Chief Minister’s Secretary Joins the Government Party
With the ending of the one year contract as Secretary to the Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan (TMVP) of the Eastern Provincial Council, yesterday, the former Secretary Mamangarajah has joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). He is to meet the Deputy President and the Eastern Province SLFP organizer, Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan today to obtain his official membership with the SLFP.
DIG To Meet Traders, Jameathul Ulema and the Muslim Community of Kattankudy
The Batticaloa Deputy Inspector General of Police Edison Gunatileke is to meet the traders, Jameathul Ulema and the Muslim community of Kattankudy on Friday the 19th instant. It is learnt he is to discuss about the growing use of drugs, intoxicants and the increasing habit of smoking cigarettes among the youths under the age of 18 years.
He is also to discuss about youths using mobile phones for immoral acts such as viewing pornography films. It is learnt illegal weapons in the possession of a few people in Kattandy will also to be surrendered to the DIG on this occasion.
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EPDP co-ordinator for the Batticaloa district K. Arumailingam being the latest to join the bandwagon.
The trend of Tamil politicians getting SLFP membership continues, with EPDP co-ordinator for the Batticaloa district K. Arumailingam being the latest to join the bandwagon.
According to government sources, Mr. Arumailingam, who is also a member of the Batticaloa Municipal Council, has decided to join the SLFP along with Mayor Sivageetha Prabhakaran. They are expected to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa next week.
Mr. Arumailingam, who acted as the district co-ordinator for EPDP leader Minister Douglas Devananda, has reportedly tendered his resignation from the party. He had earlier been a member of the North-East Provincial Council headed by Vartharajah Perumal.
Minister Vinayagamurthy Muralitharan was the first eastern politician to join the SLFP, the largest party of the ruling coalition. Along with him hundreds of TMVP members too obtained its membership. Political analysts say that the new political phenomenon was a result of the government mounting pressure on the minority parties to become a part of the SLFP.
TNA MP for the Wanni district, Sivanathan Kishore, has also expressed his support for the government’s development work in the Northern Province recently.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Military is still running after Tiger leader Nagulan and Kuilan operating in Batticaloa and Trincomalee
ACTED SRI LANKA - AREA COORDINATOR BATTICALOA
Department: Coordination
Position: Area CoP Position: Area Coordinator Batticaloa
Contract duration: 12 months
Location: Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Starting Date Immediate
Moothoor IDPs relocated against their wish in Ki’liveddi
June 19th, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Brandix, a top Sri Lankan apparel maker, is planning to boost production at a factory built in Batticaloa
"Of the current workforce of 220 working at the factory, 95 percent are women.
"This includes some ex-combatants as well."
In May Sri Lanka said the Tamil Tiger leadership was wiped out in the last redoubt in the north east of the country following a two and a half year war.
Eastern Sri Lanka was re-taken from the Tigers in the early phases of the campaign and local elections had already been held in the area, with a breakaway Tiger leader winning the polls.
Gunasekara said currently the factory is making pocket denim pants and will achieve a target of 50,000 pieces by end September 2009.
Brandix has invested 250 million rupees on the factory.
"The factory was made under a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative," said Gunasekara.
"We want to see if we can commercialize this CSR initiative."
source:http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1065451113
Monday, June 15, 2009
Kattankudy sends 40 cooks to feed IDPs
Forty Muslim cooks from Kattankudy accompanied by two members of the Kattankudy Mosque Federation left Kattankudy for the Wanni yesterday morning in a bus, a pick up and a lorry full of cooking utensils to prepare meals for the people rescued by the security forces from the clutches of the LTTE in the North.
Secretary of the Kattankudy Mosque Federation M. Sabeel, said that the Federation is sending these cooks to the Wanni at their own expense on the request of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, conveyed through the Chief Presidential Advisor and MP Basil Rajapaksa. The Kattankudy Mosque Federation also sent relief goods to the Wanni IDPs some time ago.
Meanwhile it is said the Muslims displaced from the North by the LTTE in October 1990 are also collecting relief items to be given to the war victims in government controlled areas.
Transfers for senior police officers
Senior police officers will be changing places as the Sri Lanka Police effects a series of transfers across the service. The transfers come under the instructions of the Inspector General of Police, based on recommendations by the Ministry of Defence and the Police Commissioner. A press release from Police Headquarters lists the transfers as follows: Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) transfers |
TMVP takes steps to revamp
The TMVP has taken steps to revamp the party to be a ‘considerable political force’ following the defeat of the LTTE, Party Spokesperson Azath Moulana said.
Moulana told The Sunday Leader the party had already taken steps by revamping its political offices in the east and by appointing new members in these districts.
"The TMVP needs to reorganise to be a force to reckon in the Tamil political circles. There is more room for us to do that since the LTTE has been defeated," Moulana said.
There was speculation of a rift within the party following Batticaloa Mayor, Sivageetha Pirapaharan’s decision to resign from the TMVP and join government ranks.
Moulana said that this had not affected the party’s relationship with the government. He said the TMVP would continue to assist the government in its efforts to bring a political solution and to develop the country.
"The TMVP will continue to maintain a friendly relationship with the government and assist in its development and peace efforts," Moulana added.
The TMVP had been plagued by internal rifts in the recent past.
Its former leader, Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan along with a few of his supporters joined the SLFP in March this year following a split within the party.
TNA Batticaloa district MP Thangeswari Kadiraman also hit headlines
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Arumainayagam resumes as GA Batticaloa district
By TamilNet Newswire
Mr. Sundaram Arumainayagam has assumed duties again as the Government Agent
of Batticaloa district with effect from Monday. He was on study leave to
undergo a special course in public administration in Singapore for one
year. ...
<http://www.australiantamil.com/?p=4977>
dengue fever has risen to 91 with the latest incident reporting from Batticaloa last evening. ...
* A special telephone number to help control dengue in Sri Lanka
Colombo Page - Colombo,Sri Lanka
Meanwhile the total number of deaths on dengue fever has risen to 91 with
the latest incident reporting from Batticaloa last evening. ...
<http://www.colombopage.com/archive_091/Jun1244052607RA.html>
Monday, June 1, 2009
With the strong likelihood of the entire TMVP membership taking SLFP
With the strong likelihood of the entire TMVP membership taking SLFP
membership, Batticaloa Mayor Sivageetha Prabhakaran said yesterday that she
had been convinced of the need to join the SLFP as well, following in the
steps of National ...
<http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=50661>
Pictorial Roadside Hopper Makers in Maamangam Batticaloa
While traveling to Batticaloa it's very refreshing to witness the firewood
carriers trying to manage a whole load of firewood on their bicycles and
ride ...
<http://transcurrents.com/tc/2009/05/post_367.html>
Saturday, May 30, 2009
''LTTE was biggest stumbling block for everythin''
Nation on Sunday - Sri Lanka
The 30 year old war has reversed the Tamil community's clock by 30 years,
says Batticaloa District Chamber of Commerce and Industry President N.
Suntharesan ...
<http://www.nation.lk/2009/05/31/inter.htm>
Friday, May 29, 2009
EU funded water and sanitation project in Batticaloa and Kalmunai marks completion
The Final Conference of the European Union funded Water and Sanitation for Settlements in Eastern Sri Lanka (WASSER) will be held on Tuesday 26th May at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo.
WASSER is a partnership between the City of Munich, the NGO EMAS and two Sri Lankan Municipal councils of Batticaloa and Kalmunai. Supported under the Asia Pro Eco II Post Tsunami program of the European Union, it aims to foster environmental restoration in areas affected by the Tsunami.
This project supports the urban poor by rehabilitating and expanding basic infrastructure in the water and sanitation fields in tsunami affected areas of Batticaloa and Kalmunai. Over 200 toilets, 150 tube/dug wells, 50 rainwater harvesting tanks and water connections to over 900 families have been provided under this program. Through the establishment of a well drilling school, a large number of young people have been trained thus creating job opportunities in the field of well drilling.
Within the framework of the project the City of Munich’s experience in developing and applying environmental management and information systems for environment planning and management was passed to Batticaloa and Kalmunai through training programs. A web based collaboration platform has also been established.
A delegation from the City of Munich led by the Mayor Hep Monatzeder will participate together with the Mayors of Batticaloa and Kalmuni and Mr. Bernard Savage, Ambassador, European Union Delegation of the European Commission to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. A large number of participants from Batticaloa and Kalmunai are expected.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
stealing a phone belonging to a person that had come from Batticaloa to apply for his passport
Daily Mirror - Colombo,Western,Sri Lanka
... off arrested an Advanced Level student of Grandpass for stealing a
phone belonging to a person that had come from Batticaloa to apply for his
passport. ...
<http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=50107>
Dengue epidemic worsens Batticaloa
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
The worst hit districts are Colombo, Kandy, Gampaha, Kegalle, Kurunegala,
Kaluatara, Matale, Hambantota, Batticaloa, Matara and Anuradhapura, the
Ministry ...
<http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/27/news11.asp>
Massive funds to revive East
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
The normal life of Easterners has paved the way for rapid development in
the districts of Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Ampara after being liberated
from the ...
<http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/27/news35.asp>
Monday, May 25, 2009
WASSER is a partnership between the City of Munich, the NGO EMAS and two Sri Lankan Municipal councils of Batticaloa and Kalmunai.
Lanka Everything - London,England,UK
WASSER is a partnership between the City of Munich, the NGO EMAS and two
Sri Lankan Municipal councils of Batticaloa and Kalmunai. Supported under
the Asia ...
<http://www.lankaeverything.com/vinews/business/20090525123530.php>
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Lankan Tamil MP Padmanaban passes away
Asian Tribune - Bangkok,Thailand
Tamil National Alliance MP from the Batticaloa district, Padmanaban was
here in Madurai to attend a marriage function of his relative in
Vamsapuram. ...
<http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/17785>
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
More Tiger cadre fall to Army
Hindu - Chennai,India
Separately, the Defence Ministry said a five-member team of LTTE cadre
sighted by the troops in the eastern Periyapillmulai area in Batticaloa
district were ...
<http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/21/stories/2009052155761700.htm>
Eight Tiger rebels killed as Sri Lanka marks victory day
Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India
Small groups of LTTE militants still remaining in the eastern Batticaloa
and Ampara districts staged attacks on the security forces, but were gunned
down ...
<http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/867D1C5C9C4CBD9D652575BC00448E73?OpenDocument>
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Snidespot: Thinking about Batticaloa
By Deborah Snider
Normally these days I find myself immersed in every day sorts of things,
like getting the lawn furniture out and deciding how Tori & I will spend
our days. I don't spend too much time thinking about my past days...
<http://deborahsnider.typepad.com/snidespot/2009/05/thinking-about-batticaloa.html>
Saturday, May 16, 2009
12 killed, including 7 children - Another needless level crossing ...
Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka
... on impact and caught fire after the collision with the train which
comprised fuel bowsers and passenger carriages heading from Gal-oya to
Batticaloa. ...
<http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090517/News/sundaytimesnews_10.html>
12 dead, 45 injured in train-bus collision
Sunday Observer - Columbo,Sri Lanka
... into a bus packed with schoolchildren on an excursion killing twelve of
them and maiming several others at Manampitiya in the Batticaloa area
yesterday. ...
<http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/05/17/new04.asp>
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Vacancy » Area Coordinator Batticaloa
projects range from emergency WATSAN and hygiene programs to economic
recovery and development. ACTED is also expanding its operations into the
Vavuniya region of ...
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7RXJ79?OpenDocument&RSS20=07-P>
Friday, May 1, 2009
Evaluation of effectiveness of mental health training program for ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
A year after piloting its post-tsunami mental health program in Kalmunai in
the North-East of Sri Lanka (Budosan et al., 2007), IMC took the same
mental ...
<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7RMPLK?OpenDocument>
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Richmond get - together
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
An evening of friendship and good cheer to promote fellowship and
cooperation between batchmates of the batch of 98 of Zhaira College,
Kalmunai will be held ...
<http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/01/news60.asp>
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Human Rights Commission Regional Coordinator for Kalmunai Mr. M. M. Zarook
Sri Lanka Breaking News-Daily Mirror Online
Human Rights Commission Regional Coordinator for Kalmunai Mr. M. M. Zarook
lodged a complaint with police claiming that he received death threats from
an organisation called Liberation of Tigers to vacate his duty within 10
days. ...
<http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=47525>
Friday, April 24, 2009
Ministry will not issue letters for admissions
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
... to attend school regularly, Divisional Director of Education MM Ismail
said at the Al-Hilal Vidyalaya Sainthamaruthu in Kalmunai Zonal Education
area. ...
<http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/04/25/news70.asp>
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The Public service: Address the Right Issues!
The Island (subscription) - Columbo,Sri Lanka
I refer to the letter under the Caption "Public Servants who fail their
Exams" by MA Kaleel of Kalmunai in the Island of 17th instant. ...
<http://www.island.lk/2009/04/24/opinion4.html>
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
SAGE journal:Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, SAGE the ...
SAGE journal:Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, SAGE the ...
T. Varagunam, Eastern University, Sri Lanka. Kremlin Wickramasinghe,
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Alistair Woodward, University of
Auckland, ...
<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalsProdEditBoards.nav?prodId=Journal201849>
Monday, April 20, 2009
workshop on Planning the New Higher Education Project for Eastern
EUSL Home Page
workshop on Planning the New Higher Education Project for Eastern
University Sri Lanka and South Eastern University of Sri Lanka was held on
23rd March 2009 ...
<http://www.esn.ac.lk/News&Events/WorkShop/index.htm>
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Karuna faction behind the killing of Kalmunai police training ...
Siber News Media - New York,NY,USA
A leading English, Media has reported that Karuna faction was involved in
the murder of Kalmunai police training school chief MH Jamaldeen. ...
<http://www.sibernews.com/200904192825.html>
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Final battle in the midst of civilians
Last Sunday's killing of Police Superintendent HL Jamaldeen, who fell
victim to a suspected LTTE gunman at Marathamunai in Kalmunai, was a
warning to the ...
<http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090412/News/sundaytimesnews_14.html>
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
26 Tamils arrested in Ampaa'rai
Special Task Force (STF) commandos and police arrested 26 Tamils Tuesday in
a joint cordon and search conducted in Kalmunai and Chammaanththu'rai
police ...
<http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28984>
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Udaya Devi begins its journey to Batticaloa.
| 01:08 Udaya Devi begins its journey to Batticaloa. It is a new Intercity training which operates between Colombo and Batticaloa. The train left Colombo ... http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.videodust.com/p.cgi%3Fcp%3DTamil%26p%3Dd5qC-BGVr24&source=video&vgc=rss&usg=AFQjCNFrnhlycq_NMUmOQDBhSWCFDLELgg |
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Senior police officer shot dead in eastern Sri Lanka (Extra)
Monsters and Critics.com - USA
The officer identified as H Jamaldeen, director of a police training school
in Eastern province, was killed in the city of Kalmunai. The incident comes
less ...
<http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1469102.php/Senior_police_officer_shot_dead_in_eastern_Sri_Lanka__Extra__>
Police SP shot dead by terrorist gunmen - Kalmunai
Ministry of Defence (press release) - Colombo,Western Province,Sri Lanka
Kalmunai area Superintendent of Police (SP) HL Jamaldeen was reported shot
dead by unidentified gunmen at Maradamunai, this evening (April 5) at
around 7p.m ...
<http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090405_12>
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Foreign jobs for Eastern youth
Sunday Observer - Columbo,Sri Lanka
Ranawaka further said that Kalmunai office will be shifted to Ampara
shortly to cater to the needs of a larger number of youth in the district.
...
<http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/04/05/new33.asp>
Friday, April 3, 2009
Karavahu drainage rehabilitation: Kalmunai benefiting
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
The Re-awakening Project has taken steps to rehabilitate the Karavahu
Drainage Scheme in Kalmunai to prevent frequent floods in the Kalmunai area
during the ...
<http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/04/04/news26.asp>