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Colombo Page
January 14, 2018
Jan 14, Colombo: A election monitor in Sri Lanka, Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) says candidates of several political parties contesting for the local government institutions in the northern districts of Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu are using separatist songs popularized by the LTTE terroristÃÂ ...
Asian Tribune
January 14, 2018
“A number of candidates contesting local councils in Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts, including a prominent Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) contestant, are using LTTE songs for electioneering,”. "We have travelled extensively in these three districts, during our initiatives to train candidates,ÃÂ ...
Tamil Guardian
January 5, 2018
Officers from Sri Lanka's Special Task Force detained two men in Kilinochchi for the alleged possession of cannabis last week. The Island reports that two people were arrested after being “intercepted” by a team of officers from STF base at Mullaitivu”. The latest arrests come as drug use in the North-EastÃÂ ...
Hiru News
January 4, 2018
Haul+of+mortars+found+in+Kilinochchi. Friday, 05 January 2018 - 12:27. Haul of mortars found in Kilinochchi. 686. Views. Police have found a haul of mortar bombs from a land in Palai, Kilinochchi. Our correspondent said the recovery was made today (Jan. 05). The owner has noticed this when he was digging a trench inÃÂ ...
The News Minute
January 3, 2018
Sounthiyas, a native of Kilinochchi, did not just lose his brother, but also his home in 26-year-long war, that finally ended in 2009. “You lose your land, your identity and your sense of belonging in a war,” he said. In an attempt to document the atrocities he witnessed, he travelled on his bike everywhere, evenÃÂ ...
Hiru News
December 18, 2017
Police say 2 youths were killed in a head-on accident involving 2 motorcycles at Elephant Pass on the Kandy-Jaffna A-9 road, last night. Two other youths, the pillion riders, were also injured and they were admitted to Kilinochchi Hospital with critical injuries. The victims who were riding the motorcyclesÃÂ ...
Hiru News
December 18, 2017
The PLOTE says that it will not contest under the TNA ticket for the Local Government bodies in the Kilinochchi district. It said the decision was taken after the party was not given 20% representation as agreed at the beginning. Meanwhile, nominations for another 248 Local Government bodies will beÃÂ ...
Tamil Guardian
December 31, 1999
The Sri Lankan military continued its militarisation of the North-East last week, as it held a series of civilian activities to mark the New Year. In Kilinochchi, the military once again stepped up its involvemment in activities with Tamil children. Toddlers at the Annai Illam pre-school were visited by soldiers fromÃÂ ...
The Island.lk
December 31, 1999
In this research study, two separate research instruments were used for the quantitative and qualitative surveys amongst the Tamil, Muslim, and Sinhala communities in five districts of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Survey data was gathered from 4025 households in Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu,ÃÂ ...
The Wire
December 25, 2017
About 300 days ago, a group of Sri Lankan people began protesting across the north (in places like Vavuniya, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu) demanding the release of lists of secret detention camps, lists of the detained, or simply information on what had happened to their loved ones. Though the Sri LankanÃÂ ...
Colombo Page
December 15, 2017
Dec 15, Colombo: The Government of Sri Lanka entered into three Loan Agreements worth of US$ 270 million with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the implementation of two projects; Integrated Road Investment Program and Jaffna Kilinochchi Water Supply Project. A loan of US$ 150 million wasÃÂ ...
Colombo Page
December 6, 2017
Dec 06, Colombo: High Commissioner of Canada to Sri Lanka David McKinnon made an official visit to the Thiruvaiyaru Educated Youth Project of Agriculture Products Consumers Cooperative Society (TEYCS) recently in Kilinochchi, where he handed over the "Fruits Collection, Storage, Value Addition,ÃÂ ...
Tamil Guardian
December 1, 2017
A Sri Lankan soldier has been arrested for indecent exposure and sexual harassment after flashing his genitals to a Tamil woman on a bus. Following the incident on packed private bus in Kilinochchi, the soldier alighted and entered the Gajaba regiment camp in Mulankavil. The woman affected alertedÃÂ ...
Tamil Guardian
November 27, 2017
Thousands attend Maaveerar Naal commemorations at destroyed Thuyilum Illam in Kilinochchi. Updated 28/11/2017 06:30 GMT. More than 10,000 people gathered at the Kanagapuram Thuyilum Illam this evening to mark Maaveerar Naal and pay respects to those who gave their lives fighting for TamilÃÂ ...
Daily Mirror
November 26, 2017
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had asked the Kilinochchi District Secretariat to stop work on the restoration of LTTE cemetery in Kilinochchi, sources close to the PM said today. They said that the Ministry of Development Policies and Economic Affairs had instructed the Kilinochchi Pradeshiya SabhaÃÂ ...
Hiru News
December 31, 1999
Police say 2 youths were killed in a head-on accident involving 2 motorcycles at Elephant Pass on the Kandy-Jaffna A-9 road, last night. Two other youths, the pillion riders, were also injured and they were admitted to Kilinochchi Hospital with critical injuries. The victims who were riding the motorcyclesÃÂ ...
Hiru News
December 31, 1999
The PLOTE says that it will not contest under the TNA ticket for the Local Government bodies in the Kilinochchi district. It said the decision was taken after the party was not given 20% representation as agreed at the beginning. Meanwhile, nominations for another 248 Local Government bodies will beÃÂ ...
Newsfirst
August 7, 2017
The Districts of Batticaloa, Ampara, Polonnaruwa, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Ratnapura, Monaragala, Badulla, Matale, Kandy,ÃÂ ...
Hiru News
July 31, 2017
Four individuals have been injured due to an accident which took place in A9 road, near Kandasami Kovil in Kilinochchi and they have beenÃÂ ...
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
July 30, 2017
The Iranamadu tank in the Kilinochchi district has dried up considerably causing much hardships to farmers in the area. The recent droughtÃÂ ...
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
July 22, 2017
In the districts of Kilinochchi, Vavuniya and Mullaithivu, some 80,000 have been hit. “The situation has been worsening gradually for monthsÃÂ ...
Tamil Guardian
July 12, 2017
Troops from the 57 Division of the Sri Lankan army renovated parts of a Buddhist vihara in Kilinochchi last week, according to a report on theÃÂ ...
Daily Mirror
March 27, 2017
Rajinikanth had agreed to visit Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Mannar, Triconamalee and Batticaloa which were all LTTE strongholds earlier.
Tamil Guardian
March 27, 2017
Organised by the Kilinochchi District Agricultural Federation, the protest march saw participation from various civil society organisations as well as several politicians including the Northern Provincial Council's Agriculture Minister Aingaranesan ...
Roar.lk
March 26, 2017
The consultant said that although there had been an increase in the number of patients in areas such as Kandy, Kilinochchi, other parts of the Northern Province, and Bibile, the situation was now relatively better.
Lankaweb
March 24, 2017
They have already become powerful vote blocks for the Conservative and Labour parties in Britain and they have several elected members in the Canadian Parliament including Gary Anandasangaree, the son of former Kilinochchi MP V. Anandasangaree.
ucanews
March 24, 2017
The Sri Lanka's Women Parliamentarians' Caucus traveled to former war-torn Kilinochchi in the island nation's north to speak to women about post-war issues but only met five out of more than 500 attendees.
Lankaweb
March 21, 2017
1981 census shows that 19,334 Sinhalese in Northern Province that comprises the Administrative Districts Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya and Mannar, had lived and owned land. However, overnight, they were driven off from their homes and lands ...
Khmer Times
March 20, 2017
In 1998, Mr. Sivakumar fled the northern town of Kilinochchi, the epicentre of Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war to Vavuniya, 80 km to the south.
Daily Mirror
March 19, 2017
Similarly, Iranativu consisting of the two small islands off the western coast of Kilinochchi occupied by the navy has remained out of reach for over three hundred fishing households that once lived there and fished for generations.
Global Voices Online
March 19, 2017
There have been increased incidents of military intimidation in the last couple of weeks in the Tamil-populated northern parts of Sri Lanka such as Pilakudiyirippu (near Keppapulavu), Paravipaanchan in Kilinochchi, and Puthukkudiyiruppu, human rightsÃÂ ...
Sunday Leader
March 18, 2017
In 1998, the young Sivakumar fled the northern town of Kilinochchi, the epicentre of Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war to Vavuniya, 80 km (50 miles) to the south.
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
March 18, 2017
The consultant said that although there had been an increase in the number of patients in areas such as Kandy, Kilinochchi, other parts of the Northern Province, and Bibile, the situation was now better.
Roar.lk
March 18, 2017
But for women like 55-year old Yogarasa Kanaharanjini, who is currently leading a 200-strong protest by relatives of the disappeared in the war-scarred northern town of Kilinochchi, the idea of the OMP is neither impressive nor promising. "Many ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation
March 17, 2017
In 1998, the young Sivakumar fled the northern town of Kilinochchi, the epicentre of Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war to Vavuniya, 80 km (50 miles) to the south.
MilTech
March 16, 2017
These shortcomings, and the failure to make the OMP operational, have survivors of war and their supporters agitating in the towns of Vavuniya and Kilinochchi right now. Meanwhile, families of the disappeared in the town of Batticaloa who tried to use ...
Daily Mirror
March 16, 2017
In 2011 he noted, in the five districts of the Northern Province there had been 179 cases of sexual abuse of children recorded. It is common knowledge that only about 10 to 15 per cent gets into records.
Lankaweb
March 15, 2017
The decision for new military bases in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi are in accordance with the theory of "give war a chance" and it is not an unreasonable one.
Newsfirst
March 10, 2017
MP Champika Ranawaka: "A student from Kilinochchi will enter the Medical University while a child who obtained the highest marks in Colombo lose that opportunity.
Hiru News
March 10, 2017
The issue relating to clean drinking water has directly affected 13 districts including Trincomalee, Kalutara, Gampaha, Hambantota, Anuradhapura, Jaffna, Mulativu and Kilinochchi. The DMC noted that land containing water springs, being set alight haveÃÂ ...
IRINnews.org
March 10, 2017
(TOP PHOTO: Just before the monsoon rains a young tractor owner ploughs a rice paddy field as the sun sets in Kilinochchi in 2012.
EconomyNext
March 7, 2017
In Kilinochchi in the northern province, where 23,438 hectares were sown, 36 percent or8,470 hectares was drought hit with 1,000 fully destroyed already.
IRINnews.org
March 6, 2017
Close to one million people in drought-hit Sri Lanka are in "urgent need of food assistance" with tens of thousands needing "life-saving support", according to an assessment by the government and the UN that has yet to be made public.
Hiru News
March 6, 2017
A total of 244 individuals were identified with influenza N1H1 virus during the past three weeks in Kilinochchi area. It is reported that 25 of them were pregnant mothers.
Colombo Page
March 5, 2017
... on the 30th of March over Anuradhapura killing at least 40 people including 4 Russians. According to the police, the two LTTE suspects arrested in 2012 in Kilinochchi had revealed that the rebels had fired missiles towards the aircraft from ...
Colombo Gazette
March 4, 2017
I have visited the school and seen the difficult position. The balance land too should be released early. I shall be grateful if action is taken to release the balance land also, to the KIlinochchi Maha Vidyalayam authorities at the earliest ...
The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka
March 3, 2017
The Presidential Secretariat under the directive of the President has taken action to provide tractor bowsers to expeditiously supply water to affected areas.
Daily Mirror
March 3, 2017
Case No. B 85/17 concerning the assassination attempt targeting Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Jaffna district MP M. A. Sumanthiran was taken up at the Kilinochchi courts before Kilinochchi District Judge A. A. Anandarajah on February 27, 2017.
Colombo Page
March 2, 2017
Under the directive of the President, the Presidential Secretariat has taken actions to provide tractor bowsers to expeditiously supply water to the affected areas.
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
February 27, 2017
Plans have been finalised for the Tour De Air Force which will commence on March 3 and will end on March 5. The event is to be held in three stages from Colombo to Jaffna, involving a total distance of 415km.
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