Informes

Following the inter-monsoon rains that are affecting the country, several areas are now flooded and displacement has occurred. Districts Affected: Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Puttlam, Ratnapura, Badulla, Kegalle and Kurunegala As at 30 October 2006 14.00 hrs, the Disaster Management Center…

23 -27 October 2006 KILINOCHCHI DISTRICT Situation Update - The Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts had a harthal (work stoppage) on October 25. All shops, government/non governmental offices, schools and public markets were shut. However, hospitals and secondary health facilities remained open. - For…

By Francis Mead JAFFNA, Sri Lanka, 26 October 2006 - Sri Lanka's Jaffna Peninsula has already seen decades of conflict. Now its population of 600,000 is feeling the effects of the recent upsurge in fighting between the Liberation Tigers…

The representatives of the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have already reached Switzerland for holding talks on 28-29 October 2006 to explore the possibilities to salvage the shattered peace process. According to the…

18-23 October 2006 TRINCOMALEE DISTRICT - The security situation in Trincomalee remains calm - The US Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher, and the US Ambassador, Robert Blake, visited Muttur on 20 October to meet with…

13 - 16 October 2006 General Update A military convoy was hit by a suicide bomb attack on the Habarana- Trincomalee road, on 16 October. No official confirmation of the numbers of casualties was available at the time of releasing this…

(New York: 18 October 2006): Data collection for a nutritional survey, supported by the United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF), started today in two Ministry of Health divisions in the district of Kilinochchi in northern Sri Lanka. This is…

16-18 October 2006 General Situation A naval base in Galle came under attack 18 October. A curfew has being imposed in the area. KILINOCHCHI DISTRICT Situation update The shelling in north of Kilinochchi has reduced greatly since last Friday. There…

11 - 13 October 2006 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation Update Ongoing fighting which resulted in the closure of the main entry road to the Jaffna peninsular (A9 road) has severely affected the flow of basic and other essential food commodities and non-food commodities…

President Mahinda Rajapaksa met this morning with many of the members of the Government delegation, including ministers who had participated in the peace talks with the LTTE in February. The President outlined some of the core issues that Government intended…