Reports

Nations across the world must increase their efforts, both on an individual basis and collectively, to combat the rising number of natural disasters which annually cause thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in material damage, according to JICA…

Basil Fernando Four people have now been killed due to election violence during this presidential campaign. This campaign is for electing the highest political officer in the nation. The very fact that the election for the highest political officer for…

Amnesty International calls on all candidates standing in Sri Lanka's Presidential elections on January 26th to end widespread human rights violations and the culture of impunity that continues to plague the country. On Monday, the organization issued a 10-point Human Rights…

I. Situation Overview & highlights Jaffna District: - On 6 January, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Resettlement, Development and Security in the Northern Province (PTF) and Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa visited Jaffna District to officially release a 300m…

2 - 15 January 2010 I. Situation Overview & highlights Jaffna District: - On 6 January, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Resettlement, Development and Security in the Northern Province (PTF) and Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa visited Jaffna District to…

Seven hundred and twelve (712 ) cadres, including LTTE child soldiers, who gave up weapons, have been released. All of them were rehabilitated in the Vavuniya Social Welfare village. President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed them over to their parents. These innocent…

COLOMBO 7 January 2010 - Today, the Government of Sri Lanka and UNICEF officially commissioned a new water supply scheme in Ampara district. The Thirukkovil Water treatment plant will provide safe drinking water to 38,000 people in the Thirukkovil area. In…

Project Number: 34442 Loan Number: 1846 Related Cofinancing: OPEC Fund, Governments of Germany and Netherlands Grants: 0075-SRI: Governments of Norway and Finland December 2009 I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION A. Introduction 1. The North East Community Restoration and Development (NECORD) Project was developed in response to the Government of…

2009 found more than 300,000 Sri Lankans displaced from their homes. The civil war that has plagued their country for over two decades brought about the last surge of infighting that sent people in droves to camps for internally…

I. Situation Overview & highlights Jaffna District: - The A9 road from the Jaffna Peninsula was opened for public and private vehicles from 18 December, with movement permitted between 6.00am and 4.00pm. Travel no longer requires authorization. However, the transport of…