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Tomorrow, for the first time in 25 years, Sri Lanka will hold elections to its Northern Provincial Council, a step that could facilitate reconciliation between the country’s majority (mostly Buddhist) ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Sri Lanka’s Northern Gateway: Economic promise and geopolitical power in the Indian Ocean
The Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka are historically and strategically important regions that contribute significantly to the country’s economy, social development, and cultural heritage.
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Sri Lanka’s northern fishermen ‘fiercely oppose’ proposal to issue licence to Indian fishermen
Sri Lanka’s northern fishermen on Sunday said they “fiercely oppose” the government’s plan to issue licences to Indian fishermen to enter Sri Lankan waters, terming the move a “serious setback” to ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Bottom-trawling must end in the interest of fishermen of Sri Lanka and India: C.V. Wigneswaran
Ending the destructive bottom-trawling method of fishing would safeguard the livelihoods of ordinary fishermen in Tamil Nadu and northern Sri Lanka, former Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Tamil parties in Sri Lanka may split for local elections in Northern Province
The interim report is expected to lead to a new draft Constitution offering a solution acceptable to the minority Tamils. (Reuters) Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party the TNA appears to be headed for a ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Sri Lanka's Tamil dominated northern region holds historic polls
About 35 per cent of voters turnout was recorded in Sri Lanka's Tamil majority Northern Province on Saturday for the first local polls in 25 years to elect a council to govern the former war zone, ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council elections: reconciliation and reputation
The Northern Provincial Council elections to be held in September 2013 have assumed critical relevance for post-war Sri Lanka. As President Rajapaksa stated: “There were presidential and parliamentary ...