Archive for the ‘East’ Category

Filed Under (Ampara, Batticoloa, East, Normal Life, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka) by nooranie on September-29-2008

I recently (August) visited the east (Ampara and Batticoloa), on a work assignment for four days. Since most people tend to say that “the east is very volatile and it’s not safe to travel”, etc, I thought I will write a short paragraph about the myth Vs reality on the east.
 
Speaking about Ampara, I would […]



Filed Under (East, Elections, LTTE, Mahinda Chintanaya, POLITICS, Public, Sri Lanka, Terrorism) by Deane on May-11-2008

It seems the Pillayan group(TMVP) a break away (still-armed) group of the Karuna faction a break away faction of the LTTE, who contested under the government’s election symbol and patronage seems to have won the elections in the Eastern province after…