· January, 2008

Stories about Sri Lanka from January, 2008

Sri Lanka: Indian Labour

Transcurrents.com reacts to a historian's claim that the Indian labour, shipped to Sri Lanka to work on the estates are now a burden in Sri Lanka.

24 January 2008

Sri Lanka: Blogging at the GLF

Ephemeral Ruminations rounds up reactions from the Sri Lankan blogosphere to the Galle Literary Festival – a lot of reactions considering a panel at the festival discussed how seriously bloggers...

24 January 2008

Sri Lanka: Terrorism and Fish

Lanka Rising on a rather unexpected positive outcome – “Due to terrorist threat to the Colombo harbor, the government declared the sea near the harbor as a banned zone for...

18 January 2008

South Asia: SAARC Youth Camp

Voice of South on the second youth camp South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) that has brought over 60 delegates from across South Asia to Chennai for a five-day...

14 January 2008

Sri Lanka: Peace in Sri Lanka

Found In Ceylon“ on the latest news on peace in Sri Lanka – “Sri Lanka’s government–specifically, its prime minister and cabinet–voted to withdraw from its 2002 cease-fire agreement with the...

4 January 2008

Sri Lanka: Army and the LTTE

DefenceNet on the army overrunning an LTTE bunker line amidst heavy resistance. There is a discussion in the comments space on how credible this information may be.

4 January 2008