Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

Type: Organization

Name: Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Sri Lanka state bus service earns Rs. 8 million more during strike

* May 22, Colombo: A senior official of Sri Lanka's state owned passenger transport arm, Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB), has said that it earned Rs. 8 million more on Tuesday, the day a strike was launched to cripple the government services.The official ... [Published Colombo Page - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, United National Party, Trade Union

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Sri Lanka's unions and opposition vow further agitations against electricity rate increase

* May 21, Colombo: Sri Lanka's trade unions and opposition political parties announced that more agitations are ahead against the increase of the power tariff as the strike launched Tuesday to send a message to the government failed to make any impac ... [Published Colombo Page - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Trade Union, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

Strike against power hike fizzles out in Lanka

Colombo, May 21 (PTI) A general strike called by the opposition against the rise in electricity tariffs has fizzled out, the government information department has said.Opposition groups led by the trade unions affiliated to Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) ... [Published msn.co.in - 21 hours ago]

Entities: General Strike, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Trade Union

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Daughter of Sri Lanka's Marxist party founder remanded for assault

* May 21, Colombo: The eldest daughter of Rohana Wijeweera, the late leader and founder of Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) was arrested by the police for allegedly assaulting her mother and younger brother.Mahabage police arrested ... [Published Colombo Page - May 21 2013]

Entities: Rohana Wijeweera, Sri Lanka, Assault

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Maithripala Sirisena

Sri Lankan opposition partiesâ planned strike against govt suffers a major setback

Sri Lanka’s opposition parties’ plan for a one-day strike, to pressure the government to do away with the new electricity pricing formula, has suffered a major setback due to the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS), affiliated to the United National Party ... [Published Asia News Network - May 20 2013]

Entities: Maithripala Sirisena, protest, Trade Union, Jayalath Jayawardena, Kotte (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Trade unions, opposition parties in Sri Lanka plan massive protest against electricity tariff hike and government

* May 17, Colombo: Trade unions, opposition parties and civil society organizations are gearing up to hold a massive protest on the 21st against the electricity tariff hike and the performance of the government.The Coordinating Committee for a Joint Trade ... [Published Colombo Page - May 17 2013]

Entities: Trade Union, Sri Lanka, protest, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Jayalath Jayawardena

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka Marxists seek support of ethnic Tamils for the strike on May 21

* May 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka's minor opposition party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has actively been trying to get the support of the ethnic Tamils in the Northern Province for the general strike that is to take place next Tuesday (21).Reports from ... [Published Colombo Page - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Vavuniya (Sri Lanka), Trade Union, Marxisterna, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lankan government accused of trying to counter protests against the regime

* May 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today accused the government of engaging in actions to counter any protests against the regime.JVP parliamentary group leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the government was ... [Published Colombo Page - May 16 2013]

Entities: protest, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka government urges parents to send their children to school despite the planned strike

* May 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Education Services Duminda Dissanayaka urged the parents of the school students to send their children to schools despite the massive strike planned for the 21 of May.He said that the parents and adults should ... [Published Colombo Page - May 16 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Trade Union, Colombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Splinter party of Sri Lanka Marxists backs provincial council in North

* May 15, Colombo: Pubudu Jayagoda, the Propaganda Secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party of Sri Lanka, a breakaway group of main Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today that the provincial councils are needed to be implemented in ... [Published Colombo Page - May 15 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Propaganda, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka Marxist party opposes Northern Provincial Council election

* May 15, Colombo: Politburo member of Sri Lanka Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayaka said today that the JVP was against the Northern Provincial Council election.He pointed out that the election for ... [Published Colombo Page - May 15 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Elections, National Heritage Party (LK), Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Tamil national alliance

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Marxist party calls on Sri Lankan government to expedite investigations on Matale mass grave

* May 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has called on the government to expedite the probe on the Matale mass grave where skeletal remains of over 150 people were found.JVP parliamentary group leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake ... [Published Colombo Page - May 15 2013]

Entities: Matale (Sri Lanka), Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

Quotes

"It was successful only in some place such as Railway Department and Printing Corporation" Madduma Bandara said adding that people got afraid when government cancelled all leave and they reported to work yesterday

Sri Lankan trade unions claim strike a success; govt. calls it a big flop [Published Asia News Network - 9 hours ago]

However the JVP trade union boss KD Lal Kantha said that the general strike was a success despite government attempts to sabotage it. "Most of the private sector employees did not come to work" he added

Strike against power hike fizzles out in Lanka [Published msn.co.in - 21 hours ago]

"What is necessary is to proceed under the normal law of the country, while commissions of inquiry have, throughout our history, been a modus operandi to sweep an issue under the carpet" the BASL has stated

Sri Lanka's CID records statements from kin of the disappeared in Matale during Marxist insurrection [Published Colombo Page - May 20 2013]

"It is public funds that are used to entice people to participate in protests organized to counter those organized trade unions, opposition optical parties and civil society organizations" he explained

Sri Lankan government accused of trying to counter protests against the regime [Published Colombo Page - May 16 2013]

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