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Kalmunai (Sri Lanka)

Type: City

Name: Kalmunai (Sri Lanka)

Country: Sri Lanka

Latitude: 7.41

Longitude: 81.82

population: 100,172

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka: TNA activist in Ampaa'rai abducted, tortured after meeting against land grab

An armed squad that came in a white van on Tuesday abducted a 68-year-old activist, Thangathurai Veluppillai, a supporter of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in Ampaa'rai district. The victim was blindfolded while he was at Kalmunai public market and ... [Published TamilNet Newswire - May 24 2013]

Entities: Torture, Sri Lanka, Kalmunai (Sri Lanka), Kidnapping

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Institution of Engineers

IESL president visits Pelwatte Sugar factory

The President of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) Tilak De Silva visited the Eastern Provincial Office of the IESL recently. This is the first time in the history of IESL that a President visited the Eastern Province.About 70 Engineers of ... [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 22 2013]

Entities: Pelwatte Sugar Industries Limited, Kalmunai (Sri Lanka), Institution of Engineers, Batticaloa (Sri Lanka), Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)

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

Sri Lanka: Limiting environmental damage in Sri Lanka

Source: UN Mine Action Office in SudanCountry: Sri Lanka A programme is working to enhance Sri Lanka’s recovery from the 2004 tsunami by improving environmental infrastructure in the coastal district of Ampara. The Environmental Remediation Programme ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Environment, Drainage, Kalmunai (Sri Lanka)

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

Maithripala Sirisena

Netherlands donates Rs. 3,500 million to improve blood banks

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena recently said that the hospitals run by the Ministry would get state-of-the- art blood banks and required facilities soon. Under the project, the main hospitals in Trincomalee, Ragama, Peradeniya, Ratnapura, Vavuniya ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 16 2013]

Entities: Blood Transfusion, Maithripala Sirisena, Netherlands, Donations

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Norwegian Refugee Council

Lack Of Funds: NRC To Leave

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is to leave Sri Lanka by June this year owing to funding constraints, the humanitarian agency said.The Secretary General of NRC, Ms Toril Brekke will be visiting Sri Lanka this week to host a farewell function.The Norwegian ... [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - May 05 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Norwegian Refugee Council, Toril Brekke, Kalmunai (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Aussie Govt funds Rs. 130m for disaster-prone cities

To improve planning and community resilience:The Government of Australia will provide AUD 1,000,000 (LKR 130 million) to improve planning and community resilience in four disaster prone cities, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya and Akkaraipattu.The latest ... [Published Sunday Observer - May 04 2013]

Entities: UN-HABITAT, Disaster, Sri Lanka, Mullaitivu (Sri Lanka), Vavuniya (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka: Australia aids Sri Lankan towns to be resilient to disasters

Source: UN Human Settlements ProgramCountry: Australia, Sri Lanka The Government of Australia is providing USD 1,039,900 to improve planning and community resilience in four disaster prone cities, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya and Akkaraipattu. The latest ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 03 2013]

Entities: Disaster, Sri Lanka, UN-HABITAT

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Australian funding to make more Sri Lankan towns resilient to disasters

Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Government of Australia is providing AUD 1,000,000 (LKR 130 million) to improve planning and community resilience in four disaster prone cities, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya and Akkaraipattu. The latest funding is in addition to ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Disaster, UN-HABITAT, Sri Lanka

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

In Brief

Azwer gets death threats Parliamentarian A.H.M. Azwer has received death threats by phone.Some callers from Kalmunai threatened him, saying that he would be killed before Ramazan in June, alleging the he is a traitor of Muslims for supporting President ... [Published Sunday Observer - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: S.B. Dissanayake, Sri Lanka, Colombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

SW monsoon: Dengue outbreak feared

The South-west monsoon could cause an increase in the number of dengue cases, warns the Epidemiology Unit (EU) of the Health Ministry. An EU official yesterday said that the incidence of dengue would increase in May, June and July.The official said that ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Dengue Fever, Ministry of Health, Kalmunai (Sri Lanka), Kalutara (Sri Lanka)

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Controversial Buddhist organization in Sri Lanka to set up branch in the East

* Apr 18, Colombo: The controversial Buddhist organization in Sri Lanka, the Bodu Bala Sena is to set up a branch in the Muslim-dominated Eastern Province as well.Executive committee member of the organization, Dilantha Vithanage has told the media that ... [Published Colombo Page - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Kalmunai (Sri Lanka), Buddhism, Sri Lanka

First reported Feb 11 2013 - Updated Feb 11 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka: Hospital becomes breeding ground for disharmony between Tamils, Muslims in Ampaarai

The Base hospital of Kalmunai North in Ampaarai district has become a breeding ground for disharmony between Tamils and Muslims following systematic posting of 22 Muslim health workers with the backing of SL ministers aligned with the Colombo regime ... [Published TamilNet Newswire - Feb 11 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Kalmunai (Sri Lanka), Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Quotes

...Sugar plantations, he was pleasantly surprised to see that the factory is generating their power without being dependant on the National Grid. "That is the only way to overcome the present power crisis. If all of us add a couple of solar panels to the existing power setups of our houses and offices, the country will be save a drastic amount of power" he said

IESL president visits Pelwatte Sugar factory [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 22 2013]

I would appreciate an opportunity to comment on the town named ` "Tirukkovil?$ situated on the Eastern coast of Sri Lanka about sixty kilometers south of Madakalapuva (Batticaloa), that Mr. .Selvarajan Rasiah had discussed in the Daily News, 16th of May, 2013."

Tirukkovil on the Eastern coast of Batticaloa (Madakalpuva) [Published LankaWeb - May 16 2013]

...Australia's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Robyn Mudie, said "We are pleased to extend our partnership with UN-Habitat and expand assistance to another four city based communities living in disaster prone areas of Sri Lanka. Natural disasters can take a heavy toll on human life and livelihoods as well as the broader economy."

Aussie Govt funds Rs. 130m for disaster-prone cities [Published Sunday Observer - May 04 2013]

Australia’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Robyn Judie, said "We are pleased to extend our partnership with UN-Habitat and expand assistance to another four city based communities living in disaster prone areas of Sri Lanka. Natural disasters can take a heavy toll on Shuman life and livelihoods as well as them broader economy. Effective planning has the potential to reduce these social and economic costs. We hope this project will allow the targets cities to grow and prosper, and also demonstrate to other cities and towns in Sri Lanka the benefits of effective planning and disaster preparedness"

Australian funding to make more Sri Lankan towns resilient to disasters [Published Sri Lanka Island - Apr 29 2013]

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Sri Lanka: TNA activist in Ampaa'rai abducted, ... [Published TamilNet Newswire - May 24 2013]
IESL president visits Pelwatte Sugar factory [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 22 2013]
Sri Lanka: Limiting environmental damage in Sri... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 17 2013]
Netherlands donates Rs. 3,500 million to improv... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 16 2013]
Tirukkovil on the Eastern coast of Batticaloa (... [Published LankaWeb - May 16 2013]
Lack Of Funds: NRC To Leave [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - May 05 2013]
Aussie Govt funds Rs. 130m for disaster-prone c... [Published Sunday Observer - May 04 2013]
Sri Lanka: Australia aids Sri Lankan towns to b... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 03 2013]
Australian funding to make more Sri Lankan town... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Apr 29 2013]
In Brief [Published Sunday Observer - Apr 28 2013]
Rajapaksa Govt Begins To Feel The Heat [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - Apr 21 2013]
SW monsoon: Dengue outbreak feared [Published Sri Lanka Island - Apr 18 2013]
Controversial Buddhist organization in Sri Lank... [Published Colombo Page - Apr 18 2013]
BH : Dengue Fever / Asia / Sri Lanka [0:0] [Published RSOE EDIS - EBHWM - Mar 07 2013]
Biological Hazard - Asia - Sri Lanka [Published RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information - Mar 07 2013]
Mixed Messages and Bland Oversimplification in ... [Published groundviews - Feb 11 2013]
Sri Lanka: Hospital becomes breeding ground for... [Published TamilNet Newswire - Feb 11 2013]
Sri Lanka: UNDP and UNHCR handover fifteen moto... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jan 30 2013]
Sri Lanka: Sinhala, Muslim divisions carved in ... [Published TamilNet Newswire - Jan 23 2013]
Flash Flood - Asia - Sri Lanka [Published RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information - Jan 09 2013]

Blogs

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Mixed Messages and Bland Oversimplification in ... [Published groundviews - Feb 11 2013] In a significant act of outreach the Independence Day ceremonies were held in Trincomalee, a provincial city with a pronounced ethnic mix; while President Rajapaksa presented one part of his message in Tamil, repeating what he had said earlier (in ...