Heavy Rains To Eastern Sri Lanka

It is reported the Eastern province of Sri Lanka is getting heavy rains for several days. Heavy rain partially disturbed the eastern province election also which was held yesterday. It is reported that Trincomale town, Kinniya and also Gomarankadawala. According to Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka, it has not yet received reports of any displaced people.
In the meantime six gates of Parakrama Samudraya have also opened.

A Controversial Cheer At Sri Lanka-India Cricket Match in Australia

The presence of some spectators at the Sri Lanka India cricket matct of controversy compelling officials to remove politically slanted placards supportive of the LTTE carried by these spectators, an Australian newspaper reported yesterday.

It said before the dayh at the Manuka Oval earlier this week provoked a certain amoun's play at least 200 fans wearing red T-shirts with the words 'Voice of Tamils' and 'Where is the Humanity', stood outside the gates accompanied by drummers, dancers and whistles. Ground officials, claiming to be acting on behalf of Cricket Australia, prevented two members of the group from entering the grounds and they were advised not to display Tamil flags.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) is a most dangerous terrorist organisation in the world and they are fighting for a separate land in the northern province of Sri Lanka. As they spread terrorism everywhere, hundreds of innocent people including Sinhalese,Tamils and Muslims become victims oo LTTE's terrorist activities.
Pro-LTTE groups use human rights violations as a mean of raising funds for military activities. But most of this human rights violations are done buy LTTE itself in northern part of Sri Lanka.Recently LTTE was so crucial enough to attack a Catholic Church in Sri Lanka also.

Read more about LTTE activities in the world.

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TNA parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj shot dead- Colombo

Tamil National Alliance Parliament Member Mr.Nadarajah Raviraj has been shot dead by an unidentified group of gunmen this morning.

Mr. Raviraj who suffered critical injuries in the incident was immediately rushed to the General Hospital Colombo. Later, he succumbed to his injuries.

According to the information Mr. Raviraj and his bodyguard came under fire whilst traveling on a vehicle along the Matha road in Borella around 8.00a.m.

The police sources said that two assassins had arrived the scene in a three-wheeler and shot at the vehicle carrying Mr. Raviraj. Following the attack, the assassins have fled the scene on a motor bike leaving behind the murder weapon and a load of ammunitions.

The bodyguard of the MP has also been killed in the incident.

The former Parliamentarian Mr Nadarajah Raviraj was born at Thendamarachcchi in Jaffna in 25th June 1962 and he was an Attorney-at-Low by profession.

He displayed a passion for politics from his young age and he was elected to the Jaffna Municipal Council in 1997 under the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF). He has served in Jaffna Municipal Council as the Deputy Mayor and the Mayor in past.

He entered to the Parliament as a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) member in 2001 for the first time and he was able to secure his seat in the 2004 general election as well.