Over 6000 internally displaced people (IDPs) from the east are still in camps, a latest study reveals. Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) which carried out the study says these families are still ...

The bunkers occupied by Tiger guerrillas in Sampur 10 days ago are no longer under their control. It is the same with their offices and sea tiger bases. All signs that the area was at one time a ...

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader and Trincomalee district Parliamentarian R. Sampanthan paid his first visit to Sampur, after it was captured from the LTTE in April 2006. With the permission of ...

The Sri Lankan military launched a major new offensive on Sunday aimed at capturing the Sampur area in the East of the island from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The operation is another ...

The Sri Lankan army says it is consolidating positions in the recently captured north-eastern town of Sampur. The military say they are clearing mines and searching for booby traps. Officials say that ...

The United States said today it would join with other international donors to provide one million US dollars to support resettlement efforts in Sampur as part of its continuing commitment to ...

The LTTE has told the Norwegian peace brokers that the conquest of Sampur in Trincomalee district by the Sri Lankan armed forces has brought an end to the February 2002 Ceasefire Agreement (CFA). HT ...

LTTE's presence in Sampur posed a threat to Trinco harbour and naval base across the Koddiyar bay, reports PK Balachandran. Sri Lankan security forces captured Sampur town in the eastern district of ...

The BBC's Dumeetha Luthra in Colombo says the fall of Sampur is a strategic victory for the government, but adds that analysts believe the Tigers may retaliate elsewhere. Trincomalee, with its naval ...

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Baskaran, now a father of two girls, has not forgotten the day in April 2006 when he had to abandon his beloved village, Sampur, along with his family members and hundreds of others. Located about 40 ...