Sri Lanka to benefit by Asian tsunami warning system by July
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka affected by the South Asian tsunami should have a warning system against sea surges in place by July, UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsura told Lankapuvath. He expressed the belief that Sri Lanka would be able to face tsunami situations in the future with installation of the warning system in the Asian region.
He said that there was still a long way to go before the early alert system would cover every community in the vast area that was devastated by killer waves on December 26, 2004.

Tsunami New Year resolutions

The young widow told me her story during my visit to Hambantota soon after the tragedy: her husband saw the wave coming at him. As the train was stopped on the tracks nearby, he ran for cover into the coach. Minutes later, the train itself was dashed, the coaches wrapped around each other. Her husband? ..and then she choked, with a lump in her throat...speechless. Like all Sri Lankans even in distress, she had a faint smile, but the strain on her face and the sorrow in her eyes showed the irreparable emotional damage that had been caused on her. But life had to go on.
 

Tsunami battered women's needs addressed
through Buddhist insights
UNIFEM the United Nation's arm for the women development recently entered into a partnership with Damrivi Foundation in Organisation for social economic and spiritual development through Buddhist insights in order to address the specific women's needs battered by tsunami.
 

Tsunami bribery probe in East

COLOMBO: The Commission to Investigate Allegations on Bribery and Corruption will expedite the hearing of complaints from tsunami affected people in Batticaloa and Ampara districts against corrupt Government officers.
Director Investigations of the Bribery Commission SP Neville Guruge told the Daily News that Commission officials headed by its Chairman Justice Ameer Ismail and Secretary P.A. Abeysinghe toured the Tsunami hit Batticaloa and Ampara districts from February 26.

Three months jail for British tsunami hoaxer
A British plumber was sentenced to three months in prison Wednesday for falsely claiming that his teenage daughter - who did not even exist - had died in the Asian tsunami disaster.
Philip Bosson told police he had travelled to Sri Lanka after his ex-wife informed him their 19-year-old daughter Kayleigh was killed by the giant waves that swept the country's coast on December 26, 2004. The 39-year-old also claimed his ex-wife's new husband and two children had perished in the tragedy, which was triggered by a massive undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean.