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Veddah chief takes the Mahaweli to Court: Last week, this headline struggled desperately for attention in a sea of controversy over forests, protected areas, protected trees and bulldozers backed by ...
As the Veddah Nayake’s Chief Spokesman Wimalaratna Attho, speaking on behalf of his chief Uruwarige Wanniyala-Aetto said on Tuesday, the senior JVP leader and former JVP chieftain Somawanssa ...
The Veddah chief said that the number of threats increased after he made a formal complaint to police officials. 'Serious incident' "We have been receiving threats for nearly 11 years," he said, "but ...
A Veddah leader is going to court in order to secure the ownership of some land which he insists belongs to his community. A resident of Kandy has sought ownership to the land ..
An official double cab had been allocated to the Veddah Chief Uru Warige Wannila Aththo for his personal use accompanied with a driver on a directive from the Presidential Secretariat, the ...
By Chitra Weerarathne The writ application filed by the Veddah Chief Uruwarigelage Wannila Eththo will be supported in the Court of Appeal on Friday. The Veddah Chief has complained about the ...
IT may interest many readers of NATURE to hear of the results of my recent expedition into the Veddah territory in the interior of this island. The expedition took place on September 18–25 of ...
DRS. F. AND P. SARASIN recently made an expedition to Ceylon for the express purpose of investigating the caves now and in past times inhabited by the Veddahs, to see whether any stone implements ...
94. Uruwarige Wannila Aththo, leader of the indigenous population known as ‘Veddahs’ in Sri Lanka, has announced plans to take legal action against two social media activists who created and posted a ...
The Veddah Chief, Uru Warige Wannila Aththo, has also called for a general election. With all the nonsense taking place in the Parliament these days, a general election is all the people must want in ...