Tsunami news for Ratnapura, Sri Lanka

Prompt action kept epidemics at bay- CNO 24 Jan 2005
Doctors were dispatched from Colombo, Kegalle, Ratnapura, Anuradhapura and Kurunegala to ... affected areas were virtually free of such disease before the tsunami. ... Daily News,

Hulking ruin of train a destination for grieving in Sri Lanka Jan 20, 2005
...the disparate lives of the people pinned inside on the day of the tsunami. ... Premasiri, 15, drove four hours with her mother and sister from Ratnapura to visit ... Kansas City Star (subscription),

DART arrives in tsunami region Jan 10, 2005
..."I love Canada," said Noel Pracash of Ratnapura as the convoy passed ... Like so many Sri Lankans, Mr. Pracash has been personally touched by the tsunami crisis. ... The Globe and Mail,

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific Jan 21, 2005
Around 500 workers at the Ratnapura Tholosvalai Estate, 80 kilometres from Colombo, began an ... it had used to fund relief for victims of the December 26 tsunami. ... World Socialist Web Site,

Counselling programme for Tsunami Trincomalee vict Jan 3, 2005
...serving in the mental heath division of the Ratnapura government hospital ... in Nilaveli, Adambodai and Kinniya in Trincomalee district among Tsunami victims to ... TamilNet,

Mass burials for Tsunami ... to avoid health hazards Dec 30, 2004
Several hundreds of unidentified bodies of Sunday's tsunami victims were given mass ... 100 have been transferred to the Kuruwita prison in Ratnapura, the Minister ... Daily News,

SRI LANKA Jan 16, 2005
Out of 244 hotels welcoming visitors before the tsunami, 188 are now open. ... serious devotees gain extra merit by climbing for seven hours from the Ratnapura side ... San Francisco Chronicle,

Damages to prisons around Rs. 55 million Jan 5, 2005
...said that the Matara prison was completely damaged in the tsunami paving the ... of the Galle prison were temporarily removed to the Boossa and Ratnapura prisons. ... Daily News,

Gem dealer in Sri Lanka entreats industry to lend aid Jan 5, 2005
05, 2005 - Ratnapura, Sri Lanka -- While the toll in human life and coastal devastation in Sri Lanka is catastrophic, the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami on ... National Jeweler,

Life returns to roads Jan 15, 2005
Development Authority (RDA) has expeditiously restored the Tsunami affected Colombo ... In the Colombo-Ratnapura-Wellawaya-Batticaloa highway, the Eastern coastal ... Sunday Observer,

A scene after tsunamis in a Sri Lankan town Dec 27, 2004
...the places in this island country hit most by a worst tsunami triggered by ... areas," according to Kapila Manayakkara, a police officer from Ratnapura, about 100 ... Xinhua,

Tragedy at home haunts Lankan students Dec 30, 2004
...in Pune have to deal with, what with the killer tsunami having claimed ... causing concern," said Asanka Athukorala, a 24-year-old commerce student from Ratnapura. ... Times of India,

President leads relief operations Dec 28, 2004
...photographs of persons who lost their life as victims of Tsunami fatal tidal ... trained staff from the Main workshop and District Workshops of Ratnapura and Kandy ... Daily News,