Day: 27 May 2016

COLOMBO: The Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Tamil majority Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, appears to be planning to break away from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and form his own radical Tamil party with the support of an influential section of the Tamil Diaspora. And the leadership of the TNA may allow this to happen as …

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With the revelation of how Rajapaksa siblings have obtained the radio and television transmitters donated by the Chinese government to the government of Sri Lanka to start their own private broadcasting station, the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) has reportedly commenced investigations on the former First Sons over the alleged violation of the Public Property …

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COLOMBO: The on-going conflict between Eastern Province Governor Austin Fernando and Chief Minister Naseer Ahamed, which has led to the Sri  Lankan armed forces declaring an indefinite boycott of the Chief Minister, is rooted in the way Centre-Province relations have developed in Lanka and the nature of Muslim politics in the island nation. According to …

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