The Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran said the Sinhala government was withholding 300 lakh due to be given to Tamil provinces, whilst publicly announcing it had been delivered. If the accounts show that the 300lksh had been paid to the Northern province by Colombo government and Northern province have NOT received it to date, where did the money go? was this fund tranfered in to a top politicians Swiss bank account? “They [the government] are proclaiming to the world that Rs 500 lakh budget has been given to…
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TNA Has to Activate Inself
With pain in my heart, I pen this article. There is no end to the atrocities committed against the Tamils in Sri Lanka. There was a 11 year old girl, who was so severely raped until she bled. Reckless Sinhalese driver killed a Tamil and injuring others and just disappeared into the military camp. A Tamil student in a southern university was kidnapped and disappeared without any trace. Vast areas of grazing land was taken over for Sinhalese colonisation. The list of crimes committed against the Tamils is endless. …
Read More‘Mahinda Rajapakshe is a Racist and a cheat’ exposed by Sampanthan
https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/on-illegal-possession-of-land-by-the-military-and-demographic-change-in-north-east/ On Illegal Possession Of Land By The Military And Demographic Change In North & East By R. Sampanthan – R. Sampanthan Mr. Presiding Member, we are debating a Bill that deals with Prescription, a Bill that is being brought to bring about certain changes in the existing laws pertaining to prescription in regard to the category of persons defined in the new Bill as “disadvantaged persons”. That is, persons who have been unable to pursue their rights shall be entitled to avail themselves of the benefits conferred by this Act until 12…
Read MoreRajpal Slams Journalism Awards For Rewarding Journalists Who ‘Betray Sri Lanka’
Rajpal Slams Journalism Awards For Rewarding Journalists Who ‘Betray Sri Lanka’ Rajapaksa State Media’s Rajpal Abeynayake Confirms President’s Lie Rajapaksa State Media’s Editor Rajpal Justifies Attacks Against Muslims Rajapaksas Are Comfortable With Me – Rajpal Abeynayake Rajpal Was Awarded Columnist Of The Year In 2004 By Editors’ Guild: Will He Return The Award? Journo Rajpal Wanted Behind Bars, Questioned Over Shady Rriot Death Toll Pillay Advises State Media Rajpal: “Read More To Dispel Myth About UN Bias” Full Text Of The Petition: Contempt Of Court Action Filed Against Daily News…
Read MoreGovernment MP and brother arrested but released!
The SSP said that the police had recovered the camera, but the public believe that all evidence will be wiped out or the government spokesperson will say that the video is not true and actors were in it. This is a normal act by the Rajapakshe government supporters and the police will act according to Rajapakshes order or any police officer stands up to put the law in order will be transferred to remote area saying he is a LTTE supporter. Uva DIG Roshan Fernando yesterday said the video footage of…
Read MoreBBS chief: ‘I won’t pay Rajitha even five cents’
By Cyril WimalasurendreKANDY: General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera said in Kandy on Friday that Minister Rajitha Senaratne was free to sue him for defamation but he would not pay even five cents. Ven. Ganasara Thera said so in answer to a question posed by a journalist at the Malwatte Vihara which he visited to meet Maha Nayake Thera Most Venerable Tibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala. The Thera said he had evidence to back what he had said about the minister. He said the minister…
Read MoreTamil Nadu fishermen issue affecting India-SL ties
August marks the death anniversary of the late Lakshman Kadirgamar, a remarkable Foreign Minister brutally assassinated by the LTTE.He once said, “India and Sri Lanka relationship is lost in the mist of time,” which signifies the deep bond that the two nations share. The gift of Buddhism is perhaps the most enduring of all ties and lays the foundation for this long-rooted friendship. The most sacred symbols of Buddhism – the Sacred Tooth, a relic of Lord Buddha gifted by King Guhaseeva, and the sapling of Sri Maha Bo tree…
Read MoreIt’s time to change the system, says Athuraliye Rathana Thero
Warns we have collapsed politically, economically and socially and must act now Jathika Hela Urumaya Parliamentarian Athuraliye Rathana Thero who is currently active in the political scene following his meetings with Ranil Wickremesinghe and Sarath Fonseka stresses that President Rajapaksa should stop the ongoing merrymaking and extravaganza. “Where is the ‘Mahinda Chinthana’? Where are those pledges the President has made?” queries Rathana Thero, adding that if President Rajapaksa continues fails to respond positively and forgo the vast powers enjoyed by him, “we will not be hesitant to support someone better…
Read MoreAll religions propagate the same message
Fortunately, we don’t have any serious religious fundamentalism to deal with in Sri Lanka, except a nascent form of it being introduced to the country by a handful of marginal, foreign funded Christian and Muslim zealots who enjoy no popularity among the mainstream believers of the two respective faiths. Though a few similarly isolated, apparently misguided Buddhist monks seem to have started a violent, aberrational reaction against attempted fundamentalist inroads into the local Buddhist fold, while being censured by the average Buddhists themselves, have only succeeded in having the fundamentalist…
Read MoreThe real patriotism
Famous Chinese Marxist Mao Tse-tung said “the enemy will tell us which weapon we should take”. This is what president Mahinda Rajapaksa did to eliminate LTTE terrorism. The whole world understands this theory very clearly. The Sri Lankan Government never had an idea to solve this problem militarily. But it was the LTTE which led the government to this situation.“There never was a good war and bad peace” Benjamin Franklin once said. Tamils should understand this very clearly. War is always to get rid of the bad elements and peace…
Read MoreSri Lanka Heading Towards A Militarized Society
By Upul Kumarapperuma – The definitions given to the word militarization in dictionaries state it is an “act of assembling and putting readiness for war or other emergency”. When the word militarization is defined in the context of politics it gives a more complicated and terrified meaning as much as a tool capable of dismantling political, administrative and social structures of a society. Apart from the annual budgetary allocations to the military in comparison with budgets of other important sectors of the country, there are several other indicators to identify…
Read MoreLANKAN OWNED DUBAI MARRIOTT AL JADDAF HOTEL OPENS
The first ever five star hotel built and owned by a Sri Lankan living overseas, Marriott Al Jaddaf Hotel will be officially opened on September 15 in Dubai. The soft opening of the hotel was held last January. The hotel was built for one of the world’s largest Hotel Chains, Marriott USA and would consist of 351 rooms and 128 apartments. The hotel is the second building in the UAE after the Sri Lankan Embassy to carry the Sri Lankan National Flag. The owner of the property Nandana Lokuwithana who…
Read MoreGovernment Parliamentarian Thenuka surrenders to police
Parliamentarian Thenuka Vidanagamage and his brother Uwa Provincial Council election candidate Anura Vidanagamage, who allegedly threatened a Deputy Elections Commissioner, were surrendered to the Mahiyanganaya police, today morning. The two brothers were enlarged on bail after they were produced before the Mahiyanganaya Magistrate, a short while ago. The suspects were released on personal bail of Rs.100,000, each. The Mahiyanganaya police launched investigation in connect to the incident following a complaint lodged by Deputy Elections Commissioner Namal Thalanganama. Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) has also written to the Commissioner…
Read MoreSri Lankan Government notes double standards by British.
Cabinet spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today accused “5 star” democracies of double standards by demanding freedom of assembly and speech and yet condemning a protest staged by Pro Government Buddhist Monks on a meeting held with the participation of Tamil families of the disappeared and some diplomats in Maradana this week.. Speaking at the weekly post cabinet press briefing today, the Minister noted that the British Government had allowed protests to take place against President Mahinda Rajapaksa when he had last visited Britain. However he says Britain and a few…
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