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Day: 17 January 2015

“I Urged Rajapaksa to Implement the 13th Amendment which Created Provincial Councils but met with no Success”.

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

By Prof.Rajiva Wijesinha M.P. There were many firsts in the election of President Maithripala Sirisena in Sri Lanka: An incumbent president was defeated; parties specifically representing different races and religious groups — the Jathika Hela Urumaya […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

New civilian Governor for North a ‘progressive step’ – TNA

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

Members of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) have commended the new government’s decision to remove Maj. Gen. (Retd) G.A. Chandrasiri from the post of Northern Province Governor, and his replacement by a civilian, H.M.G.S. Palihakkara, […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Rapp Stepping Down: US Accused Of Not Giving Sri Lanka’s “White Flag Killings” Info

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

The US government has been accused of not giving access to information that is required to investigate the ‘white flag case‘. In an interview with the Foreign Policy magazine, Steven Ratner – a professor of […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

Money & Jewelry Hoarded by Mahinda at Temple Trees is Exposed

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

The Temple Trees Presidential Palace was in the control of the former Srilankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Now in these Temple Trees huge amount of money and jewelry is found yesterday. Apart from this new buildings […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

When democracy stood upon a razor’s edge

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

By all accounts, Asia’s oldest democracy stood at grave risk one week ago. The courage of a few public servants and military chiefs, who decided at the eleventh hour that the time was right to […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

Rajitha promises health reforms

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

By Don Asoka Wijewardena New Health and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne on assuming duties yesterday revealed that he had been appointed as Health Minister in keeping with a decision taken following a comprehensive […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS

Several commodities banned from North and East

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

Several commodities banned from North and East The ban on foreign nationals visiting the former war zones have been lifted with immediate effect, the Ministry of Defence said. This decision has been taken at the […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

JVP accuses Sajin of corruption

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

By Niranjala Ariyawansha The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday handed over a petition, to the Bribery Commission, against former Monitoring MP for External Affairs, Sajin Vaas Gunawardane, alleging that he had purchased five aircraft, to […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS

Another ‘files’ operation at Sethsiripaya

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

An attempt to destroy a large stock of files containing information on former President and Minister of Finance Mahinda Rajapaksa, former ministers Basil Rajapaksa, Wimal Weerawansa, Rohitha Abeygunawardene and former prime minister D.M. Jayaratna’s Ministry […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS

US wants to work with Sri Lanka

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal said that the United States wants to work together with Sri Lanka for shared prosperity and to forge stronger bonds between the two countries She says with the transition […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS, WORLD NEWS

UK is ready to work with Maithri

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

The British Government says it is ready to work with President Maithripala Sirisena and welcomed his early commitment to good governance and to working with all international partners. Lord Wallace of Saltaire, the spokesperson in […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS, UK NEWS

President Kumaratunga and President Sirisena – winning the battle for the SLFP

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

By Harim Peiris President Maithripala Sirisena‘s election victory at the head of the National Democratic Front (NDF), was an amazing democratic exercise of a beleaguered Opposition which only a few weeks before the elections, no […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Pope’s visit hoodoo in power politics

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

The third visit of a Pope to Sri Lanka is certainly important to Catholics here, and is also an event of historical importance in the relations between Sri Lanka and the Holy See. Apart from […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Sri Lanka isn’t the same island that MIA left behind many moons ago

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

MIA is an incredible artist, but she is not the spokesperson that Sri Lanka needs right now Sri Lanka isn’t the same island that MIA left behind many moons ago I’ve just re-watched MIA’s interview […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Sri Lanka new govt lifts travel ban on foreigners to Tamil Area

17/01/201517/01/2015 Karu

COLOMBO (AFP) Sri Lanka’s new government Friday announced lifting a ban on foreign nationals visiting to the island’s former war zones and scrapped an economic embargo on minority Tamil regions. President Maithripala Sirisena, just a […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS
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