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Month: June 2015

Government won’t convince diaspora before taking meaningful steps – TNA MP

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

The TNA’s Batticaloa MP P Ariyanenthiran said in parliament on Friday that the new government will not be able to convince the Tamil diaspora of its intentions unless it takes meaningful steps to address Tamil issues.  He […]

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

Minister briefed on issues over freed land

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

Minister of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs D M Swaminathan was today briefed on some issues over land freed by the army in Valikamam north in Jaffna. The Minister was told that in some areas people […]

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

Sri Lanka Tamil party asks government to release Tamil political prisoners before diaspora festival

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

Sri Lanka’s main Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has called on the Government to free Tamil political prisoners before holding a festival for the diaspora in Sri Lanka. Former TNA parliamentarian from […]

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

Handle Tamil diaspora with caution says SLFP

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

The former regime’s political stalwart MP Nimal Siripala de Silva expressed ‘concern’ when he asked last week in Parliament, whether the government had a mechanism in place to prevent the LTTE from raising its head […]

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

Looking to Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Election

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena recently dissolved parliament. The election will be held on August 17; a new parliament will gather on September 1. Yet what happens next is still far from clear. To complicate […]

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

Looking to Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Election

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena recently dissolved parliament. The election will be held on August 17; a new parliament will gather on September 1. Yet what happens next is still far from clear. To complicate […]

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

Tamils on a vital journey to fulfil aspirations – Sampanthan

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

Leader of the Tamil National Alliance and former Trincomalee district TNA Parliamentarian R.Sampanthan said the international community has given first priority to the problems of the Tamil speaking community in Sri Lanka. Hence the Tamil […]

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

Maithiri to protect Mahinda and his Fraudsters.

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, who contested the presidential election under swan’ symbol promising he would, like the swan that separates milk from water, take legal action against all fraudsters and the corrupt, is now involved in […]

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

MAHINDA’s return to politics not a worry

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

MAHINDA’s return to politics not a worry: Ven. Rathana Thera The National Council for a Better Tomorrow Chairman Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said today they would not be worried if former president Mahinda Rajapaksa returned […]

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

BREAKING NEWS – Fraudulent Mahinda Rajapaksa to contest election under SLFP!

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has finally agreed to nominate former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as a candidate at the August 17 general election under the betel symbol, a party leader said. UPFA General Secretary […]

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

Country more important than party says President Maithiri

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

Country more important than party, president assures at party leaders’ meeting! Meeting a short while ago the party leaders and citizens’ activists who contributed to his victory on January 08, the president assured them that […]

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

‘I want justice’ – Pulithevan’s wife speaks

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

‘I want justice’ – Pulithevan’s wife speaks to Ceylon Today By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan The ‘white flag incident’ re-emerged when on Thursday (25), Kurinchi, wife of head of LTTE peace secretariat S. Pulithevan and son […]

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

GTF asks Tamils to back TNA

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

GTF asks Tamils to back TNA By Mirudhula Thambiah Global Tamil Forum (GTF) Director Suren Surendiran said his organization urges the Tamil people in Sri Lanka to support the TNA in the upcoming parliamentary elections […]

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

Better defeat than contest with Fraudulent Mahinda group – 36 SLFP MP’s

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

Group of 36, including ministers and first SLFP dissidents to walk out with MS, make representations Argues SLFP cannot run clean polls campaign with former President and cronies on ticket Will consider ‘options’ if President […]

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

Lanka challenges: Parliament poll & LTTE network

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

Sirisena’s dissolution of Parliament, which he had promised on April 23 after 100 days in office, comes 10 months before the term of the 225-member House was to end. In the normal course, elections were […]

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

JHU in limbo after dissolution

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

JHU in limbo after dissolution Issues policy document as an extension of President’s January election manifesto The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) is now in a dilemma on how it should contest the forthcoming Parliamentary election. […]

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

Sri Lanka’s War Is Long Over, But Reconciliation Remains Elusive

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

Sri Lanka, a palm-fringed island in the Indian Ocean, is in the sixth year of peace. But as the country prepares for elections in August, the legacy of its long civil war still casts a […]

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

Dissolution not welcomed by all parties

30/06/201530/06/2015 Karu

SLFP, JHU unhappy; Ganeshan and alliance gearing up for elections: by P.Krishnaswamy, Uditha Kumarasinghe and Dhaneshi Yatawara The dissolution of Parliament may have been long-awaited, but some major and minor political parties are not so […]

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

Tamils on a vital journey to fulfil aspirations – Sampanthan

29/06/201529/06/2015 Karu

BY S. Gurunathan Leader of the Tamil National Alliance and former Trincomalee district TNA Parliamentarian R.Sampanthan said the international community has given first priority to the problems of the Tamil speaking community in Sri Lanka. […]

By Karuna, INDIA NEWS, SRI LANKA NEWS

Mirusuvil Massacre

29/06/201529/06/2015 Karu

By Zahrah Imtiaz Fifteen years is a long time, it was going on for so long but we are thankful to God that justice is finally served, said Gnanachandran Parameswari, the wife of Kathiran Gnanachandran […]

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

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