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Day: 2 July 2015

Sri Lanka’s UPFA slams door on Mahinda

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s party today firmly rejected a bid by smaller allies to make his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa the coalition’s prime ministerial candidate. Former MP, Vasudeva Nanayakkara said talks among leaders […]

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

Sri Lanka’s ruling party rejects invitation from ex-president

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

Sri Lanka’s ruling party rejects invitation from ex-president COLOMBO, July 2 (Xinhua) – Sri Lanka’s ruling United National Party (UNP) on Thursday rejected an invitation from former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to work with […]

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

Imminent MAHINDA faction exit a blessing for SLFP

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

Alluding to a certain split within the SLFP led UPFA, Minister Sarath Amunugama said the SLFP felt the situation came as a miserable pleasure because the gap created by the Mahinda Rajapaksa faction’s exit, could […]

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

SLMC to contest with UNP

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) is planning to contest the general election with the United National Party ( UNP) , its leader Rauff Hakeem said today. Mr. Hakeem who was approached by a few […]

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

Rejected Mahinda ready to contest under another party

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa may look at contesting the parliamentary elections under another political party if President Maithripala Sirisena fails to nominate him as the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate. An opposition parliamentarian close to Rajapakse said […]

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

Following stiff opposition from the SLFP, the President has now decided to fully reject nominations to Rajapaksa.

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

President Maithripala Sirisena has refused to give former President Mahinda Rajapaksa nominations from the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) to contest the upcoming Parliament elections. The decision paves the way for a major split in […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS

TULF seeks to form Tamil common front

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

The Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) has called on Tamil Political Parties including those of the South and the Upcountry to get united under one banner to form a common front, as an alternative to the […]

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

Chamal Rajapaksa to be named as PM candidate?

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

Chamal Rajapaksa to be named as PM candidate? A request has been made to nominate former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Higher Education and Research […]

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

Sirisena, Wickremasinghe & Rakapaksa Dilemmas

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

By Sarath Wijesinghe – Political maize in Sri Lanka has further complicated after the dissolution of the Parliament without passing 20A which is a demand and a promise by Sirisena to the people agitated for […]

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

Crucial talks today on Rs 1000 per day wage demand by tea trade unions

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

By Steve A. Morrell Trade union sources in the tea plantations pressed their demand for a Rs. 1000 per day wage as the jump – off point for for further negotiations with the respective managements. […]

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

Rare conjunction of Venus and Jupiter

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=331664

The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter are visible after sunset pass extremely closer to each other from July 1, Astronomy and Space Applications, Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies Dr. Chandana Jayaratne said. […]

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

MS must defeat MR – United Leftists

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

BY Ruwan Laknath Jayakody Members expelled from the Leftist parties attached to the United People’s Freedom Alliance urged President Maithripala Sirisena to give leadership to the civil society struggle and the victory achieved on 8 […]

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

Monk Vs agents of Satan

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

I once read an article written by Prof. Kumar David in The Island. He says that the interview given by Ven. Maduluwave Sobitha, to the Sunday Thinakural, was the most significant political interview in the […]

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

President CBK – A reflection on her politics of Inclusivity and Tolerence

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

In 1994, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, at the age of forty nine years, was elected as the youngest and first ever female President of Sri Lanka. Twenty one years later, in June 2015, as she celebrates […]

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

NM at 110

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu
http://books.ideabeam.com/isbn/9789559150046/two-languages-one-nation-one-language-two-nations

This year marked the 110th birth anniversary of Nanayakkarapathirage Martin Perera, better known as Dr. N.M. Perera; Leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, popular labour leader, one-time Mayor of Colombo, outstanding Parliamentarian, Marxist, intellectual, […]

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

Campaign issues revolve around leadership

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

By Dr.Vickramabahu Karunaratne Ranil the Prime Minister placed his UNP Working Committee on a serious footing by explaining the difficulties that should not be under estimated. As a leader in full control, he need not […]

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

I am not coming – Chandrika

02/07/2015 Karu

Can UNP win without Maithri? When the election results were announced in the 1994 general elections, Chandrika Kumaratunge was in hiding at a secret location. She felt there were threats on her life. Only her […]

By Karuna

Mahinda will be leading opposition group

02/07/201502/07/2015 Karu

Stakes At The Parliamentary Elections At a personal level, it would be foolish for MR to contest. He would soon be a septuagenarian. He entered parliamentary politics in 1970 and completed 45 years. He was […]

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