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Day: 27 January 2016

The only way preventing the country getting divided is from a federal system – TNA

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said that what is expected from a new constitution is only about how the power of the government is devolved.  TNA parliamentarian M.A. Sumandiran said “the best method to prevent […]

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

Opposition questions contradictory comments on war crimes probe

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

Opposition questions contradictory comments on war crimes probe The opposition today questioned the contradictory comments being made by the Government on the war crimes investigation. Joint opposition member and Mahajana Eksath Peramuna leader Dinesh Gunawardena said that […]

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

Danish parliament tightens rules on asylum seekers.

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — The Danish Parliament on Tuesday passed a controversial bill that tightens rules on asylum applications and empowers the authorities to confiscate valuables of asylum seekers to finance their stay in […]

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

Government to brief Parliament on alleged offshore accounts of MR

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

The Government today said it will brief Parliament on the alleged offshore accounts of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella said that the Prime Minister will need some time to gather the […]

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

Last Opportunity To Defeat Extremist Forces: Friday Forum

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

“This may be a last opportunity to defeat divisive and extremist forces in different parts of our country, and work towards a just society and a sustainable environment of peace, security and prosperity for all […]

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

Sri Lanka: New Government Makes Significant Progress?

27/01/2016 Karu

(New York) – Sri Lanka’s government, elected in January 2015, ended the pervasive culture of surveillance and censorship and embarked on reforms aimed to undo years of increasingly authoritarian rule, Human Rights Watch said today […]

By Karuna

Lanka Missing Persons Panel Seeks An Year’s Extension

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan Missing Persons’ Commission headed by retired Justice Maxwell Paranagama, has requested the government to extend its term by a year from February 15, 2016 as it still has thousands of cases […]

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

Six-year-old Tamil boy brutally raped and killed in Sri Lanka by Navy

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

Six years after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Tamil lands, particularly in the north of the island, remain under military occupation. The 26-year conflict, which claimed the lives of some 200,000 people, concluded […]

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

UN urged to ensure foreign judges’ participation in war crimes investigation

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

President’s position on UNHRC resolution By Shamindra Ferdinando Alleging that President Maithripala Sirisena has recently undermined a US-led Geneva Resolution co-sponsored by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL), the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has requested […]

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

Arrest warrant for Lakmal Cooray terror man behind Facebook.

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

By Ishara Ratnakara The CID yesterday informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate in Court that the mastermind behind the Facebook racket in which lakhs…… of rupees have been collected after threatening exposure of nude photographs of young […]

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

The agony of Sri Lanka’s carapace of peace

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

The agony of Sri Lanka’s carapace of peace Six years after the Sri Lankan civil war – @jonsnowc4 visits the site of some of its worst horrors. Our return to Sri Lanka’s killing fields has […]

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

THE NEW WAVE OF TERROR AND RAJAPAKSHA

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

Mayhem as monks go on the rampage Pandemonium reigned at the Homagama Magistrate’s Court premises with three Buddhist monks threatening to self-immolate in protest against the arrest of Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Ven. Galagoda […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS

The 13th Amendment gave the Provincial Councils rights over Land and police

27/01/201627/01/2016 Karu

By Kamalika pieris The 13th Amendment gave the Provincial Councils rights over “Land, land tenure, transfer and alienation of land, land use, land settlement and land improvement.” It specifically says “Land shall be a Provincial […]

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