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Month: February 2016

‘Gotabaya gave Rs. 50 million to murder Raviraj’-Constable Abeyaratne of intelligence division giving evidence reveals..!

29/02/201629/02/2016 Karu

(Lanka-e-News -28.Feb.2016, 7.00PM) Former defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse had given Rs.50 million to Karuna group to murder former Jaffna district M.P. Nadaraja Raviraj , an ex constable of the intelligence information  unit, Liyanarachige Abeyaratne revealed […]

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

Foreign Minister Samaraweera to be sacked?

29/02/201629/02/2016 Karu

By Gagani Weerakoon The Head of the State and his Foreign Minister seem to stand poles apart when it comes to getting foreign expertise in the process of investigating war crime allegations. This was evident when […]

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

Argument in Jaffna Between Minister Samaraweera – General Gallage and Its Implications

29/02/201629/02/2016 Karu

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Our sister paper “Sunday Times”revealed details last week about an incident of friction between a senior cabinet minister and a senior military official that had occurred in Jaffna a few weeks earlier. The […]

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

”Advancing Reconciliation and Development in Sri Lanka” -Mangala address to US Institute of Peace in Washington

29/02/201629/02/2016 Karu

”Advancing Reconciliation and Development in Sri Lanka” -Mangala address to US Institute of Peace in Washington (Lanka-e-News- 27.Feb.2016, 11.30PM) This is the Introduction before Mangal’s lecture by Nisha Desai Biswal, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian […]

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

Jaffna University Imposes Code Of Ethics: Bans Beards, Denims, T-shirts

27/02/201627/02/2016 Karu

University of Jaffna’s administration and Senate decided to implement a code of ethics for the university students and staff. Accordingly, the following instructions have been given by the university authorities. * Wearing denims and T-shirts […]

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

Sri Lanka could accept international actors in war crimes probe

27/02/201627/02/2016 Karu

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s foreign minister said on Thursday he is willing to consider international participation in investigating possible war crimes during the 26-year Tamil insurgency. “I think it is only […]

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

Repeal PTA soon!

27/02/201627/02/2016 Karu

Repeal PTA soon! Last week, the Centre for Human Rights raised concerns about repealing the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), claiming that by dragging their feet on repealing the PTA and taking legal action against […]

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

Sirisena To Appoint Presidential Commission To Probe Rajapaksa Era Media Attacks

27/02/201627/02/2016 Karu

President Maithripala Sirisena is to appoint a Presidential Commission to investigate the attacks on journalists and media organizations which were carried out during Mahinda Rajapaksa’s rule. The Presidential Commission will be tasked with probing the […]

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

Tamils Dispute Government’s Claim About Tamil Buddhists in Lanka

27/02/201627/02/2016 Karu

COLOMBO: Tamils are disputing the Sri Lankan government’s claim that there are 22, 254 Tamil Buddhists in the country. Most Tamils feel that this is a gross exaggeration. The Minister of National Dialogue, Mano Ganeshan, […]

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

Wigneswaran Opposes Tamil-Sinhalese Marriages

27/02/201627/02/2016 Karu

COLOMBO: The Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Tamil majority Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran, touched off a new political controversy when he said in Jaffna on Monday, that he does not favor Sinhalese-Tamil marriages before the […]

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

The Hidden Truth Behind CSN’s Money Laundering

27/02/201627/02/2016 Karu

By Ulapane Sumangala Thero – Is this the result of practicing politics of hate or of politics of revenge? The answer that is required to be sought in this regard in the first place is […]

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

Muslims Reject Outright Call For A Muslim Province

26/02/201626/02/2016 Karu

By Latheef Farook – “Dismissed with outright contempt”. This was the common response of Muslims all over to Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Chairman Basheer Segu Dawood’s demand for a separate Muslim Province. During a discussion […]

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

Lanka based swimming instructor gets UK Empire Medal

26/02/201626/02/2016 Karu

Christina Fonfé was presented with the British Empire Medal in recognition of her work with the Sri Lanka Women’s Swimming Project (WSP) by the British High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, James Dauris. WSP is a […]

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

SLC unhappy with Jayawardene’s England consulting role

26/02/201626/02/2016 Karu

http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/976743.html Sri Lanka Cricket has taken a dim view of Mahela Jayawardene‘s resumption of a consulting role with England for 10 days of the forthcoming World T20. SLC president Thilanga Sumathipala labeled Jayawardene’s temporary job […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, UK NEWS

Land belonging to MAHINDA’s security chief dug-up

26/02/201626/02/2016 Karu

A block of land in Medamulana belonging to Major Neville Wanniarachchi, who was former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s chief security officer, was dug up using a backhoe in search of buried cash, jewellery and weapons. About […]

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

Constitution making in Sri Lanka: Will it go the Nepalese way?

26/02/201626/02/2016 Karu

Sri Lanka does not have as many ethnic groups as Nepal has as their numbers exceed one hundred each in Nepal. There are two ethnic minorities: Tamils and Muslims. Their proportional representation can be secured […]

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

Shed party differences, join hands to draft new Constitution, Sampanthan tells MPs

26/02/201626/02/2016 Karu

by Saman Indrajith Opposition and TNA Parliamentary Group Leader R. Sampanthan yesterday called upon all MPs to shed their political differences and extend their fullest cooperation to accomplish the task of drafting a new Constitution. […]

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

Cross party UK delegation meets TNA leader

26/02/201626/02/2016 Karu

Cross party UK delegation meets TNA leader A cross party group of UK politicians met with the leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), R Sampanthan on Wednesday. Fabian Hamilton MP, a shadow Labour minister, […]

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

North-East Unification Would Be Rejected By Muslims – M.T. Hasen Ali

26/02/201626/02/2016 Karu

By Camelia Nathaniel sri Lanka Muslim Congress General Secretary, M.T. Hasen Ali said that when the new government came into power, there was hope of a political settlement  on addressing the problems of power-sharing for […]

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

Secret behind Fonseka’s re-entry

26/02/201626/02/2016 Karu

Secret behind Fonseka’s re-entry Whenever Sarath Fonseka emerges in politics, those opposed to him appear excited and confused. Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka is a sensation in every field he treads because those who envy him […]

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

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