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Day: 7 February 2016

Probe on e-mails reveal links between Yoshitha and CSN

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

Investigations into the e-mails sent from the Carlton Sports Network (CSN) have revealed clear links between the television station and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Yoshitha Rajapaksa, Minister of Law and Order Sagala Ratnayake said […]

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

Sri Lanka’s Tamil leaders call for UN help on 4,000 missing

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, met with the Chief Minister and Governor of the Northern Province in Jaffna this morning. Following the meetings, High Commissioner visited the Nallur Kovil in […]

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

Tamil Diaspora for Dialogue With New Delhi

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

India has so far, kept powerful Diaspora groups at an arms length, preferring to deal with the main Tamil political party Tamil National Alliance for engagement with the community. In an interview with The New […]

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

Looking for a deal, not truth and justice

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

By Frances Harrison.                                                                Sri […]

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

A secular federal State with a merged North-East

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

A secular federal State with a merged North-East BY Mirudhula Thambiah Tamil People’s Council (TPC) releasing the full Draft on how a suitable solution should be reached for the national question has continued to highlight […]

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

Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa family: Crashing fall from grace

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

Much of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana, is set in Sri Lanka. But the island has seen something of a modern epic in the past year or so, with the crashing fall from grace of […]

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

No visa; Cardinal cancels visit to Britain

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s visa application to travel to Britain has been turned down due to incomplete information, prompting the cancellation of an event due to take place in a London church. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the […]

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

Forged asylum papers: BASL insists that Britain should reveal names

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has asked the British High Commission to disclose to the Supreme Court and to the BASL the names of persons who, claiming to be attorneys-at-law, have provided false documents […]

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

UNP, SLFP agreed on UN resolution

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said the UNP and the SLFP were on the same wave length with regard to the Geneva resolution on Sri Lanka. He said the Government was confident that Sri Lanka could convince […]

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

India will give its fullest support to Sri Lanka’s policies; Assures Indian Foreign Minister

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

Indian Foreign Minister Mrs. Sushma Swaraj says the government of India solidly thanks Sri Lanka for its policies behind the reconciliation and the development. She says India admires the speech recently delivered by President Maithripala […]

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

India must take action to implement an acceptable political solution

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

A delegation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), led by Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan, today met with India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Colombo and discussed the ‘immediate needs’ of the Tamil people in […]

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

Another protest by Drama King Wimal Weerawansa fails.

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein arrived in the island this morning on a four-day visit at the invitation of the Sri Lankan government. National Freedom Front organized a protest […]

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

SL-born CEO to receive $11.1 million in one-time payout

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

Sri Lankan-born Alere CEO Namal Nawana would receive about $11.1 million in one-time payouts after the Alere’s acquisition completed by Abbott Laboratories, according to media reports. Nawana took over as CEO when Alere founder and […]

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

Dual citizenship for domiciled Sri Lankans

07/02/201607/02/2016 Karu

Home Affairs, North Western Development and Culture Minister S.B. Navinna yesterday, invited all Sri Lankans domiciled overseas to witness for themselves the change and social transformation that has taken place in the country after the […]

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