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Day: 14 February 2016

Sirisena Appoints Left-Liberal Reginald Cooray as Northern Province Governor

14/02/201614/02/2016 Karu

COLOMBO: In a progressive step welcomed by Tamil leaders, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday appointed Reginald Cooray, an acclaimed leftist liberal and a veteran Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) politician, as Governor of […]

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

Maithripala Sirisena: Saved Mahinda Rajapaksa from war crimes court

14/02/201614/02/2016 Karu

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday claimed that his victory in the elections saved his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa from being hauled before an international war crimes court. “He (Mr Rajapaksa) was publicly lamenting that […]

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

War Crimes Probe: Sri Lankan Govt. looking at various options – Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein

14/02/201614/02/2016 Karu

Flexibility in implementing UNHRC resolution is acceptable by Zacki Jabbar The Sri Lankan government was looking at various options within the limits of what they have defined as their preference in the manner in which war […]

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

Sinha Le Politics

14/02/201614/02/2016 Karu

By Tisaranee Gunasekara – “Cultural purity is an oxymoron.” – Kwame Anthony Appiah (Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers) The Independence Day celebrations commenced with the national anthem sung in Sinhala and concluded with the […]

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

Football Matches, Mutual Thai Pongal Celebrations Won’t Do The Trick – Suresh Premachandran

14/02/201614/02/2016 Karu

By Hasitha Ayeshmantha and Ashanthi Warunasuriya Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Media Spokesperson and former Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran states that holding football matches between Sinhala and Tamil schools will not pave the way for a proper […]

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Who is funding MAHINDA’s new party?

14/02/201614/02/2016 Karu

Who is funding MR’s new party? The tug-of-war between President Maithripala Sirisena and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to get the reins of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has reached its penultimate stage with the […]

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

Without A Proper Action Plan, Seeking Reconciliation Pointless – Vijitha Herath

14/02/201614/02/2016 Karu

By Hasitha Ayeshmantha and Ashanthi Warunasuriya Propaganda Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, parliamentarian Vijitha Herath states that continuing the reconciliation process without a proper action plan will be pointless. Speaking toThe Sunday Leader, the […]

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

UNHRC: What’s MAHINDA’s Solution?

14/02/201614/02/2016 Karu

Negotiations on the implementation of UNHRC resolutions on Sri Lanka that should be a diplomatic exercise to iron out the wrinkles are being subverted into a verbal political brawl by the defeated President Mahinda Rajapaksa […]

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

War Crimes and War Heroes: Horns of Sri Lanka’s dilemma

14/02/201614/02/2016 Karu

Final stage of the war by Rajan Philips Even for those of us who are not (western) classists, it would makes sense to know that the resolution of a dilemma in logic and rhetoric involves […]

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

Now President Maithiri says ”I saved Mahinda from the electric chair”

14/02/201614/02/2016 Karu

Now President Maithiri says ”I saved Mahinda from the electric chair” Today the 14th of February 2016 President Maithripala Sirisena said that he is the one who saved former President Mahinda Rajapaksa from being sent […]

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