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Month: January 2017

Pro-Tamil outfits up ante on war crimes probe

31/01/201731/01/2017 Karu

As a regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is set to meet in Geneva in March, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol. Thirumavalavan on Monday urged the Indian government to sponsor a resolution […]

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

Sri Lanka: “Thirteenth (13th) Amendment no solution to our problem”

31/01/201731/01/2017 Karu

by our London Correspondent ( January 30, 2017, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) JVP MP Vijitha Herath visiting London on invitation for a Workshop of Westminster Foundation for Democracy, also met the Tamil and Muslim diaspora […]

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

Is robbing 48 gold sovereigns, Rs. 600,000 from a Tamil an act of war heroic?

31/01/201731/01/2017 Karu

A senior Navy officer is being accused of having abducted and detained a Tamil businessman of Colombo during the war and robbing 48 gold sovereigns and Rs. 600,000 in cash from him before making him […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS

Mahinda opposed to Gota, Chamal gaining upper hand

31/01/201731/01/2017 Karu

Reports say Mahinda Rajapaksa is strongly opposing attempts by the joint opposition to raise the image of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa or Chamal Rajapaksa as his political successor. When MP Kumar Welgama made a suggestion in this […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS

Five Suspects Arrested Over Plot To AssassinateTNA MP Sumanthiran Produced At Kilinochchi Court And Remanded Until Feb 13th

31/01/201731/01/2017 Karu

By Dharisha Bastians Another suspect has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran, the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) told a court in Kilinochchi yesterday. […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SRI LANKA NEWS

The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka’s Civil War

31/01/201731/01/2017 Karu

by Rohini Mohan “Gripping and profoundly moving … an astonishing feat of reportage.” – NPR Guide to 2014’s Great Reads For three decades, Sri Lanka’s civil war tore communities apart. In 2009, the Sri Lankan army […]

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

Looks who is talking of corruption.

29/01/201729/01/2017 Karu

By Dharisha Bastians Borrowing several battle-cries from the opposition campaign that ousted his administration two years ago, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressed a massive political rally in Nugegoda yesterday, accusing the national unity Government of […]

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

Overseas LTTE Backed Plot To Assassinate TNA MP Sumanthiran in Jaffna?

29/01/201729/01/2017 Karu

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj “Nallavan” (not his real name) is a Tamil youth living in a Northern village. He was a former member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organization who had surrendered to the armed […]

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

Tracing rip-offs during Mahinda regime unlikely – FCID

29/01/201729/01/2017 Karu

By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan The Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) said it has made no substantial breakthrough in any of the 200 plus high profile overseas financial corruption cases they had filed in Court within […]

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

NO POLITICAL PACKAGE TO TAMILS

29/01/201729/01/2017 Karu

No Easy Walk to the Constitution Many irons in the fire; President Sirisena is the enigma Some people’s dream ticket “The laws delays, the insolence of office” by Kumar David There is clarity on what […]

By Karuna, LATEST UPDATES, SPECIAL NEWS, UK NEWS

Kiriella asks ex-President Rajapaksa why he is now opposing SAITM

29/01/201729/01/2017 Karu

Higher Education and Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella yesterday in parliament demanded to know from ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa as to how he and Joint Opposition oppose the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine now after […]

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

Misery in Mannar for villagers who fled the clutches of terror

29/01/201729/01/2017 Karu

There is no water to drink, no land to build homes, no jobs and very little hope. This is the situation facing hundreds of displaced people who returned to Mannar to find their lives have […]

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

No Office of Missing Persons

29/01/201729/01/2017 Karu

By Manekshaw Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera opening the Foreign Ministry’s Regional Office in Jaffna and the Indian Consulate celebrating the 67th Republic Day of India took place on Thursday (26) in the backdrop of the […]

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

Prominent Int’l Lawyer Calls his Colleagues to Sign TGTE’s challenge at the UN Against Sri Lanka’s 6th Amendment

26/01/201726/01/2017 Karu

TRANSNATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL EELAM (TGTE)’s SIXTH AMENDMENT INITIATIVE AN IMPORTANT STEP TO EELAM TAMILS’ SELF DETERMINATION Prominent International Human Rights lawyer, Professor Francis Boyle of the University of Illinois in the United States of […]

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

Revive Or Revisit Chandrika Package, But…

25/01/201725/01/2017 Karu

by N. Sathiya Moorthy Those proposing a second term for Sirisena are possibly floating a trial-balloon of their own By taking the constitutional route the present government has cleverly side-stepped one-on-one negotiations with the Tamil […]

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

Fasting Unto Death At Vavuniya – Letter To The President

25/01/201725/01/2017 Karu

By C.V. Wigneswaran – C.V. Wigneswaran – Northern Chief The tremendous expectations and hopes our people placed in Your Excellency seem to be eroding in recent times and Your Excellency must take note of their […]

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

The Tamil Question: The Agony Of An Unsettled Ethnic Inequality

25/01/201725/01/2017 Karu

By Vishwamithra1984 – “Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy […]

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

Action Against Bahu Attacker Under Racial Discrimination

25/01/201725/01/2017 Karu

A visibly displeased leader of the Nava Sama Samaja Party Dr Vickramabahu Karunarathne, has expressed his dissatisfaction after the Kaduwela Magistrate ordered for the bail of a man, who recently vilified him and called him […]

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

Court Of Appeal Reinstates Raviraj’s Murder Trial Appeal

25/01/201725/01/2017 Karu
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Following submissions made by the counsel of slain TNA MP Nadaraja Raviraj’s family, the Court of Appeal which dismissed the appeal against the Colombo High Court judgement, today reinstated the appeal against the judgment. Raviraj […]

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

The day Kumar Sangakkara felt humbled Unpardonable failure to capitalize on ‘Spirit of Cricket’ lecture

25/01/201725/01/2017 Karu

By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lankan cricketer, Kumar Sangakkara earned the wrath of the war-winning President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government for his hour long “Spirit of Cricket” lecture at the July, 2011, Sir Colin Cowdrey Lecture at […]

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

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