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Month: March 2018

NO CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST PM THE NUMBERS GAME IS ON!

31/03/201831/03/2018 Karu

It has been reported that the Joint Opposition (JO) and the youngest political party the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramua (SLPP) whose de-facto leader is the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa [MR] has handed over a No […]

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

Mangala, Vigneswaran discuss Northern Province development projects

31/03/201831/03/2018 Karu

Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajith Coomaraswamy met Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Vigneswaran in Jaffna yesterday. They discussed the implementation of projects in the Northern Province as […]

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

Mahinda Rajapaksa Must Now Earn the Gratitude of the Tamils and Muslims By Supporting a Political Solution.

31/03/201831/03/2018 Karu

Mahinda Rajapaksa Having Earned The Gratitude Of The Sinhala People By Ending the War and Establishing Peace Must Now Earn the Gratitude of the Tamils and Muslims By Supporting a Political Solution. By Dr. Nirmala […]

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

TNA may vote against Ranil.

31/03/201831/03/2018 Karu

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Sivagnanam Sridharan said, his party has no inclination to safeguard Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe under any circumstances during the no-faith motion that has been brought against him by the Joint […]

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

SLFP fully backs no-faith motion against Premier

31/03/201831/03/2018 Karu

By Maheesha Mudugamuwa The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday said it would, on April 04, vote for the no-confidence motion, moved by the Joint Opposition (JO) against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The SLFP called […]

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

Mahinda winning? President, PM meet to iron out key issues

31/03/201831/03/2018 Karu

The crucial meeting between President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe on Thursday night at Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne’s official residence had aimed at ironing out some of the contentious issues that have put […]

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

Sri Lanka asylum seeking applications to UK on the decline

31/03/201831/03/2018 Karu

The number of applications made by Sri Lankans seeking asylum in the UK has been reduced relatively in the recent years, the British Government said. This was revealed according to data presented by Baroness Williams […]

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

Finding the disappeared in Sri Lanka

31/03/201831/03/2018 Karu

In February, one-and-a-half years after Parliament passed the legislation to do so, President Maithripala Sirisena appointed commissioners to the Office of Missing Persons (OMP). The OMP was the first pillar of the unity government’s reconciliation […]

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

Families pray for closure, Missing Person’s Office promises trust

31/03/201831/03/2018 Karu

The daily routine of Mutthan Theiventhiran, 72, involves first praying at the Kilinochchi Kandaswamy Kovil in the morning where he seeks divine help for the return of his missing son and then joining fellow protesters […]

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

JO alleges MPs offered Rs. 100 mn each to vote against no-faith motion

28/03/201828/03/2018 Karu

Bribing MPs is nothing new in Sri Lanka.  Mahinda bribed the LTTE – Champika Ranawaka – YouTube  Mahinda Rajapaksa Who Stole 83 Million Rupees Of Tsunami Funds … By Shamindra Ferdinando Members of parliament have […]

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

Sampanthan’s alma mater

28/03/201828/03/2018 Karu

A large number of family members of the involuntarily disappeared persons staged a protest when President Maithripala Sirisena arrived at St Patrick’s College, Jaffna to declare open the newly built Technology Centre of the school […]

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

Accused collapses in ‘Toy pistol case’ to kill UNP MP

28/03/201828/03/2018 Karu

There was high drama at the Hambantota High Court yesterday, when the first accused Pemasiri Paranamanna in the case involving the attack on a group of UNP MPs who were on a fact finding visit […]

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

Reform Resistance in Sri Lankan Politics

28/03/201828/03/2018 Karu

One serious political question that emerges from Sri Lanka’s current political impasse is the following: why has a reformist democratic regime, with domestic popular support as well as international backing, begun to run out of […]

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

Reveal SLPP MP behind Kandy clashes – Patali

27/03/201827/03/2018 Karu

JHU general secretary, minister Patali Champika Ranawaka urges police to reveal the politicians behind the Kandy clashes.   Ranawaka told the media at the party head office yesterday (26) that the SLPP MP who provoked […]

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

ATC, BTF & USTPAC Endorse Human Rights Council’s Call for Clear Timeline for Action on Sri Lanka’s Transitional Justice Commitments

27/03/201827/03/2018 Karu

GENEVA, March 26, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) ends in Geneva, the US Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC), British Tamils Forum (BTF), and Australian Tamil Congress (ATC) would like to […]

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

Abduction suspects conspire at Welisara Navy camp party

26/03/201826/03/2018 Karu

WHA group, who are suspects in the abduction of 11 persons during 2008-2010 for extortion, organized a party at the Welisara Navy camp on March 23. They were D.K.P. Dassanayake, Mapa Bandara and Ranasinghe. Participants […]

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

The President, has residuary executive powers which every Head of State possesses.

26/03/201826/03/2018 Karu

By DR WICKRAMABAHU With the noise of the no confidence motion against the PM Ranil Wickremesinghe the issue of the powers of the president came under debate again. Comrade Jayampathi of course believes that he […]

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

Transitional Justice in Sri Lanka: From Denial to Delay

26/03/201826/03/2018 Karu

The government of Sri Lanka has over promised and under delivered when it comes to transitional justice. At the ongoing 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Deputy UN High Commissioner for Human […]

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

When the uneducated Sinhala Buddhists are…. Nourished on a diet of myths and ‘infertility pills’

26/03/201826/03/2018 Karu

“Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumour; nor upon what is in a scripture; nor upon surmise; nor upon an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; […]

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

UNHRC presents two tough choices to Sri Lanka

26/03/201826/03/2018 Karu

By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan The warning from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is simple and stark. Institute “a special court to check on the alleged war crimes or face universal jurisdiction.” The terse […]

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

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