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Sri Lankan military forcibly “resettles” Tamil detainees
Sri Lankan military forcibly “resettles” Tamil detainees By our reporters 22 October 2012 The Sri Lankan government last month announced a “remarkable achievement”—the resettlement of the last of...
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CJ MaRa’s offer with gross contempt and rejects it roundly
CJ treats MaRa’s offer with gross contempt and rejects it roundly (Lanka-e-News -24.Oct.2012, 5.00PM) The machinations of MaRa to displace the chief justice (CJ) Dr. Shiranee Bandaranayake from her...
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Colombo discriminates Ampaa’rai Tamil villages in fund allocations: TNA...
Colombo discriminates Ampaa’rai Tamil villages in fund allocations: TNA councilor [TamilNet, Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 17:26 GMT] The Sri Lankan state in Colombo continues to systematically ignore...
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Gotabhaya, Weerawansa And Champika Are Part Of An International Conspiracy
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka) Gotabhaya, Weerawansa And Champika Are Part Of An International Conspiracy LSSP Leader and Senior Minister Tissa...
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Animal Sacrifice During Hajj in Sri Lanka
Animal Sacrifice During Hajj in Sri Lanka Bodu Bala Sena protest Bala Sena organised a protest march today in Badulla town against the conversion and vandalism of Buddhist heritage and the threat to...
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Midweek Politics: From 13 Plus To 13 Minus
Midweek Politics: From 13 Plus To 13 Minus By Dharisha Bastians -October 25, 2012 Dharisha Bastians There is a certain rustic simplicity to the way the Sri Lanka’s present rulers go about their...
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Attempt to create an LTTE fear psychosis before budget
Attempt to create an LTTE fear psychosis before budget Thursday, 25 October 2012 The Janarala newspaper has led with a story claiming that the Rajapaksa government is attempting to carry out a campaign...
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Tamil Nadu fishermen ‘attacked’ by Lankan Navy
Tamil Nadu fishermen ‘attacked’ by Lankan Navy Thursday, Oct 25, 2012 Sri Lankan Naval personnel attacked a group of fishermen from Tamil Nadu with stones when they were fishing near Katchatheevu...
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Former and current Navy Commander clash over official residence
Former and current Navy Commander clash over official residence Wednesday, 24 October 2012 Former Navy Commander Admiral Somathileka Dissanayake has not yet vacated his official residence even 30 days...
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WikiLeaks: Gothabaya Downplayed His Involvement In Media Intimidation – Blake
WikiLeaks: Gothabaya Downplayed His Involvement In Media Intimidation – Blake By Colombo Telegraph -October 25, 2012 “Gothabaya downplayed his involvement in media intimidation, claiming that recent...
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How meaningful is Sri Lanka’s UPR?
How meaningful is Sri Lanka’s UPR? 25 October 2012 As the 14th Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session gets under way at the UN Human Rights Council this week, the spotlight will once again fall on Sri...
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Action filed against former NSB Chairman
CJ treats MaRa’s offer with gross contempt and rejects it roundly (Lanka-e-News -24.Oct.2012, 5.00PM) The machinations of MaRa to displace the chief justice (CJ) Dr. Shiranee Bandaranayake from her...
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Bribery And Corruption Commission Filed Action Against CJ’s Husband
Bribery And Corruption Commission Filed Action Against CJ’s Husband October 25, 2012 The Bribery and Corruption Commission filed action against the former National Savings Bank Chairman and the Chief...
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Propaganda won’t save GoSL at UPR, UNHRC sessions GTF, Norwegian Tamils warn:
Propaganda won’t save GoSL at UPR, UNHRC sessions GTF, Norwegian Tamils warn: October 24, 2012, 9:32 pm By Shamindra Ferdinando The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) yesterday urged the Sri Lankan government...
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On Sri Lanka, Heyns on 40,000 Dead and Video Half-Shown in UN, UPR
On Sri Lanka, Heyns on 40,000 Dead and Video Half-Shown in UN, UPR By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 25 — The UN system’s Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary...
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Merkel opens Roma Holocaust memorial in Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel inaugurates a sombre memorial to the estimated half million Roma and Sinti murdered by the Nazis. Duration: Published on Oct 24, 2012 Merkel opens Roma Holocaust...
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Sri Lankan minister says JSC Secretary’s appointment violated the Constitution
Sri Lankan minister says JSC Secretary’s appointment violated the Constitution Fri, Oct 26, 2012, Oct 25, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government today reiterated that it intends to implement the widely...
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New Scalpels Of Dissent
New Scalpels Of Dissent By Sanjana Hattotuwa -October 25, 2012 Sanjana Hattotuwa How does one resist State terror? Counter-terror was tried, and failed, for it only made State terror worse, and more...
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Scurrilous literature from MaRa against CJ – Parliament traditions flagrantly...
Scurrilous literature from MaRa against CJ – Parliament traditions flagrantly breached (Lanka-e-News- 25.Oct.2012, 11.55PM) MaRa , the chief of the Sri Lanka administrative hierarchy , once again...
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Sunday Lankadeepa Editor to present Kele Handa
Sunday Lankadeepa Editor to present Kele Handa Thursday, 25 October 2012 Sunday Lankadeepa Editor Ariyananda Dombagahawatte has made arrangements to produce a teledrama based on W.A. Silva’s Kele Handa...
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