Colombo Night Races – Should Citizens Be Concerned?
Colombo Night Races – Should Citizens Be Concerned? By Visakha Tillekeratne -December 14, 2012 While at least 500 railway crossings remain unprotected, countless villages in Sri Lanka remain without...
View ArticleR.100 million for Rajapaksa sons’ duty free racing cars
Bread to go up to Rs. 60 a loaf ? President’s daily expense over Rs.20 million Rajapaksa Sons Among Top 15 Shareholders Of Ascot Holdings That’s My Boy These pictures tell their plight: Sithy Fowziya...
View ArticleGovernment facing a massive financial crisis
Government facing a massive financial crisis Friday, 14 December 2012 Economic analysts say that the country is faced with an economic crisis even without economic sanctions being imposed. Ministry...
View ArticleSri Lanka: End Police Harassment of Members of Human Rights Organisations
Sri Lanka: End Police Harassment of Members of Human Rights Organisations Dec-14-2012 Members of ‘Right to Life’ and ‘Families of the Disappeared’ in trouble for speaking freely and video. Sri Lanka...
View ArticleStatement from MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan on the arrest of students in Jaffna,...
Statement from MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan on the arrest of students in Jaffna, Sri Lanka 2012 12 14 - Statements Recently, the Sri Lankan government arrested and detained students without cause following...
View ArticleReconciliation 10 Points: Some Tamils Changed Their Names To Sinhalese After...
Reconciliation 10 Points: Some Tamils Changed Their Names To Sinhalese After 83, Were They Accepted? By RMB Senanayake –December 14, 2012 RMB Senanayake 1. Reconciliation is necessary to maintain one...
View ArticleFour Jaffna University students sent to Welikanda detention camp
Four Jaffna University students sent to Welikanda detention camp Friday, 14 December 2012 The Terrorism Investigations Department (TID) on a directive by the Defence Secretary has transferred four...
View ArticleChain of protests in London against repression of students in Jaffna
Chain of protests in London against repression of students in Jaffna [TamilNet, Saturday, 15 December 2012, 11:07 GMT] A series of protests have been organized outside the British Prime Minister’s...
View Article13 Tamil women admitted to Killinochchie hospital suffers from sexual...
13 Tamil women admitted to Killinochchie hospital suffers from sexual tortures: JMO 13 Tamil women recently joined to the Lankan Army suffered from the physiological problems admitted to...
View ArticleSri Lanka Defence coerces parents or fabricates statements on conscripted...
Sri Lanka Defence coerces parents or fabricates statements on conscripted Tamil girls [TamilNet, Friday, 14 December 2012, 22:19 GMT] The helpless parents of the Tamil girls conscripted by the...
View ArticleCondemn The Assault On The Students, Academic Community And Media In Jaffna...
Condemn The Assault On The Students, Academic Community And Media In Jaffna By The Armed Forces By Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe –December 15, 2012 Ajit Rupasinghe Members of the academic community of the...
View ArticleICG silently withdraws mischief on TamilNet
ICG silently withdraws mischief on TamilNet [TamilNet, Saturday, 15 December 2012, 16:50 GMT] The International Crisis Group (ICG) silently removed a mischievous part of a statement on TamilNet that...
View ArticleThe Constitution And The President’s Conscience
The Constitution And The President’s Conscience By Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena -December 15, 2012 Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena Is the Constitution or the President’s conscience paramount in deciding the...
View ArticleThe constitution and the president’s conscience
The constitution and the president’s conscience Sunday, December 16, 2012 Is the Constitution or the President’s conscience paramount in deciding the notion of legality in Sri Lanka? Abandoning the...
View ArticleAli Baba And The Forty Thieves: From Where Do Sri Lanka’s Problems Emanate?
Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves: From Where Do Sri Lanka’s Problems Emanate? By Emil van der Poorten -December 15, 2012 Emil van der Poorten I have, during the time I have written for this and other...
View ArticleHeroic BASL the sixth force decisively defeats MaRa
Heroic BASL the sixth force decisively defeats MaRa (Lanka-e-News -15.Dec.2012, 11.30PM) The united heroic Lawyers over 3000 of the SL Bar association representing the sixth Force in the country that...
View ArticleThe Futility Of words: Now Only Actions Matter
The Futility Of words: Now Only Actions Matter The final injunction is: “If the public fails, there is no point in blaming this one and that one”. By Kumar David -December 15, 2012 Prof Kumar David As...
View ArticleDivineguma: Basil May Get Populist Dictator Illusions Himself And Create...
Divineguma: Basil May Get Populist Dictator Illusions Himself And Create Problems To His Brother! By Vickramabahu Karunaratne -December 15, 2012 Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne Main bloc to Mahinda’s...
View ArticleFrom fiery leftists to feeble lambs
From fiery leftists to feeble lambs Sunday, December 16, 2012 My Dear Vasu, Tissa and Dew, I thought I must write to you when I heard that you had written a letter to the Leader of the House, Nimal,...
View ArticleImpeachment Crisis Helped the Easy and Comfortable Passage of the Budget...
Impeachment Crisis Helped the Easy and Comfortable Passage of the Budget which had the Potential of Causing Riots. Defence expenditure is gobbling most of the income – Rs 231 billion – 23 per cent more...
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