Archive for August, 2015

Smaller parties in UPFA plan new Alliance

Saturday, August 29th, 2015

By W.K. Prasad Manju Courtesy Ceylon Today Several political parties and organizations connected to the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) have opened discussions to establish a new political alliance targeting the upcoming Local Government Elections. Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya and UPFA Colombo District Parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila told Ceylon Today that discussions are underway regarding the […]

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Government of Sri Lanka Says No need to present report on missing persons to UNHRC

Saturday, August 29th, 2015

Courtesy The  Nation The Government is unlikely to present the interim report, compiled by the Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons (PCICRMP), at next month’s session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. Speaking to The Nation, Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said the question of presenting the interim report […]

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SLFP empowers President to decide on Ministers, posts

Saturday, August 29th, 2015

Courtesy Adaderana The Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today decided to authorize President Maithripala Sirisena, as the Chairman of the party, to appoint SLFP Ministers to the National Government as well as the Opposition Leader, Chief Opposition Whip and Deputy Speaker. The proposal was approved at the SLFP central committee meeting […]

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IS JVP ALSO DESTINED TO DOOM

Friday, August 28th, 2015

Dr Sudath Gunasekara 28.8.2015. JVP in this country started with an aborted coup to overthrow the elected Government in April 1971. They perceived it as a revolution of the proletariat to liberate the suffering masses from the oppression by the bourgeois. Their approach was based on what they have read and heard in communist countries. […]

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Sri Lanka: From illegal resolutions & international probes to a foreign steered domestic probe!

Friday, August 28th, 2015

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s policy makers need to approach the issue of an investigation whether it is international or domestic by taking stock of the legalities and mandates legally in place. No inquiry can be limited to a period omitting the origins and terror unleashed over decades. No inquiry can omit to name and […]

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ජාති(ක) ලැයිස්තුව

Friday, August 28th, 2015

ධර්මන් වික‍්‍රමරත්න ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ 23වැනි අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා ලෙස රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ ඉකුත් සතියේ දිවුරුම් දුණි. ඔහුගේ නව කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය සැප්තැම්බර් 2 බදාදා දිවුරුම් දීමට අපේක්ෂිතය. මෙයට පෙර ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේ සිව්වැනි වරට අගමැති තනතුර දරා ඇත්තේ දෙදෙනෙක් පමණි. එක් අයෙකු වසර 121කට පෙර බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය අගමැතිවරයා ලෙස කටයුතු කල විලියම් එවර්ට් ග්ලැඩ්ස්ටන්ය. දෙවැන්නා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඩඩ්ලි සේනානායකය. අගමැති රනිල් […]

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US policy shift aimed at strengthening new government – Rajiva

Friday, August 28th, 2015

by Shamindra Ferdinando  Courtesy Island August 27, 2015, 12:00 pm Former UPFA MP Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha yesterday said that the anticipated change in US policy towards Sri Lanka was aimed atstrengthening the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe administration. The US policy shift was not at all surprising because the Obama administration had, in no uncertain terms, made known its […]

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Some steps on How to prevent cheating at elections

Friday, August 28th, 2015

A Well Wisher. Some steps on How to prevent cheating at elections Use security paper or paper with water mark for printing ballot papers. Use pencils or permanent ink to mark ballot papers. Some inks fade over time. Tests must be done to ensure permanent ink. All the voters should have valid I.D. cards with biometric data […]

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Sir Desmond’s mandate was not extended

Friday, August 28th, 2015

Mahinda Gunasekera Toronto, Canada August 27, 2015 His Excellency, Maithripala Sirisena President of Sri Lanka Copy to:  Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, Prime Minister ”      ”     Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs ”       ”     Mr. P.B. Abeykoon, Mr. Saman Ekanayake and Mrs. Chitranganee Wagiswara Your Excellency, It is somewhat puzzling to note that the government headed by […]

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International Community is made a Part of Sirisena- Wickramasinghe administration

Friday, August 28th, 2015

Gallage Punyawardana Head- Swarna Hansa Foundation The cat is out of the bag, speaking to a group of journalists US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Nisha Biswal has said that Sirisena- Wickramasinghe administration has recognized the International Community as part of it. The International Community as seen by most countries in […]

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Good Governance Starts Only If Transparency Is Established–

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Dr. Chandana Jayalath A high priority has been given to ensure that development efforts across all sectors are evenly balanced and distributed to all cross sectors of the society. In order to meet the overall national development and enhance the quality of life of its citizens, it is imperative to ensure speed, transparency and integrity […]

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Ranil’s Lichchavi administration in disarray, Cabinet swearing-in further delayed?

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Hot News The Lichchavi administration which Ranil Wickremasinghe proposed when he addressed the media for a special statement at the Temple Trees recently, gone into a terrible disarray due infighting between SLFP and UNP over the allocation of Ministries.  SLFP acting General Secretary Duminda Dissanayake today  (27/08/2005) said the swearing-in of the Cabinet would not […]

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THE REJECT SHOPS BRAIN DRAIN AND THE NATIONAL LISTS

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

By M.L.Wickramasinghe The current arguments that are doing the rounds in high society in Colombo and among simple folks in rural villages as well as in the mass media on the propriety of nominating losing candidates into the National List reminded me of the Reject Shops in England. According to the Cambridge Dictionary- a Reject […]

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Court lifts travel ban on Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Courtesy Adaderana The Galle Magistrate on Thursday (27) lifted the foreign travel ban imposed on former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa over allegations he used a commercial floating armoury. Police this year seized more than 3,000 weapons in 20 containers from the armoury, run by private security firm Avant Garde Maritime Services (Pvt) Ltd and docked […]

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Don’t worry about NL MPs: Ranjan

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Courtesy The Daily Mirror People should not take the appointment of defeated MPs to Parliament through the National List seriously as many of them were slated to end up in prisons before long, United National Party (UNP) MP elect Ranjan Ramanayake said yesterday. Mr. Ramanayake told the Daily Mirror that people should not care much […]

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No MP elected from one party should be allowed to join another.

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Dr Sudath Gunasekara 25.8.2015. No MP elected from one party should be allowed to join another after an election. Because it is unethical, immoral, undemocratic and uncivilized to do so. It not only betrays both the voters and the Party that sponsored him and  who voted him on some policy, conviction or faith but also […]

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Violation of people’s franchise

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy Island August 26, 2015, 7:27 pm Since none of the political parties that contested the recently concluded Parliamentary Elections of August 17th received a sufficient majority of votes to form a government, attempts are being made by the UNP and the SLFP to form a National Government. Since such attempts need to conform […]

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Of that shotgun marriage

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Island Editorial Courtesy Island August 26, 2015, 8:03 pm The proposed national government project is likely to get off to a delayed start. The MoU signed by the UNP and the SLFP the other day to pave the way for their coming together has some loose ends to tie up and the issue of sharing ministerial […]

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Kartel: an evolving mixed Muslim heritage in Slave Island-A story of saints, slaves, moneylenders and mercenaries at the heart of Colombo.

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

By: Ramla Wahab-Salman Branching from a walking tour of Slave Island conducted at Colomboscope 2015, the following article is a collection of ideas and stories shared over the festival backed by a personal interest and research in mosque spaces in the South West of Sri Lanka. Once an island within a port city, the Slave […]

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Sri Lanka: A Lesson for U.S. Strategy

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

By Kadira Pethiyagoda Courtesy The Diplomat Sri Lanka provides a glimpse of small power-great power relations in a future multipolar world order. http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/sri-lanka-a-lesson-for-u-s-strategy/ For much of the period since its independence, Sri Lanka attracted scant regard throughout the West. At the culmination of its civil war, some attention did begin to be paid to human rights […]

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The post of High Commissioner in London An open letter to Sanga

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015

By Mario Perera Dear Sanga, Just a few days ago, speaking at the farewell offered to you on the cricket field, H.E.The President, made to you a generous offer, being the post of High Commissioner in London. Later in the day, at a press conference when questioned on the topic, you assessed your situation. You humbly […]

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පාවා දෙන්නන්ගේ අවසන් අවස්ථාව……

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015

Lankanewsweb.info ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ ජාතික සංවිධායක මෙන්ම එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානයේ මහ ලේකම් සුසිල් ප්‍රේමජයන්ත් මහතා ඊයේ  (25) ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා වෙත හදිසි ලිපියක් යොමු කරමින් සන්ධානයේ මහ ලේකම් ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්විමට කටයුතු කළා. ඔහුගේ ඇතැම් ක්‍රියාකලාපයන් පිළිබඳව සලකා බැලිමේදි මහත්තයෙකු ලෙස ඔහු ආමන්ත්‍රණය කිරිම නුසුදුසු නැත. සිය ඉල්ලා අස්විම යවමින් ඔහු යැවු […]

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Kumara Welgama ready to accept the opposition leader post

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015

Adaderana Former Minister Kumara Welgama says that he is ready to accept the opposition leader post. Welgama told Ada Derana that he is of the view that he is the most appropriate for the post under the current political situation of the country. Welgama obtained the highest preferential votes (218,614) from the Kalutara Polling District […]

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A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed challenging UFPA National List

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015

Courtesy Adaderana A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition has been filed today by a member of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) challenging the UFPA National List, which includes several candidates who were defeated at the general election. The FR petition has been filed with the Supreme Court by MEP member Somaweera Chandrasiri, challenging the decision to […]

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US backs Sri Lanka’s domestic probe and offers resolution of collaboration with the government of Sri Lanka at the September session of the Human Rights Council.

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015

Courtesy Adaderana The United States said Wednesday that it wants to sponsor a resolution at next month’s U.N. human rights session that is supportive of Sri Lanka’s government, which wants to conduct its own investigation into alleged war crimes. The announcement by the visiting Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal of a joint resolution with […]

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ඡන්ද වංචාවක් ගැන උදය ගම්මන්පිළ මහතා හෙළි කරයි. ((video))

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015

Courtesy www.mahinda.info 2015 මහ මැතිවරණයේ ප්‍රතිඵලය අස්වාභාවික බවත්, එහි යම් ගැටළු කාරී තැන් ඇති බවත් mahinda.info විශේෂ ලිපියකින් පෙන්වා දුන්නා ඔබට මතක ඇති. පසුගිය දිනෙක උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතාත් ඡන්දයේ වංචාකාරී සිදුවීම් පිළිබඳව අදහස් දැක්වූයේ මෙලෙසයි. උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා මතු කළ කාරණා වල සාරාංශය. 1. මැතිවරණයට පෙර ස්වාධීන මත විමසුම් වලින් එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සංධානය 110-115 […]

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Lucky rejects and hypocrites

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015

By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Courtesy Island The editorial ‘Lucky rejects’ (The Island 25 August) ‘hits the nail on the head’ and the Editor deserves to be congratulated on exposing the hypocrisy of not only the two major political parties but also of the proponents of good governance, who seem to have double standards, when he states: […]

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Paradise Lost – From Bad to Worse!

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

Prof. Hudson McLean Although I have kept silent during the past few months, I maintain my regular watch over Sri Lanka politics, reading LankaWeb, Daily News and other media publications. The content published in LankaWeb is excellent reading and gives an objective analysis of the sad situation in Sri Lanka. Appreciate the lead by Mahindapala […]

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PAKISTAN’S WAR AGAINST TERRORISM

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

ALI SUKHANVER     For the last many weeks, it has been a very popular statement of different politicians, defense analysts and of different TV anchors that the Operation Zarb-e-Azb in Pakistan is reaching its climax. This statement gives an impression that the menace of terrorism has been completely uprooted from the Pakistani society and […]

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A serious look at hijacking democracy in this country by appointing defeated and rejected candidates at elections to Parliament via the National List and making them even Cabinet Ministers

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

 Sudath Gunasekara 21.8.2015 To me the so-called National list concept is a big fraud. In this country it appears to be a combination of the Machiavellian and Kautilyan strategies in state craft with a pinch of salt from JRJ’S political cunningness and acumen. So one can just imagine what kind of vicious political invention it […]

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