Archive for June 13th, 2018
Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
The present government came to power assuring the citizens of Sri Lanka an uncorrupt, transparent, no-wastage government. That promise was thrown to the bin after coming to power. The people were sold that the Cabinet would be just 25 MP (100 day program) however 19a created a bogus national government with the right to unlimited […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
If you have in yourself even an iota of Sinhala blood or have the slightest patriotism for your motherland Sri Lanka, please listen to this brave soldier lamenting about what the traitors amongst us are doing to our motherland – the only land of the Sinhala people! And once you listen to it, please share […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම වර්ෂ 2020දී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත ජනාධිපතිවරණය සඳහා ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඉදිරිපත් වුවහොත් ඔහුට ඇමෙරිකාවේ හෝ බටහිර රටවල සහාය හිමි නොවන බව ඇමෙරිකානු තානාපති අතුල් කේශාප් සහ හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහත්වරුන් අතර ඉකුත් දා පැවැති හමුවේදී තානාපතිවරයා විසින් පැවැසූ බව පළ වන වාර්තා සනාථ කිරීමට හෝ ප්රතික්ෂේප කිරීමට කොළඹ ඇමෙරිකානු තානාපති කාර්යාලය මෙතෙක් සිදුකර […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
By Malinda Seneviratne Courtesy The Daily Mirror Anyone who has read Noam Chomsky’s ‘What Uncle Sam really wants’ would not get too excited when a US President, Secretary of State or Ambassador talks about democracy. Neither would they lose any sleep over such worthies speaking in somber tones about individuals, parties or governments they dislike. Chomsky’s […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, June 13 (newsin.asia): Mystery surrounds what transpired during outgoing US Ambassador Atul Keshap’s courtesy call on former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa last Sunday. On Wednesday, The Island daily quoted a source close to the former President to say that Ambassador Keshap told Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR for short) that his younger brother and former Defense […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
by Senaka Weeraratna The emotional and extraordinary farewell accorded to Col. Rathnapriya Bandu by the Tamils of Vishwamadu a village that once produced hard core LTTE cadres, has dramatically opened a new vista to win the hearts and minds of Tamil brethren living in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka. The Message is clear: […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
Courtesy Eurasia Review Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena held a special discussion at the Presidential Secretariat on the Shasya Shakthi Project implemented in parallel to the Gramashakthi people’s movement, the national program of poverty alleviation. Under the first stage of the Shasya Shakthi Project, solar powered agricultural water supply systems will be introduced in 3,000 […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
Courtesy The Daily Mail (UK) Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena is under pressure to address war-era abuses Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced the first steps in a long-delayed process to compensate victims of the civil war, nearly a decade after the end of the conflict which claimed 100,000 lives. The government said it had approved […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
Financial Tribune ( Iran) Iran has called for a meeting of its joint economic commission with Sri Lanka to be held in Tehran in August. As per our own assessment, the May 2018 state visit by the Lankan delegation to Iran was very good and productive,” said Iran’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Mohammad Zaeri Amirani […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
It has been 10 years since the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the end of the protracted ethnic war in Sri Lanka. In any conflict transformation process, it is critical to find a lasting political settlement to resolve the r… Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/whither-reconciliation-674829.html
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
By Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror The JO consists of several parties. These parties have their distinct identities. They work together under the leadership of former President They want the government to deliver what it promised JO will agitate for early parliamentary dissolution 16-member group is not homogeneous at all The situation in the country is […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror While saying that it was useless to make comments on MP Dayasiri Jayasekara’s statement that the list of 118 was first mentioned by the CaFFE, Keerthi Tennakoon, Executive Director of Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) said they would not bother what Dayasiri says. He told Daily Mirror that […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
By Tatiana Nenova/www.infosrilanka@worldbank.org Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Sri Lanka and foreign investments read a bit like a hit and miss story. But it was not always the case. Before 1983, companies like Motorola and Harris Corporation had plans to establish plants in Sri Lanka’s export processing zones. Others including Marubeni, Sony, Sanyo, Bank of Tokyo and Chase Manhattan Bank, […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
By Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka/DailyFT Courtesy NewsIn.Asia I was delighted to read Lalith Weeratunga’s revelatory article ‘The Troika’. (http://www.ft.lk/opinion/The-Troika–How-crucial-relations-with-India-were-managed-in-the-last-phase-of-the-separatist-war/14-656815). I regard Lalith as a friend and I respect him as one of the finest public servants we have had. President Rajapaksa could not have had a better Secretary to the President, at a crucially testing time in our […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
By Dr.Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Ice manufacturing in colonial Sri Lanka in the second half of the 19 th.century was a landmark in South Asian history. The Sri Lankan ice making industry was the first and the earliest in the region. The name of the pioneering company has changed several times over the years. Today […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Civil society activists who campaigned for Maithripala Sirisena at the January 2015 presidential election are sharply divided over the JVP proposed 20th Amendment intended to further dilute executive powers and do away with the next presidential election. The 20 Amendment proposes that the parliament elects the next president. Chrishmal Presidential […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island The Chairmen, CEOs and boards of directors appointed to SriLankan Airlines since the exit of Emirates management had not contributed to the development of the company, Captain Ruwan Vithanage, President of the Airline Pilots’ Guild of Sri Lanka (AAPGSL) told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on irregularities at SriLankan […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
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