By Walter Jayawardhana President Rajapaksa told a ruling party women’s organization in Moneragala in Uva Province yesterday that he is prepared to face any court anywhere in the world on behalf of the Sri Lankan armed forces officers who carried out orders by him to wipe out terrorism from Sri Lanka. President Rajapaksa said that […]

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LS. Everytime Lankan political leaders have political capital, they almost always abuse it. Take the case of Mrs B in the 1970’s. She won a huge majority in 1970 and rushed to nationalise everything owned by the so called capitalist forces. At least that was within the power that she won a mandate from people. […]

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By Janaka Alahapperuma A Sri Lankan Tamil man found guilty of keeping a fake French passport, two forged National Insurance cards, two fake British passports and a driving licence at Croydon Crown Court in South London on Friday 17th July. Sivabalan Durai (27), from Harrow “ƒ¢¢”š¬…”Middlesex, was arrested with three other people on July 2nd […]

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Daya Thulna Tissa Now it’s time to rewrite Mahavansa to review and to analyze the modern history It’s to pay our tribute to national heroes Gotabhaya and Mahinda …the fearless giants ƒ”š‚  Their names will ever remain as legends Together they were able to change the history The nation was saved from the hands of […]

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Navin Dissanayake, Minister of Investment Promotion Speech made by Honorable Navin Dissanayake, Minister of Investment Promotion, at the National Forum on City Cluster Economic Development on 17th July 2009 at Galle Face Hotel. It is a great pleasure to address you today, especially on a very topical subject. However, I wish to take your mind […]

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Media Release Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Washington DC 20008 Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya last week met with Robert M. Scher, the newly appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South & Southeast Asia at the US Department of Defense. Deputy Assistant Secretary Scher congratulated the Government of Sri Lanka for defeating […]

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