By Walter Jayawardhana The Sri Lankan defence secretary has called on foreign countries to hand over Tamil Tiger rebels and their assets, worth of millions of dollars, BBC’s Anbarasan Ethirajan reported. The report said the demand by Gotabhaya Rajapaksa came weeks after the arrest of the new Tamil Tiger leader, Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias KP who […]

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ALI SUKHANVER A huge country, ultimately scattering into fragments; India is going to be the USSR of tomorrow. One of the official think-tanks of China has advised the Chinese hi-ups to settle old scores with India by breaking up the world’s “ƒ”¹…”Biggest Democracy’ into 26 parts. Beijing should encourage Bangladesh to invite ethnic Indian Bengalis […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lankan beauty queen Jacqueline Fernandez is playing a lead role in the Bollywood production Aladin co starred by such movie giants like Amitah Batchan , Sanjay Dutt and Ritish Deshmuk. The film, in which the Sri Lankan beauty is making her debut, is expected to be released soon all over India. […]

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by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Islandƒ”š‚  Army Chief Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya yesterday dismissed British press reports that weapons of British origin had been used against the LTTE in the Eelam war IV. Sri Lanka’s largest ever combined forces offensive, spearheaded by former Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka brought the LTTE to its knees, first […]

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Authored By Smiling – with roots in Galle Fort. Sent by : Dr.Reffai The controversy of Ms Rifqa Barrie’s conversion from Islam to Christianity has been in the news in recent weeks. ƒ”š‚  To me, it started out as just another attack by the media on topics of a similar nature. With the passage of […]

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Media Release Sri Lanka High Commission Nairobi Kenya Kenyan Deputy President, Kalonzo Musyoka welcomed Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama to Kenya on the 20th of August and congratulated the Sri Lankan Government for laying a solid economic and political foundation for sustainable peace having defeated the LTTE terrorism. Deputy President Musyoka briefed the Sri […]

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