Jeevani Pathirana-ƒ”š‚ Courtesy The Daily News When Justice Shirani Thilakawardena was hearing the Golden Key Financial Fraud Case successfully, Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake personally took the case under her wing on the basis of an incomplete affidavit submitted by a single person, alleged members of the affected Golden Key Depositors Association at a press conference recently. […]

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Editorial- The Island December 14, 2012, 7:12 pm The government’s impeachment move and Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake’s reaction to it have had the same impact on the society as the bitterly fought electoral contest between former Army Commander and the President. It has caused a deep rift. The last few days have seen lawyers’ […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1, Canada. ƒ”š‚ 14 December 2012 ƒ”š‚ Stephen Woodworth, MP for Kitchener Center,ƒ”š‚  Ontario House of Commons, Ottawa ƒ”š‚ Dear Stephen: ƒ”š‚ What do you know? Our, yours and my Supreme Court of Canada, today made the decision to send two of your area Tamils Suresh Sriskandarajah and […]

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Ira de Silva London, Ontario.Canada Mr. Stephen Woodworth, M.P. House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario Dear Sir: I have just been made aware of your statement on Sri Lanka where you express concern about the Jaffna University students and your concerns about “human rights abuses”. What do you expect law enforcement to do when students throw […]

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CHAMIKARA WEERASINGHE-Courtesy The Daily News If UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon could appoint a committee on Sri Lanka without UN approval as he did with the Darusman panel, there is no reason President Mahinda Rajapaksa cannot appoint an independent committee to advise him over the report of the impeachment motion on Chief Justice Dr […]

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Killinochchi Today 185 scholarships were awarded to Grade V Scholarship Examination passed students and GCE (Ordinary Level) Examination passed students in Kilinochchi on 13 December 2012. Security Forces Kilinochchi, under the direction of Security Forces Commander Major General Udaya Perera organized this scholarship programme and Mr Ricky Wijesinghe, who has established ventures in UK, made […]

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Dr.Tilak Fernando As I came out of the controlled area of the Heathrow airport, after going through immigration and baggage clearance, it was a great relief to see Sam waving at me from a distance, the only Sri Lankan face I could spot from the crowd waiting at passenger arrival gate. After proceeding to Victoria […]

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