Archive for January, 2015
Thursday, January 15th, 2015
චන්ද්රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි ජනාධිපතිවරණය නිමවී අැත. අප සෘජුවම මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ජයග්රහණය උදෙසා කටයුතු කල අය වෙමු. මේ තරගයේදී මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ජයග්රහණය යනු රටේ ජයග්රහණය ලෙස දුටුව අප තවමත් රටේ ජයග්රහණය වෙනුවෙන්ම කටයුතු කරන පෙරමුණ ගන්න ජන ප්රජාව වෙමු. දැන් මෙෙත්රීපාල සිරිසේන යනු මෙරට ජනාධිපතිතුමා බැවින්; රට රැක ගැනීමේ කාර්යයට උපරිම වශයෙන් ඒතුමාවද දායක […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
වෛද්ය රුවන් එම්. ජයතුංග ලන්ඩනයේ සෙන්ට් තෙරේසා රෝහලට ඇතුළු කරනලද මහලූ රෝගියා හුස්ම ගත්තේ සෙමෙන්ය. ඔහු රෝහලට භාරදුන් පුද්ගලයා රෝගියා පිළිබඳ වැඩි විස්තරයක් දැන සිටියේ නැත. මහල්ලා වැන්දඹුවකු බවත්, ඔහුගේ එකම පුතා ස්කොට්ලන්තයට ගොස් ඇති බවත් රෝගියා භාරදුන් පුද්ගලයා හෙදියට කියා තිබි‚. රෝගියාගේ ඇඳුම් බෑගයත්, දිනපොතත්, බයිබලයත්, රූසෝගේ කෘතීන් කිහිපයකුත්, නැගෙනහිර යුරෝපයේ සිතියමකුත් රෝහල් කාර්ය […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
George Rupesinghe Sydney, Australia Your reporter Dharisha Bastians, in her/his account of the Pope’s visit to Sri Lanka, syndicated in The Sydney Morning Herald on 15 January, refers to former President Rajapakse’s “refusal to address concerns about postwar reconciliation.” Surely Bastians must be aware that it was Rajapakse who set up the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Dr.Tilak Fernando After glancing through a recent Sunday newspaper article on a new resolution adopted by the 193 member UN General Assembly surrounding the mysterious plane crash that took place as far back as in 1961 in which the Swedish born UN Secretary General Dr. Dag Hammarskjöld perished with another 15 members of the team, […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
By mahinda Just as I mentioned in the episode 02, the drama continue according to the agenda and script of the Unholy alliance consisting of LTTE,UNP,CBK,RANIL, RAW, CIA etc. The Governor of North PC has been removed and replaced by a civilian who could not protect the integrity any longer, he who is a govt. […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Nalin de Silva (Article not published by the Island. ) The Presidential elections scheduled for 8th January 2015 is on nidahasa of the country more than anything else. I prefer the word nidahasa to other concepts such as sovereignty, independence etc., and I associate the nidahasa with eksesath rajya a form of unitary state. Thus it […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Vajragnana Warnakulasuriya With the inauguration of the new Parliament as per the manifesto of the alliance, people were invited to submit any corrupt and illicit dealings that had taken place by the people responsible to run the country within the last ten years of Mr.Mahinda Rajapaksa’s regime. On a parallel note the Tamil Diaspora and […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Sunday Times Editorial It was democracy that was the ultimate winner at Thursday’s Presidential election. Sri Lanka’s somewhat questionable recent record on elections was put back on track and for that, much of the credit must go to the Elections Commissioner, all those men and women who showed what the Public Service of this country […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Adaderana Military spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said he is unaware of Rajapaksa’s order to the military to back him, maintaining that the military stayed out of all the stages of the electoral process. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has denied allegations that he tried to cling on to power, saying he decided to let then-opposition presidential […]
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Prof. Hudson McLean During the tenure of MR, he maintained cordial and civilised contact with the Leader of the Opposition Ranil Wickramasinghe. A few had negative comments. When MR defeat was announced, it was Ranil who had the courtesy to visit Temple Trees to arrange the transition of power. One point which bothered MR was […]
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Hot News The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today complained to the Bribery Commission against 12 persons including, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Namal Rajapaksa about alleged financial frauds committed by them. Complaints were made against former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Carlton Super Sports Club, former Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando, former […]
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Dr. Daya Hewapathirane It would be a most opportune time and a gracious gesture on his part, if the Pope seeks forgiveness from the Buddhists and Hindus of Sri Lanka, for the widespread injustices and human rights violations and offences the Catholic church has committed in the distant and recent past in our motherland. SRI […]
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
By M D P DISSANAYAKE Before joining the MS alliance, the Great Cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga said on public stage that he has an agreement with Chandrika that corrupt MPs and Ministers in UPFA government will not be taken into the new regime. In fact he has told Chandrika if corrupt MPs and Ministers are taken […]
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Dilrook Kannangara Writing to Lankaweb a writer asked the above question. This is just one of hundreds of questions raised by the people. In the current context, this is the most pertinent of all questions posed. The continuation of the new government, promises made to the people and most importantly the electoral calculous depend on […]
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Hot News Samurdhi development officers’ union has made a written complain to the Auditor General that Rs 1400 million of Samurdi funds have been withdrawn from the Samurdhi bank account on the 6th January before the Presidential election.
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Hot News Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has denied government allegations that he attempted to remain in office after it became clear that he had lost last week’s election. In comments published on Twitter as Pope Francis landed on the island, Rajapaksa insisted he had readily accepted “the people’s verdict” in what was his […]
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
George Rupesinghe Sydney, Australia While the leaders of Europe and other countries hold hands with France in their hour of sorrow and unite against acts of terrorism, it is timely to remember that no such gesture of solidarity and comfort was extended to the people of Sri Lanka when they were the target of worse […]
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Dehiwela It is heatedly argued in many circles who is responsible for the victory of the president Mr. Maithripala Sirisena in the last historic election. The Minorities claim they are responsible since they voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Maithripala Sirisena and the Sinhala Buddhists claim it is their own propaganda which really made […]
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Hilmy Ahamed Nepal, after centuries of rule by powerful monarchs embraced democracy in April 1990. After several unsuccessful campaigns against the Government, the Nepali Congress allied with several Communist parties in a pro-democracy movement, pushed the King of Nepal to concede their demand for democracy. This came about as protests mounted, the armed forces fired […]
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
Prof. Hudson Maclean Sri Lanka electorate and the players have reached political maturity. The ancient civilization of the Sinhela have demonstrated proudly to the world how democracy is played in this little Island. The politicians behaved with decency and the voters, who normally end-up carving-up a few hearts & souls, with a few funerals after […]
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
By mahinda The election concluded officially and as according to the majority votes Sirisena won and was installed as president is the general picture been painted for the ordinary Sinhela Buddhists the owners of the country. Although the final winners are Ealaamists and Al Qaida/Jihadists, the Sinhela Buddhists are forced to believe that they won […]
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
Hot News Twenty seven Cabinet ministers in total were sworn in before the President at the Presidential Secretariat. After swearing-in of the Cabinet Ministers, State Ministers, President MaithripalaSirisena said it would be an interim-cabinet and that General Elections would be held after the completion of the 100-day programme.This is only a temporary Cabinet appointed to ensure […]
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න චම්පික හා රාජිත දෙන්නා සුපුරුදු වහසි බස් බෙනෙමින් මහින්දගේ රජයේ සියලු දුෂිතයන් ට දඬුවම් කරන බව ප්රකාශ කරති වැඩේ නම් හොඳය හැබය් මුල්ය වංචා කල අ යට වඩා මුලින්ම දඬුවම් දිය යුත්තේ වසර තිස් ගණනක් තිස්සේ කොටිත්රස්තවාදීන්ගෙන් අසරණ මිනිසුන් මැරෙන්නට ඉඩහැර හා කොටින්ගේ ශක්තිය වැඩි කරමින් රට විනාශ කරන්නට වැඩ කල අනෙක් […]
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 12 January 2015 Hon. Jason Kenney, MP., PC Minister of Employment & Social Development & Multiculturtalism House of Commons, Ottawa Dear Jason Kenney: Thank you for forwarding John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affair’s statement of congratulations on a Sri Lanka’s Successful Presidential Elections. That was magnanimous […]
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
By Takis Fotopoulos Yesterday, Paris saw the ‘biggest’ rally in France’s history, as the French Interior Ministry described it. This was of course hardly surprising, as the entire political part of the Transnational Elite (TE-i.e. the elites which run the New World Order of neoliberal globalization, based mainly in the G7 countries), attended it. On […]
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
H. L. D. Mahindapala When J. R. Jayewardene went back to Braemar” at Ward Place, his private residence, after leaving the Presidency, he noted ruefully in his memoirs that there was hardly anybody to meet him the next day. Chandrika Kumaratunga too complained that there was no one to put even a spoonful of sugar […]
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
Courtesy Sunday Times Millions of Sri Lankans learnt only by late Friday morning that the major thrust by Opposition political parties brought an end to the near ten year rule of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. As the counting began in centres countrywide after polls ended on Thursday, families and friends sat around their television sets for […]
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
Well wisher, When President Mahinda R lost the election I felt a sense of desolation, which I feel most of Sri Lanka felt. Even the celebration by the Opposition seemed to be half hearted. I feel I was fortunate to witness history being made by President Mahinda R (MR). When we look at our history […]
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
Ranjit Abeywardena The just concluded presidential election was a coup by foreign elements, Its broader similarities to the 1815 ousting of the King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe II by the British are uncanny to the initiated observer; They based their campaign on tarnishing his image of the local ‘king’ as ‘cruel’ and corrupt, and just as […]
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Sunday, January 11th, 2015
Hot News Instigated by former President Chandrika Bandaranayake, a break away group of 21 member of SLFP central committee met today at Wijerama Road Colombo and appointed President Maitripala Sirisena as the party president and pledged support to President Maithripala Sirisena a short while ago. Among the MPs who pledged support the President are Dr. […]
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