Archive for September, 2016
Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island September 6, 2016, 7:13 pm In the wake of UNSG Ban Ki-moon reiterating his commitment to Geneva-led accountability process, we should re-examine Sri Lanka’s response to war crime allegations. Let me first, mention specific allegations directed at the previous government after the war ended in May 2009. Sri Lanka paid […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island September 6, 2016, 10:23 pm Former General Officer Commanding elite 53 Division Maj. General (retd) Kamal Gunaratne, whose troops killed LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and some of the latter’s top lieutenants during the final confrontation on the morning of May 19, 2009 has strongly disputed UNSG Ban Ki-moon’s comparison of […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island September 6, 2016, 7:46 pm The admission by the United Nation’s Secretary General (UNSG) Ban Ki Moon during his visit to Sri Lanka from 31 August to 2 September 2016 that the UN “made big mistakes” and “…learned very hard lessons” in Sri Lanka is in keeping with the traditions […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
Nirangi Abeywickreme Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Forensic Video and Surveillance Technology Laboratory – British Columbia Laboratory in Canada has informed the Colombo Magistrate Court that the CCTV footage in connection with the murder of rugger player Mohammed Thajudeen were not clear and as such its experts are unable to come to a conclusion in connection […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
චාර්ල්ස් එස් පෙරේරා විසිනි ගුත්තිල පඬිතුමා මුසිල නම් බාලයෙකුට විනා වැයීම උගන්වා ඔහුට රජ මාලිගාවේ සන්ගීතගායන පදවිය ලබා දුන්නාට පසු කෙලෙහිගුණ නොදත් මූසිලයා මහලුවියට පත් ගුත්තිල පඬිතුමා පරදවා එතුමාගේ තැන ගන්න ගුත්තිල පඬිතුමාට සංගීත තරඟයකට පැමිනෙනලෙස ආරාධනය කලා. එදා මහලුවියේ සිටි ගුත්තිල පඬිතුමා සංගීත තරඟයකට කෙසේනම් මුහුනදෙන්නේදැයි නොදැන අසරණව සිටියේ. නමුත් එදා ඒ තරඟය පටන්ගැන්මේදී […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
Shenali D Waduge Question to Tamils & UN/IC: Give examples of discrimination to only Tamils. Tell us what Sinhalese & Muslims enjoy which is not legally given to Tamils in Sri Lanka? Discrimination is the basis on which the Tamil politicians are arguing he need for a separate state and to rule their own. The […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
Dr D.Chandraratna, Perth The editorial in the Island (3/10) on the visit of the UNSG was indignant enough to provoke thinking. The thinking alone, if not the SG’s probe, hopefully will bring some consolation to the suffering inflicted on citizens, not only Tamils, by the LTTE whose political foot soldiers were the TNA. Placed in […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
lanka C news පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණය ජයග්රහණය වෙනුවෙන් කටයුතු කල දෙමළ ජාතික සංධාන මන්තී්රවරුන් අද අමු අමුවේ සංහිදියාව කඩද්දී මුණිවත රකින්නේ එදා දැක්වූ සහයෝගයට ප්රති උපකාරයක් ලෙසදැයි ජනතාව තුළ සැක ඇතිව තිබෙන බව ඒකාබද්ද විපක්ෂයේ කැදවුම්කරැ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ප්රසන්න රණතුංග මහතා ජනාධිපති මෛත්රිපාල සිරිනේ මහතා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමු කරමින් කියා සිටී මේ බව සදහන් කරමින් ඔහු […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
Courtesy The Daily Mirror In the foremost interest of the Buddha Sasanaya and its affairs a lawyer activist yesterday filed a fundamental rights petition seeking to safeguard and foster the Buddha Sasana against any attack or threats. Petitioner N. Dharshana Weraduwage said his petition had been filed in the backdrop of the recent vandalism of […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The decision of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to contest the local government elections by on its own might backfire, the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) said today. PHU General Secretary MP Udaya Gammanpila said it was not the practice of the SLFP to form a Government alone. Except in […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Ford Mustang found by the FCID yesterday was brought with parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa’s vehicle permit and a bank loan, Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. The car suspected to be owned by the parliamentarian, in 2010, was found by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division yesterday in Kaduwela. Speaking to the media […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
MEERA SRINIVASAN Courtesy The Hindu As IITs open gates to international students, many in Sri Lanka are gearing up for the entrance tests to get into them. After completing her AS levels (Class 11) at a Colombo school, Sasmithaa Manickam is exploring options in higher education. If her dream materialises, she might, in a couple of […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
BY HARIZ MOHD Courtesy NEW STRAITS TIMES PETALING JAYA: Selangor police have set up a special investigation team to probe Sunday’s assault on Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia Ibrahim Sahib Ansar at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Selangor police chief Datuk Abdul Samah Mat said they have also acquired a three-day remand order against five […]
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
Posted by Yashaswani Sehrawat Courtesy India Today The World Health Organization on Monday certified Sri Lanka as a malaria-free nation, in what it called a “truly remarkable” achievement. New Poll Suggests Americans Want Third Party Candidates at Debates According to a new public opinion poll, voters want to see other parties represented in the upcoming presidential […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
This astrologer Vijayamuni is the naval officer who tried to hit rajiv Gandhi with the rifle at the guard of honour at Gall Face during JRJ presidency. https://youtu.be/C5ykOt6USWg
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
By Noor Nizam. Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher, SLFP Stalwart and Convener – “The Muslim Voice” – Sept. 5th., 2016. The Muslim Voice” vehemently denounces this attack on our High Commissioner to Malaysia – HE. Ibrahim Sahib Ansar, and the Chief monk of the Sri Lankan Buddhist temple in Sentul, KL, Malaysia by the […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
චන්ද්රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි .මේ ලෝකය තුල සිදුවෙන දෑ දෙස ඉතා සුපරික්ෂාකාරීව බලන විට, සමහර විශේෂිත දෑ සිදුකිරීම සදහා, විශේෂිත කණ්ඩායම් මේ ලෝකය වෙත මුදා හරින යම් බලවේගයන් ඇති බව මනාව අවබෝධවේ. ඒ අනුව, බණ්ඩාරනායක නම්වූ චරිතය ඒ බලවේගයන්ගේ නිර්මාණයක් ලෙස සඳහන් කලයුතුමය. බණ්ඩාරනායක නම්වූ මේ චරිතය, එදා මේ රට තුලවූ බලවත්ම, ධනවත්ම, වංශක්කාරම, පවුලක් තුල […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Sri Lankan Association of Muslim Women & Girls Dehiwela It is heartening to see many institutes have taken interest in controlling Dengue. It will be very profitable if all get onto a single plan and mode of action and work hand in hand. Actually if only the housewives can be persuaded to […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
lanka C news කළුතර නගර ශාලාවේදී පැවැති ‘ව්යවස්ථා මරඋගුල සහ ජාතියේ අවමගුල’ දේශන මාලාවේ 6වැන්න සිදු කරමින් ඒ මහතා මෙසේ පෙන්වා දුන්නේය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා මෙසේ ද සඳහන් කළේය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ සාධකය දේශපාලන භූමියට නැවත ආගමනය වූයේ නැතිනම් මේ වන විට ජාතියේ ‘නහය’ අල්ලලා බලෙන් වතුර පොවලා ‘තිත්ත බෙහෙත් පෙති’ ටික […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
අරවින්ද අතුකෝරල පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ මතුගම ආසන ජන සභාව පිහිටුවීමේ උත්සවය 04 වන දින පස්වරු පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ ප්රධාන ලේකම් නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා ඇතුළු පක්ෂ නායකයින් ගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් මතුගම, නාරවිල සණස උත්සව ශාලාවේ දී පැවැත්විනි. මේ සදහා පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය කළුතර දිසා සභාපති හෙට්ටිපොල සීවලී හිමියන්, මතුගම පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය සංවිධායක නාරවිල සමිත හිමියන්, […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
HERMES Courtesy The Island According to several analysts and columnists, the Yahapalana government has mended relations with the West, which had been badly damaged by the previous government. This point of view is simply not correct. The truth of the matter is that when the previous government wanted to conduct the war against the LTTE to […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
Editorial Courtesy The Island September 5, 2016, 7:40 pm President Maithripala Sirisena waxed eloquent at the SLFP’s 65th session in Kurunegala on Sunday. Calling upon all SLFPers to unite, he made a solemn vow to form an SLFP government. The SLFP, he said, would contest the next local government polls under its own hand symbol. Is […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින කතුවැකිය ඩයස්පෝරාව මේ රටේදී “කානිවල්” දමන්නට සූදානම් වූයේ දැනට වසර එකහමාරකට පමණ උඩදීය. දැන් එම ඩයස්පෝරාව මේ රටේදී නටන්නට සූදානම් කරගෙන සිsටි කානිවල් සහ කොටි නාඩගම් මැලේසියාවේදී නටන්නට පටන්ගෙන ඇති බව පෙනේ. ඉතා නුදුරේදීම මේ පෙරහුරුව මේ රටේදී නටන වෙස් නැටුමක් බවට පරිවර්තනය වීමේ ඉඩකඩ බොහොමත්ම වැඩිය. මැලේසියානු මහ කොමසාරිස් අයි. අන්සාර්ට සහ […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
කීර්ති වර්ණකුලසූරිය උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින මැලේසියන් ඉන්ඩියන් ප්රොaගේසිව් ප්රන්ට්, මැලේසියන් ටැමිලන් හෙවත් නාම්තමිලර් සහ මැලේසියන් ඉන්ඩියන් එඩියුකේෂන් ට්රාන්ස්පෝටේෂන් ඇසෝසියේෂන් නැමැති ඊලම්වාදී සංවිධාන මෙම ප්රහාරයට සම්බන්ධ බව තවදුරටත් අනාවරණය වී තිබේ. එච්. අයි. ඊ. ටී. ඒ. නමින් හඳුන්වන සංවිධානය මෙහෙයවන්නේ ඒ ඊලන්ගෝවන් නැමැති ඊලම්වාදී ද්රවිඩයෙකි. * සෙන්තුල් විහාරාධිපතිට ප්රහාර එල්ල කිරීම මෙහෙයවූයේ ඉලන්ගෝවන් […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
Courtesy RT Published time: 5 Sep, 2016 11:12 Get short URL The constituency office of Labour Party MP and chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee Keith Vaz in Leicester, Britain, September 4, 2016. © Darren Staples / Reuters Labour MP Keith Vaz will relinquish his post as chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee following […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
lanka C news ඊයේ දිනයේදී ක්වාලාලම්පූර් ගුවන් තොටුපලේදී මැලේසියාවේ සිටින ශ්රී ලංකා මහකොමසාරිස් අයි. අන්සාර් මහතාට පහරදීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සැකකරැුවන් පස් දෙනෙකු එරට පොලීසිය විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත. මේ අතර මෙම සිදුවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මෙරට සිටින මැලේසියානු මහකොමසාරිස්වරයාගෙන් රජය කරැණු විමසා ඇත. මෙම පහරදීම ගුවන්තොටුපල කැමරා පද්ධතියේ සටහන් වී තිබුණේ මෙසේය. 6,578 Viewers
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
Courtesy Adaderana September 5, 2016 04:00 pm Five people have been arrested over the alleged assault on Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia Ibrahim Ansar at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Selangor CID chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Adnan Abdullah in Malaysia confirmed the arrests but declined to divulge the details of the five individuals. The […]
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Sunday, September 4th, 2016
Editorial Courtesy The Island September 4, 2016, 6:15 pm The ruling pigs—in the Orwellian sense—under any government are more equal than other animals in kapati suit in this country. They enjoy legal impunity. The present administration consists of self-proclaimed messiahs who secured a popular mandate to savour power again by promising to eliminate bribery and corruption […]
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Sunday, September 4th, 2016
Dr Sarath Obeysekera PM laments poor performance of some Treasury Officials ……..News Item. Quote MP D Gunawardena said the Financial Crimes Investigations Unit (FCID) has become a threat to the private sector and to public servants. Some public servants have tendered their resignation fearing questioning from the FCID”, MP Gunawardena said The government should take […]
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Sunday, September 4th, 2016
Source: Free Malaysia Today September 4, 2016 03:48 am The chief monk of the Sri Lankan Buddhist temple in Sentul was assaulted by a small group among demonstrators conducting a protest against former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa who is visiting Malaysia. The group of about 50 people had gathered in front of […]
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