Archive for November, 2019
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ විපක්ෂ නායක 2019 නොවැම්බර් 20 ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ හිටපු අග්රාමාත්ය ගරු දි.මු ජයරත්න මැතිතුමාගේ අභාවය පිළිබඳව මාගේ බලවත් සංවේගය මෙයින් ප්රකාශ කර සිටිමි. ගරු දි.මු ජයරත්න මැතිතුමා මාගේ පැරණිම දේශපාලන මිත්රයෙක් සහ අප ප්රගතිශීලී කඳවුරේ සගයෙක් යැයි කිවහොත් එය නිවැරදිය. මා පළමු වරට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඡන්දයෙන් තේරීපත් වූ 1970 […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
By Noor Nizam – Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher, SLFP/SLPP Stalwart and Convener – “The Muslim Voice” – November 20th., 2019. Pakistan is a good friend of HE. Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Sinhalese Nation of Sri Lanka where the minority communities had lived in “Peace and Harmony”, if not for the problems the […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
By Kalani Kumarasinghe Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 20 (Daily Mirror): Over the past weeks, women’s rights were heavily debated as front-runners of the Sri Lankan presidential campaigns pursued the female vote like never before. Sri Lanka had its Presidential election on November 16. The promises the candidates made included free childcare. The ruling party candidate Sajith […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Political sources say that the new Cabinet of Ministers of the new government is also likely to be appointed tomorrow (21). Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to be sworn in as the new Prime Minister tomorrow. Accordingly, Mahinda Rajapaksa would be sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka at […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana MP Harin Fernando stated that neither he nor Sajith Premadasa is ready to further engage in politics unless there is a change in the current leadership of the United National Party (UNP). Speaking at a press conference held today (20th) Fernando said another party will have to be formed if it should happen […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
අරවින්ද අතුකෝරල lanka C news ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන සංධානයේ මාධ්ය හමුවේ දී පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා මෙම අදහස් පල කරන ලදී. මැතිවරණ ජයග්රහණයට වේදිකාවේ වැඩිම දායකත්වයක් ලබාදුන් අයට අපේ ප්රණාමය පුද කරන්නට අවශ්යයි. සමීක්ෂණයක් කර බැලුවා කවුද වේදිකාවේ වැඩිම දායකත්වයක් දැක්වූයේ ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ජනාධිපති කිරීම සඳහා කියලා. මමනම් හිතන් හිටියේ […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
Courtesy Hiru News In a special statement, he said that despite having a majority in Parliament, he accepted the mandate given to Gotabhaya Rajapaksa by the people and will move away for the President to form a government as required. During his tenure as Prime Minister, Mr. Wickremesinghe said that he received insults and praise. […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
Courtesy Hiru News According to the customary practice of a newly elected president, President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa paid homage to the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy this morning. He was received by the Maligawa Chief Custodian Pradeep Nilanga Dela Bandara and his deputies at the entrance of the Temple. Later, President Rajapaksa engaged […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
Courtesy Hiru News MP Wimal Weerawansa states that legal action will be taken against individuals who forged documents during the period of the presidential election. At a media briefing held in Colombo today, he further stated that the FCID will be restructured.
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
Courtesy Hiru News Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapakshe, will be sworn in as the Prime Minister at 1pm tomorrow, according to the media secretary the opposition leader, Rohan Weliwita, He will assume duties at the Prime Minister’s office at 3pm tomorrow.
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හෙට පස්වරු 1ට අග්රාමාත්ය ධුරයේ දිවුරුම් දීමට නියමිත බව විපක්ෂ නායක මාධ්ය ලේකම් රොහාන් වැලිවිට මහතා පවසනවා. මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හෙට පස්වරු 1ට ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේදී ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඉදිරියේ අග්රාමාත්යවරයා ලෙස දිවුරුම් දෙනු ඇති. මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අග්රාමාත්ය ධුරයක දිවුරුම් දෙන තෙවන අවස්ථාව මෙයයි. එම දිවුරුම් […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් නව ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ අද පෙරවරුවේ ශ්රී දළදා සමිඳුන් වැඳ පුදාගෙන ආශිර්වාද ලබාගත්තා. ඒ, රාජ්ය නායකත්වයට පත්වීමෙන් අනතුරුව දළදා සමිඳුන්ගේ ආශිර්වාද ලබාගැනීමේ සාම්ප්රදායික චාරිත්රයට අනුවයි. පෙරවරු 10.20 ට පමණ මහනුවර ශ්රී දළදා මාළිගාව වෙත පැමිණි ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ පිළිගනු ලැබුවේ මහනුවර නගරාධිපති කේසර සේනානායක විසින්. එහිදී ජනාධිපතිවරයා දැකබලාගැනීමට විශාල පිරිසක් එම […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් පාස්කු ඉරිදා සිදුවූ ත්රස්ත ප්රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමර්ශනයට ස්වාධීන සහ අපක්ෂපාතී විශේෂ පූර්ණ බලය සහිත කොමිෂන් සභාවක් පත් කරන ලෙස එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධාන ගම්පහ දිස්ත්රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී නිමල් ලන්සා ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂගෙන් ඉල්ලීමක් කරනවා. ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමු කරමින් ඔහු සඳහන් කර ඇත්තේ අදාළ ත්රස්ත ප්රහාරයෙන් ජීවිත අහිමිවූ සහ දරුණු ලෙස […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් දුෂණ වංචා සිදුකළ මංගල සමරවීර ඇතුලූ හිටපු අමාත්යවරුන්ට එරෙහිව නිතීය ක්රියාත්මක කිරිමට කටයුතු කළයුතු බව රාවණා බලය සංවිධානයේ කැඳවුම්කරු පුජ්ය ඉත්තැකන්දේ සද්ධාතිස්ස හිමියන් පවසනවා. උන්වහන්සේ මේ බව කියා සිටියේ කොළඹ අද පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකට එක්වෙමින්. මේ අතර මංගල සමරවීර, රාජිත සේනාරත්න, රංජන් රාමනායක, පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක ඇතුළු චෝදනාවලට ලක්වූ අමාත්යවරුන්ට එරෙහිව […]
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
Lankaweb Post Election Editorial Nov.19th 2019 Perhaps the long-awaited New Era for Sri Lanka has dawned amidst firecrackers , Magul Bera and chants of Jayawewa!! which has echoed throughout the night in a post-election celebration which is not only memorable but significant in the manner the tumultuous victory was achieved as the opposition never gave […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
We have always wondered why the BBC is better known as the British Bullshit Corporation and now we can understand why. That together with Mindshare’s Power to the People’s Report claiming BBC has no credibility kind of puts the icing on the cake on the value of BBC’s opinion. Why is BBC so worried about […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
S. M. D. P. Harsha Senanayake Researcher- Social Scientists’ Association M.A. International Relations (New Delhi), B.A (Hons.) International Relations (Colombo) The election had taken place to elect the 7th executive president of Sri Lanka was concluded by marking a decisive victory by Gotabaya Rajapaksa; former defence secretary and brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sri […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today In January 2015, Sri Lanka embarked on a new political journey. It was supposed to be the new era of good governance. However, in all seriousness whether Sri Lanka was ready for Good Governance is highly debatable. One of the main goals of those who voted for the Yahapalana […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana UNP MP Dr. Harsha de Silva has resigned from his portfolio of Non-Cabinet Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution. In a letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa congratulating him on the victory at the Presidential Election, the parliamentarian said he wished the new President wisdom and strength to unite our beloved nation that has […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 19 (newsin.asia): The Indian Foreign Minister, Dr.Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who arrived in Colombo on Tuesday met the newly elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had won the November 16 Presidential election beating Sajith Premadasa of the United National Party-led alliance by a margin of 1.3 million votes. At the end of […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 19 (newsin.asia): The appointment of the tough as nails” Major General (retired) Kamal Gunaratne as Secretary to the Ministry of Defense, is a clear indication that the newly elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is dead serious about ensuring Sri Lanka’s security. The majority Sinhalese, who backed Gotabaya to the hilt […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 18 (Daily Express): The new Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is likely to cozy up to India but be wary about the US. Sources close to him say that President Gotabaya will view India as Sri Lanka’s main security provider” and China a key source of funding for infrastructure […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 19 (The Citizen): There are indications that under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka will see India as its main security provider” given India’s proximity and its status as the regional power. On the other hand, China will be seen as a key source of funds for big infrastructure projects, […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් මංගල සමරවීර, රාජිත සේනාරත්න, රංජන් රාමනායක, පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක ඇතුළු ආණ්ඩුවේ චෝදනාවලට ලක් වූ අමාත්යවරුන්ට එරෙහිව නීතිය ක්රියාත්මක කළ යුතු බව මහා සංඝරත්නය පවසනවා. උන්වහන්සේලා මේ බව සදහන් කළේ අද පැවති ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡා කිහිපයකට එක්වෙමින්.
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
Courtesy Hiru News Deputy Minister Nalin Bandara says that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has no moral right to continue a government further. Addressing a media conference held in Colombo, Nalin Bandara said that he would step down from the Bingiriya electoral organizer post as well if the office bearers are not elected anew for the […]
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
Courtesy Hiru News Political sources say that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to hand over his resignation tomorrow. According to the sources, President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has decided to appoint a caretaker government with a limited cabinet of 15 ministers until the next general election.
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Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
Gorringe, H Courtesy Journal of South Asian Development Vol. 2 (1): pp51-73 Abstract: Although Dalit orators and slogans threaten (or promise) to ‘turn Tamilnadu on its head’, the 2006 state elections offer Dalit analysts pause for thought. In compromising its principles and allying with established parties, the Dalit Panther Iyyakkam (Movement) – the largest Dalit […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2019
H. L. D. Mahindapala Ranil Wickremesinghe reached the peak of his power on January 8, 2015. Then he was neither the prime minister nor the president. But he had the power to make things happen. It can be argued that he had the world at his feet because he represented the promising moral force of […]
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