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Pro-LTTE group sponsors Divaina journalist Keerthi Warnakulasuriya in Germany |
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2009-10-02 | 12.05 PM |
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Reliable sources have revealed that Divaina defence correspondent Keerthi Warnakulasuriya was taken to Germany and provided protection in the city of Munich by a Tamil LTTE sympathizer called Ravi.
Ravi has sponsored Keerthi Warnakulasuriya, who writes patriotic articles in Sri Lanka, to visit Germany. He had also stayed with Ravi in Munich. |
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Unidentified group in a white van abduct doctor from Vavuniya hospital |
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2009-10-02 | 12.05 PM |
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Hospital sources said that an unidentified group in a white van had abducted special doctor Umakanthan from the Vavuniya Hospital.
Sources also said that members of the police Terrorism Investigations Department had been involved in the abduction, which had taken place last night.
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Basil who said government cannot be intimidated through foreign aid has traveled to Brussels with PB – Opposition Leader |
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2009-10-02 | 12.05 PM |
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Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says that parliamentarian Basil Rajapakse who said the government cannot be intimidated by foreign aid and the country could be developed without foreign assistance has traveled to Brussels with Finance Ministry Secretary P.B. Jayasundera.
The Opposition Leader made this statement at a meeting held in Weligama. He also challenged the President to present next year’s budget to parliament on November 5. |
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Milinda spearheads campaign against Rohitha |
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2009-10-02 | 12.05 PM |
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Several UNP defectors currently holding portfolios in the government have requested the President to immediately remove Rohitha Bogollagama as the Foreign Minister during a discussion after last week’s Cabinet meeting, Lanka News Web learns.
The Ministers have told the President that although Rohitha Bogollagama is a member of their group, he did not have any strategy or plan in handling foreign affairs. A minister from the Kalutara District had severely criticized Rohitha Bogollgama during the discussion. |
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Presidential Media Unit removes statements critical of Tissainayagam and the Opposition Leader made by President |
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2009-10-02 | 12.05 PM |
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A senior official from the Presidential Media Unit has requested the media institutions that covered a meeting of the President at Temple Trees on Thursday evening not to publicize statements made by the President critical of the Opposition Leader and journalist J.S. Tissainayagam.
At the event held at Temple Trees to distribute Ranbima deeds to people from the Matara District aiming the Southern Provincial Council election, the President had criticized the Opposition Leader and journalist Tissainayagam who was jailed for 20 years and had made statements about them that are unsuitable to be made by a head of state.
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Lal Wijenayake to be ousted from LSSP for criticizing the government |
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2009-10-02 | 12.05 PM |
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The politburo of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) it is learnt has decided to oust Advocate Lal Wijenayake from the politburo on the charges of criticizing the government at the Platform for Freedom meetings and placing the government in difficulty.
A special politburo meeting of the LSSP has been called for Friday (2) to discuss the allegations leveled against Lal Wijenayake and he has also been requested to be present at the meeting.
Lal Wijenayake has been severely critical of the government’s anti democratic actions in his speeches made during the Platform for Freedom meetings held so far.
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Services of IGP and Civil Defence Department Chief to be terminated |
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2009-10-02 | 12.05 PM |
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Sources from the Presidential Secretariat say the appointment of the next IGP has run into a controversy with the President deciding appoint Senior DIG Nimal Mediwaka as the IGP after sending current IGP Jayantha Wickremaratne on retirement and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse proposing the name of DIG Mahinda Balasuriya to the top post.
Also, since the President has already stated that Head of the Civil Defence Force, Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera would be contesting at the next general election from the Digamadulla District, Additional Secretary of the Department,
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US officials refuse to meet Gotabhaya |
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2009-10-02 | 12.05 PM |
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US Deputy Secretary of State for Asia Robert Blake has turned down several attempts by Defence Secretary who is in the US and has even refused to speak to him over the telephone. Robert Blake is a former ambassador for the US in Sri Lanka.
During his tenure as US ambassador in Sri Lanka, the Defence Secretary treated him similar to a terrorist.
Robert Blake has refused to meet with the Defence Secretary even after Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapakse has made a request for him to meet with his brother. Diplomatic sources said the Defence Secretary has made four attempts to meet with Blake. |
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Elle tournament in Paris ends in a fracas |
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2009-10-02 | 12.05 PM |
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Lanka News Web learns that the Elle tournament organized by the SLFP branch in Paris to promote national peace had ended in a fracas.
Officials from the Sri Lankan embassy in France have also attended the tournament and as soon as an argument between a team that participated at the event and the organizers turned into a brawl, the embassy officials have immediately moved away from the venue in their vehicles.
Interestingly, none of the officials from the Sri Lankan embassy in France attended the religious event held to mark the 20th anniversary of the International Buddhist Center in Paris. The religious events had been organized under the guidance of Ven. Paravahera Chandraratne Thero. |
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The biggest jokers of the Rajapakse government |
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2009-10-02 | 12.05 PM |
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Dialog subscribers received a message on Wednesday (30) through the “Ada Derana” short message service (sms) asking them to watch any local TV channel at 8.05 p.m. to witness how Sri Lanka will make history.
Upon receiving the sms, many people have called local TV channels to inquire about the message. We were told by a private TV station that an advertisement prepared by Triad Advertising under instructions from Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma was to be shown at the specific time. |
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Air Force Chief Roshan Gunathileka to be appointed Chief of Defence Staff after general elections |
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2009-10-02 | 12.05 PM |
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A senior official at the Presidential Secretariat told Lanka News Web that Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse had requested the President to remove General Sarath Fonseka as the Chief of Defence Staff and appoint Air Force Chief, Air Marshal Roshan Gunathileka to the post after the general election.
The extension of service granted to General Sarath Fonseka ends on December 18, 2009.
The Defence Secretary has proposed to the President to grant a further one year extension of service to General Sarath Fonseka only if he requested for one and has emphasized the need to replace General Fonseka as the Chief of Defence Staff with Air Marshal Roshan Gunathileka with effect from May 1, 2010. |
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Senior administrative officer S. Rannuge decides to retire |
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2009-09-30 | 8.20 PM |
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Senior administrative officer S. Rannuge, who was removed from the post of Export Development and International Trade Ministry Secretary by the President for publicly stating that Sri Lanka might lose the GSP+ facility, has decided to retire from the administrative service.
Rannuge has decided to retire from the service a year earlier following the anguish of being removed from his office and assigned as a reserve administrative officer. Rannuge had told several friends that after performing his duties with dignity throughout his career, it was far better for him to retire rather than work as a reserve officer. |
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All expenses paid trip for CJ to visit daughter and son in law in the Netherlands |
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2009-09-30 | 8.20 PM |
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The President has cancelled an official tour to the Netherlands by several senior members of the Attorney General’s Department to study the international laws related to terrorism in order to establish a separate court to hear cases against LTTE suspects and has asked Chief Justice (CJ) Asoka Silva to travel to the Netherlands instead, Justice Ministry sources said.
CJ Asoka Silva has hence accompanied Justice and Law Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda on an official tour to the Netherlands on the 27th. |
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Intelligence units looking into journalists who have been supported by Lakshman Cooray |
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2009-09-30 | 8.20 PM |
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Head of the State Intelligence Service, Major General Hendavitharana is looking into several journalists who have been supported by SSP Lakshman Cooray, who was arrested for allegedly planning to assassinate the President, reliable sources said.
Special attention has been paid to Gayantha Kumara Weerasinghe from the Lakbima newspaper, Keerthi Warnakulasuriya from Divaina and Hemantha Randunu.
Lakshman Cooray it is learnt had helped Hemantha Randunu plan his wedding and provided soil worth Rs. 8 lakhs to fill the land belonging to Gayantha Kumara Weerasinghe in Ganemulla. |
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General Sarath Fonseka supervises the organizing of Army exhibition |
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2009-09-30 | 8.20 PM |
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White van comes to journalist Dileesha’s residence at night |
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2009-09-30 | 2.35 PM |
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