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Telecom Chairman Nimal Welgama had placed a bet on the President's defeat

2011-05-10

Chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom had placed a bet saying Sarath Fonseka would win at the last Presidential election, reliable sources said. Had had bet a luxury E200 Benz with a millionaire businessman who imports essential goods to the country.

UNP Constitution to be amended to get a senior opposition member to the fold
Several deputy leader positions to be made

2011-05-10

The UNP is looking at amending its Constitution once again to make way for a popular opposition leader to join the party, a senior UNP parliamentarian said.

Three SLRC employees politically victimized

2011-05-10

Three journalists attached to Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) have been removed sacked from their jobs as part of political victimization on World Press Freedom Day on May 3.

No place to stay
No promised houses as well

2011-05-10

Even two years after the war, 18,000 persons still remain in two government relief camps. There are 11,600 persons in the Kadirgamar relief camp in Menik Farm and 6,000 persons in the Ananda Kumaraswamy camp.

French Foreign Ministry Statement on UN Panel Report

2011-05-10

Publication of the report of the Group of expert on Sri Lanka (April 28, 2011) . The report of the Panel of experts charged by the General secretary with the United Nations with inquiring into the allegations of violations of the human rights and the humane international law by all the parts to the conflict was made public. As of April 2009, France had called for setting up of a commission of impartial international inquiry in order to make the light on these allegations of violation. We had then actively supported the nomination by the General secretary of the United Nations of

New United Nations Resident Coordinator arrives in Sri Lanka

2011-05-10

The new UN Resident Coordinator / Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Subinay Nandy, presented his credentials to the Government of Sri Lanka today at the Ministry of External Affairs.

President says he is unaware of Indian delegation arriving in the country

2011-05-10

The President told a group of media personnel this morning that he has not been informed of any special delegation of the Indian government arriving in the country to discuss about the report by the panel of experts appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sri Lanka.

Military officers given special training on public administration

2011-05-10

The Sri Lanka Army has decided to give special training to its officers on public administration.
Army Commander Lt. General Jagath Jayasuriya yesterday declared open the special academy set up in Trincomalee to provide the training.

Chairmanship or Mul Pituva?
Bandula torn between two choices

2011-05-10

Lake House Chairman, Bandula Padmakumara is faced with a dilemma with Defence Secretary Nandasena Gotabhaya Rajapaksa asking him to choose between the chairmanship or hosting the Mul Pituva programme on Swarnavahini, sources from Temple Trees said.

Majority of the government members from the South are against the Rajapaksas
State Intelligence Service informs the President

2011-05-10

The State Intelligence Service (SIS) has informed President Mahinda Rajapaksa that a majority of the governing party parliamentarians from the South were disgruntled with him and members of the Rajapaksa family.

Tamils Hurt by Appointment of Alleged War Criminal as Diplomat, Shocked at Government’s Continuing Silence on Sri Lankan War Crimes

2011-05-09

The Australian Tamil community is shocked to hear that the appointment of an alleged war criminal as Sri Lanka's high commissioner has been approved by the Australian government.

Sinhalese stage anti-UN demonstration in Jaffna

2011-05-09

500 DAYS SINCE PRAGEETH WAS LAST SEEN

2011-05-09

Prageeth Ekneligoda was a leading journalist with Lanka eNews. In the run up to the general election of January 26th 2010 he wrote articles expressing support for the opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka. On the evening of January 24th 2009 he left his office and was never seen again.

Eknaligoda's wife writes to the First Lady

2011-05-09

Wife of disappeared journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, Sandhya Eknaligoda, has written an open letter to First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa to inform her of Prageeth's disappearance.

Basil loyalist Lansa hampers Sarath Gunaratne's sea plane project

2011-05-09

Western Provincial Minister Nimal Lansa has intervened and stopped the sea plane project in the Negombo Lagoon that was mooted by Sarath Gunaratne during his tenure as the deputy minister for civil aviation, it is learnt.

Kongahage suffers same fate as Newton

2011-05-09

Attorney Sarath Kongahage, who is the current chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) has suffered the same fate as his predecessor, Newton Gunaratne.

ANC statement on the UN panel of experts` recommendations on Sri Lanka

2011-05-08

The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, had appointed a Panel of Experts to advise him on accountability in the Sri Lankan conflict. Amongst those who served on the panel is Yasmin Sooka, a prominent South African jurist. The Panel of Experts concluded that there were serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law committed by both the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers Tamil Eelam (LTTE), some of which would amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

War crime, genocide case against Rajapaksa placed in Norway courts

2011-05-08

Leading Norwegian Lawyer on Human Rights, Harald Stabell, has filed a case under the Norwegian national law, against the Sri Lankan President and Commander-in-Chief of the SL armed forces, Mahinda Rajapaksa, his brother and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and former Sri Lanka Army commander Sarath Fonseka, now in Rajapaksa's custody, and several other SL commanders, for allegedly committing War Crimes,

Global Tamil Forum formerly met with Senior Civil Servants at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London

2011-05-07

As part of bringing awareness to the current plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka and the wider engagement of governments around the world, the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) met with senior civil servants at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, yesterday.

Shows signs of suitability for the chairmanship of SLRC
Mohan attacks UN

2011-05-07

Veteran media personality Mohan Samaranayake, who served as the Information Officer at the UN office in Colombo has expressed his suitability to take over the chairmanship of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) by severely criticizing the UN and its Secretary General at a conference in Colombo.

Basil continues to sideline Sarath
Local government election coordination handed over to Lansa

2011-05-07

Gampaha District Leader and Minister Basil Rajapaksa continues to harass the SLFP chief organizer for Negombo and deputy minister Sarath Kumara Gunaratne, sources from the party headquarters said.

Unit to hack e-mail of opponents

2011-05-07

UNP parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayaskera told parliament on the 5th that the IGP has commenced a special unit to hack into e-mail accounts of politicians as well as those who criticize the government. He made this statement during the debate on the extension of emergency regulations.

Osama Bin Laden, LESSON TO LEARN - press statement Dr Vickramabahu

2011-05-06

Alkaeda’s rise was directly on account of three issues;

1) Hostility to USA on account of USA’s active support for Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands including supply of arms to Israel so as to
maintain occupation by military means;

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