| Trump administration further tightens immigration to the U.S. |
As much as the Trump administration is putting in place to restrict the awarding of H-1B – the work permit for those who have achieve higher level of education, and the annual Lottery Visa, there is a serious move by the United States administration to further curtail the individual immigrant petiti... |
| 13.12.2019 - 12:34 |
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By Daya Gamage – US National Correspondent |
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| That Irresistible “Exclusivity” Pledge |
There was once a contented man who worked in the king’s palace. The king was baffled how this one man could be happy when others could not. When he asked his chief advisor about this, the chief advisor requested the king to give this man a bag of 99 gold coins. Almost that day onwards, the king obse... |
| 12.12.2019 - 11:33 |
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By Shivanthi Ranasinghe |
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| How CIA tapped Gota’s phone: An open-source journalism discovery |
In mid July 2013, Sri Lanka's then Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had complained to his mobile phone service provider that his phone had been tapped by an organized team with the intention of gathering national security secrets.
A special investigation that looked into this complaint had reve... |
| 12.12.2019 - 04:30 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Commentary (TWO) |
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| The Swiss Affair – ‘exfiltration’ of a top intelligence chief and a tale of ‘abduction’ |
The recent dramatic events involving the Swiss Embassy came as a surprise to most Sri Lankans. Just as the large majority was looking ahead to a new era with a President they had just elected, a non politician with a simple lifestyle, yet determined, who they believed would be capable of returning t... |
| 11.12.2019 - 08:29 |
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By Tamara Kunanayakam - Former Ambassador/ Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the U.N. at Geneva |
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| Climate Change – What is in Store for Sri Lanka? |
The annual Conference of the Parties of the, largely unnoticed in Sri Lanka which is just settling down after a bruising presidential election. But given the critical importance of climate change to this beautiful island with its miles of unspoilt beaches, populated low lands, breathtaking tea cover... |
| 11.12.2019 - 08:18 |
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By Dr Palitha Kohona |
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| The Onus of Educating the Swiss is on the FM |
It is the foreign media that reacted most to Gotabaya Rajapaksa being elected as the president of Sri Lanka. This aggression came even while the other 32 contenders and their supporters accepted the people’s verdict peacefully and gracefully. Across the board, the foreign media carried one narrative... |
| 04.12.2019 - 14:50 |
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By Shivanthi Ranasinghe |
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| Asian Dominance Of The World And The Problems of the Double-Helix of China and India |
It has been posited that in the 19th century, the world was Europeanized. In the 20th century, it was Americanized. Now, it is being Asianized. But is the story of the Asian success is as blossoming as it looks.
There are immense challenges across the contemporary world. Merkelisation has caused a s... |
| 01.12.2019 - 10:00 |
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By - Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. * and Jainendra Karn** |
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| Did Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Bring Back a Polarizing Wartime Figure? |
The Economist proclaimed recently that Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the man who, as secretary of defense, presided over this horrifying episode (the final phase of Sri Lanka’s terrorist inspired internal conflict), has just been elected president of Sri Lanka. To Sinhalese Buddhists, about 70% of the populat... |
| 01.12.2019 - 08:28 |
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By Dr Palitha Kohona |
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| Sri Lankan President in New Delhi: A Visit To Strengthen Bilateral Relations |
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will hold talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi today.
Both leaders are likely to discuss areas of cooperation and ways to strengthen existing bilateral relations between the two countries. The Sri Lankan President will l... |
| 29.11.2019 - 11:37 |
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| Sri Lanka president’s India visit amid Indo-US military bond |
The United States and India on November 21 concluded the first land, sea, and air exercise which the Trump White House considered a step forward in its efforts to deepen defense cooperation between the two countries amid Washington’s serious endeavor to restore its military supremacy in the Indo-Pac... |
| 28.11.2019 - 13:56 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Foreign Affairs Note |
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| Portfolios not privileges but responsibilities – President Gothabaya |
Ministerial portfolios are not privileges but responsibilities, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday told the 35 state ministers and three deputy ministers who were sworn before him yesterday.
The President said that he initially wanted to reduce the number of state ministers but had refrained fro... |
| 29.11.2019 - 11:58 |
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| Sajith Premadasa’s Abysmal Failure |
Presidential hopeful Sajith Premadasa’s Camp appears as if they are shocked by their ignominious defeat. Apparently one very senior minister had commented that he was sure that Premadasa would win by at least a ten thousand margin. In reality, the defeat was written in the walls.
The Yahapalana Gove... |
| 24.11.2019 - 13:30 |
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By Shivanthi Ranasinghe |
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| 11/2019 Sri Lanka Polls Alert: Tamil Homeland concept emerges |
Clearly admitted by Gotabaya Rajapaksa in his address to the nation following his assumption of Sri Lanka’s presidency on November 18 following the nation-wide election two days before, that his victory was solely due to the Sinhalese vote, and admitted that he knew from the beginning he would win t... |
| 24.11.2019 - 07:02 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Commentary |
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| President Rajapaksa to Visit India on 29th November |
Just hours after the new President assumed duties at the Presidential Secretariat today, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar accompanied by two officials arrived in Sri Lanka this evening on a short visit, informed sources said.
Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar who arrived in Colombo wit... |
| 20.11.2019 - 14:10 |
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| Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Brings Back a Polarizing Wartime Figure |
Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decisive victory in Sri Lanka’s presidential election reflects voters’ concerns over security, poor economic prospects and ineffective governance – but also indicates the country’s dangerous ethnic polarisation. Many worry that Rajapaksa, a Sinhalese nationalist, will energise a... |
| 20.11.2019 - 08:26 |
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By Alan Keenan - Senior Analyst and Sri Lanka Project Director International Crisis Group |
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