| Sri Lanka Army Commander takes-over foreign affairs |
When Sri Lanka’s Army Commander Lt. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake declared in Colombo, the Capital City of Sri Lanka where the legitimate government sits, that he has already set up a “Directorate of Overseas Operations” to defend itself against war crimes charges made in the international arena he seems t... |
| 01.06.2018 - 13:52 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Foreign Affairs Note |
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| The imbroglio continues: Sri Lankan President & PM at each other’s throat |
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told UNP parliamentary group to refrain from responding to the criticism made by the President Maithripala Sisena, at the same time the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said the President’s statement shows that there is no government in the country.
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| 01.06.2018 - 08:32 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| TN Assembly rocked by Tuticorin violence, 13 deaths |
The Tamil Nadu Assembly was today rocked by the Tuticorin violence which claimed 13 lives on May 22. The opposition DMK staged a walkout from the House as the party demanded "permanent closure" of the Vedanta group's copper plant in that district.
The Chief Minister condoled the deaths of 13 people... |
| 30.05.2018 - 07:01 |
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From Gopal Ethiraj & Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan |
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| Stones Pelted On The Hotel Where Ranil Had Dinner |
The hotel where Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasighre and his entourage were having dinner yesterday was pelted with stones.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister arrived in Jaffna on Sunday evening – 27th May and stayed at the Jetwing hotel, located on the Clock tower Rroad, Jaffna.
Yesterday, he attended two... |
| 29.05.2018 - 09:52 |
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| Dayasri Jayasekera MP Confesses Accepting Rs. 1 Million From Arjun Aloysius |
A new twist in the courts case connected with the Central Bank Bond Scam has emerged, as the former Sports Minister and the leading member of the ‘Group of Sixteen SLFP Parliamentarians’ who supported the No-Confidence Motion brought against Prime Minister Ranil Wickrmasinghe, has accepted that he r... |
| 28.05.2018 - 22:29 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Human Rights Watch report reflects Sri Lanka a subservient nation |
Human Rights Watch in its latest annual report released last week reminds Sri Lanka that “In October 2015, the UNHRC adopted a consensus resolution in which Sri Lanka pledged to undertake several human rights reforms, including transitional justice demands arising from the civil war, and to establis... |
| 20.05.2018 - 09:59 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune US National Correspondent |
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| In Mullivaikkal – Miseries of Tamils Remembered |
The commemoration ceremony organized yesterday in remembrance of the Tamil civilians died in the Wellamulliwaikkal during the last days of the ethnic conflict that ended in 19th May 2009, was organized by the Northern Provincial Council, but remote controlled by the students of Jaffna University,... |
| 20.05.2018 - 07:35 |
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By K..Rajasinghan |
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| Demise of Tamil Nationhood struggle is highly exaggerated |
Despite misrepresentation of facts, exaggerations, half-truths and fabrications, the Tamil Nationhood struggle within the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora continued to be waged in Western Capitals as was seen early this month of May in Toronto, Canada, a country that has given refuge to approximately 600,0... |
| 19.05.2018 - 08:36 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Foreign Affairs Note |
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| Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim Released From Prison On Full Pardon |
Malaysia's prison authority released former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim from prison on Wednesdayon full pardon from the King, clearing the way for the now-ruling coalition's de facto leader to become prime minister within a few years.
Anwar has been in jail on charges of sodomy since 2015, b... |
| 17.05.2018 - 08:42 |
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| Putrid Antecedence of Dr. I.H.K. Mahanama |
When the case of two top government officials - Chief of Presidential Staff I. H. K. Mahanama and former Chairman of State Timber Corporation Piyasena Dissanayake, arrested last week for accepting a bribe of Rs. 20 million from an Indian businessman, was called, the Colombo Additional Magistrate B... |
| 15.05.2018 - 13:05 |
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| Sri Lankan President's Yet Another Foreign Trip To Iran |
I have lost count of the number of foreign trips Sri Lanka President Maithripala Srisena has made, since assuming office of Presidency on 9 January 2015. Today, he is already on a two day visit to Iran, but it want be the last one - I presume.
President Sirisena along with a delegation of 10, left... |
| 14.05.2018 - 08:52 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Barred From Leaving The Country |
The newly elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad barred his predecessor, Najib Razak, from going overseas on Saturday, saying there was enough evidence to investigate his links to a multi-billion-dollar scandal.
Immigration authorities issued a travel ban on Najib and his wife Rosmah Man... |
| 13.05.2018 - 11:23 |
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| National security measures in U.S. and Sri Lanka under terrorism |
The two-and-a-half hour testimony before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee last week of President Trump’s nominee Gina Haspel, a 33-year veteran of the CIA, as its Director, brought some parallels between the issues raised on serious policy decisions and controversial national security actions... |
| 12.05.2018 - 14:46 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune reviews CIA director-nominee testimony |
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| President Sirisena ripped naked politically: Shame… shame…..shame |
“Shame … shame ... Puppy shame…” the good, old nursery rhyme has begun to echo across the land with President Maithripala Srisena’s image taking a knocking after his two aides were arrested with their hand in the till. And he finding embroiled in controversies from his past and the present.
How the... |
| 09.05.2018 - 07:08 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Second Phase of Cabinet Reshuffle: 8 State Ministers, 10 Dy ministers sworn in |
Eight State Ministers and ten Deputy Ministers were sworn in by President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat this morning.
The swearing in ceremony of new State Ministers and Deputy Ministers commenced at the Presidential Secretariat in the morning around 10.30 AM.
This was the... |
| 13.05.2018 - 16:45 |
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| Ravi Karunanayake a Pawn in Ranil – Maithri Powerplay |
This will be the first time the UNP parliamentary group meets after the appointment of new office bearers of the party and for the first time after the swearing in of the new Cabinet.
It is reported that the UNP backbenchers have decided to boycott the parliamentary group meetings indefinitely, as t... |
| 02.05.2018 - 14:53 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Sri Lanka: New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in |
Eighteen new Cabinet Ministers were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at a ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this morning. This is the fourth Cabinet reshuffle of the National Government.
Several ministerial portfolios have changed hands while some ministers have... |
| 01.05.2018 - 17:49 |
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| Samsung S8: my unpleasant user experience |
When I switched my loyalty to Samsung from Apple four years ago, I thought it was for life. During that transition, I encouraged a few of my friends, relatives and acquaintances to do the same, while explaining to them that the decision they were going to make would not make them regret later.
Unfor... |
| 30.04.2018 - 07:44 |
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By K T Rajasingham |
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