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| With GSP out, U.S. losing influence in foreign affairs |
In late 1980, at Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Trade in the heart of Colombo, the capital, a high-level trade discussion was in process attended by the Ministry’s top officials, representatives from the Textile Manufacturing (owners) Association, Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, Economic Counselor o... |
| 31.12.2017 - 08:14 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Note |
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| Chinese bull in B-M Shop! |
There is an agreement between Myanmar and Bangladesh for the repatriation of some 600,000 Rohingya refugees. The Chinese are claiming credit for the deal. “We have got the two countries to negotiate the deal to resolve the Rohingya imbroglio.
Well, why should anyone grudge if the China believes it h... |
| 29.12.2017 - 10:21 |
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By *Malladi Rama Rao – Exclusive to Asian Tribune |
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| Ranil to form a national government with ITAK support? |
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe is likely to form a new national government , in case President Maithripala Srisena continues with his indifferent stance against the UNP and its leader.
On 9 September 2015, President Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe formed the National Unity Government... |
| 26.12.2017 - 15:11 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Indian Super Star Rajanikanth meets his fans- A political decision expected |
Countering opposition from some pro-Tamil quarters that Rajanikanth is a non-Tamil (since he has Marathi roots and Karnataka origin), he had asserted that he was a "pachai Tamizhan (pure Tamilian)."
Rajinikanth, who is hailed as a ‘Super Star’ in the Indian filmdom, kept everyone guessing on whe... |
| 26.12.2017 - 12:22 |
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| An Appeal to Buddhist Monks to Bring About Harmony with Tamils |
Buddhism is the path expounded by Lord Buddha for humanity to lead a moral and virtuous life and not a philosophy to kill the minorities of a country to promote and propagate Buddhism. This is Lord Buddha’s philosophy and it has to be adhered mainly by the Buddhist religious leaders – the monks in t... |
| 24.12.2017 - 07:46 |
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| U.S. resumes Millennium Grant for Sri Lanka after scrutinizing human rights standards |
The Board of Directors of the United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) reselected Sri Lanka for its grant program at its meeting on December 19. This will enable MCC to continue developing its compact program with the government of Sri Lanka for which Sri Lanka was selected a year ago, i... |
| 23.12.2017 - 09:12 |
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Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune US National Correspondent |
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| Malaysian PM Pledged to Support the Development of Northern Province |
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said that Malaysia will send a mission to Jaffna to determine the assistance that can be provided to the war-torn province.
This was told when the Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran met the Malaysian Prime Minister in Colombo yester... |
| 20.12.2017 - 09:07 |
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| Malaysia & Sri Lanka Agreed To Expand Existing Cooperation In Many Fields |
President Maithripala Sirisena and the visiting Prime Minister of Malaysia Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak agreed to expand existing close cooperation in many fields including trade and investment, agriculture, science and technology which includes Nano and bio technology, e-commerce, e-courts, inte... |
| 19.12.2017 - 08:46 |
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| ITAK Jaffna mayoral nomination and ramifications |
‘Asian Tribune’ learnt that the rank and file of the ITAK has welcomed the nomination of Emanuel Arnold.
Reports reveal that Arnold has tendered his resignation as a provincial councilor to C.V.K. Sivangnam, Assembly Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council.
Assembly Chairman Sivangnam confirmed... |
| 19.12.2017 - 12:12 |
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By K.T. Rajasingham |
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| Rahul Gandhi – The New Congress President |
Rahul Gandhi, yesterday took charge as the president of Congress in the presence of the 132-year-old party's top brass and his family members.
The Congress' central election authority (CEA) handed him over the certificate of his elevation to the top post during a grand event held at the lawns of t... |
| 17.12.2017 - 07:55 |
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| Facebook defends against critics of social media |
Facebook Inc on Friday struck back against scientific researchers and tech industry insiders who have criticized the world’s biggest social media network and its competitors for transforming how people behave and express emotion.
According to a Reuters news report, Facebook, in a corporate blog post... |
| 16.12.2017 - 09:38 |
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| Social media destroying society, says former Facebook exec |
A former Facebook executive is making waves after he spoke out about his “tremendous guilt” over growing the social network, which he feels has eroded “the core foundations of how people behave by and between each other.”
Chamath Palihapitiya began working for Facebook in 2007 and left in 2011 as it... |
| 15.12.2017 - 09:29 |
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By Amy B Wang The Washington Post |
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| US Ambassador Atul Keshap’s flirtation with Sri Lanka’s separatist ideology |
The Asian Tribune Foreign Policy Note carried last September 02 captioned ‘Sri Lanka: Understanding Trump’s foreign policy’ has caught the attention of Sri Lankans living in Sri Lanka as well as a large group of expatriates domiciled in many western countries which reported that the visiting US Stat... |
| 14.12.2017 - 08:12 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Note |
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| Alabama defeat depicts Donald Trump’s polls base eroding |
The governing Republican Party lost its electoral stronghold it jealously guarded for more than forty years, the deep south State of Alabama in a state-wide US senate election on December 12 to a less known candidate of the Democratic Party signifying the erosion of Donald Trump’s electoral base tha... |
| 13.12.2017 - 20:33 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune US National Correspondent |
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| Rahul Gandhi the new President of the Indian National Congress. |
ll India Congress Committee's Central Election Authority officially announces Rahul Gandhi as the President of the Indian National Congress.
Rahul Gandhi has become the Congress President-elect with the deadline to withdraw nomination for internal polls ending at 3pm.
Gandhi, however, may officiall... |
| 11.12.2017 - 18:01 |
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| Problems Of TNA Amicably Resolved – ITAK Relented To Its Partner’s Demands |
The three constituent parties of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) amicably resolved their differences, concluded their seat sharing arrangements for the local government elections in the North and Eastern provinces and agreed to work together as one team.
All the three TNA constituent parties agre... |
| 10.12.2017 - 15:57 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Humiliation: (of) Sri Lanka – Russians – Iranians & Tamils |
“Humiliation without hope leads to despair and to the nurturing of a yearning for revenge that can easily turn into an impulse toward destruction.
If you cannot reach the level of those you feel are humiliating you, at lease you can drag them down to your level”, is what a French academic Dominique... |
| 09.12.2017 - 10:12 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Note |
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