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The British Tamil Diaspora has sent thousands of petitions to Buckingham Palace, to prevent President Mahinda Rajapaksa from participating in the 60th commemoration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Sending of petitions was started by a person called Arjun Sivanathan, who introduces himself as the leader of Tamil supporters of the Conservative Party. The [...]
Attorney General has withdrawn an indictment filed against the L.T.T.E. Attorney General under the Terrorism Prevention Act, while the court has issued an order to rehabilitated him. Due to a request submitted by Mr Riaz Bari, the Senior government Attorney,that, Kailasapillai Lankeshwarran,who was supposed to be the L.T.T.E. Attorney General,has informed that,he would like to [...]
A special meeting was held today between Dr Mohammad Nabi Hassanpuri, the new ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran,to Sri Lanka,and Mr Wimal Weerawansa, the Minister of Constructions, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities,at the Minister’s office in the Housing Ministry.This discussion which took nearly one hour, was mainly based on the current situation of [...]
Parliamentarian Mr Tiran Alles, has returned to Sri Lanka in the afternoon yesterday,after a private visit to England. He has expressed these views regarding the statement issued by the President to the foreign media that, the releasing of Mr Sarath Fonseka is delayed since Mr Tiran Alles has gone abroad. ‘I have returned to [...]
Mr Sanath Jayasooriya, veteran cricketer and parliamentarian,has faced an uneasy situation, when he hasn’t been paid his fare of 15,000 US Dollars and the traveling allowance for participating in a Cricket tournament held in Toronto, Canada. Cricketers of many countries around the world including Mr Sanath Jayasooriya have participated in this tournament which was organized [...]
According to the foreign media reports, Mr Trevor Manuel, the Minister of National Planning Commission of South Africa has faced an uneasy situation when he was unable to find out who is the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka. It appeared that, the confusion was whether it was Professor G.L.Peiris or Mr Sajin Vaas Gunawardene. This [...]
The Sri Lankan Cricket Institute has withdrawn from hosting Pakistan Australia One Day Cricket series which was scheduled to be held in August this year. The Sri Lankan Cricket Institute has taken this decision as the Sri Lankan Premier League Cricket Tournament is due to be held during the same period. As Australia has not [...]
Mr Malaka Silva, son of Minister Mervyn Silva, says that,though he has no intention to enter the politics yet, he is dedicated to perform his duties to accomplish the needs of people if he has been requested by people some day, to enter the politics. He has stated these through a special media statement issued [...]
Mrs Anoma Fonseka, says that, even though media reports are published that, Mr Sarath Fonseka will be released during the next few days, she doesn’t know anything in that regards. ‘I believe that he will be released on bail on the 31st of this month’, she said. ‘Media reports were published that, Mr Fonseka will [...]
Traffic Police Headquarters says that special attention is being paid to use helicopters for the control of traffic in the city of Colombo. Even though this is an expensive system to control traffic, this method is used by the developed countries of the world, to identify and ease heavy traffic on the roads, police say. [...]
If one is to go by the opinions expressed in the English Press quite a number is for implementation of the 13th Amendment, contained in the Geneva Resolution either fully or partially. Mr.Pieris who is sending out ‘a secret document’ to party leaders appears to be in the same frame of mind with a desire to implement the 13th amendment as far as possible.
According to reliable sources, Mr Sarath Fonseka will be released between 15th -17th of May. His punishment period is due to be concluded on July,2013.Mr Fonseka is now receiving treatments at Colombo Navaloka Hospital. According to the reports, several rounds of discussions were held between Parliamentarian Mr Tiran Alles and President Mahinda Rajapaksa to get [...]
Mrs Anoma Fonseka says that,a strange mode of security has been provided to Mr Sarath Fonseka, who is receiving treatments at Navaloka Hospital at present. ‘He was provided with unnecessary security at the Navaloka Hospital which he has never been provided earlier. Even a parliamentarian cannot visit my husband. Even I have been given only [...]
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Dr Athula Sumathipala, the Hon Director of the Institute for Research & Development (IRD) in Sri Lanka and also a Senior Lecturer at Kings College London delivered the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine Oration this year. The oration titled “Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms; Epidemiology to Treatment Development Research in Sri Lanka – Going from Local [...]
Out of the 65 institutions for which representatives were elected in the local government, the JNP fielded candidates for 27 institutions under the UPFA banner and have managed to secure places for 13 representatives. Including the 43 who were selected in the first round it now has in total 56 local government representatives
The Sri Lanka Exports Development Board says that, the “Ayurveda Expo 2011″ exhibition will be commenced on the 15th of July at the BMICH premises. Mr Janaka Ratnayake, the Chairman of the Board, who was participating in a media meeting held at Colombo, said that,this exhibition is being held on the intention of popularizing the [...]
The police is investigating on an incident where a villain has cut and taken away the hind legs of a cow, which was tied to a tree in a scrub near the river at Gurupura area in Ampara. The owner of the cow has made a complaint to the Ampara Police Station saying that, the [...]
The Consumer Affairs Authority has decided to make it mandatory a standard certificate to be obtained to sell tooth pastes and tooth brushes. Mr Rumy Marzook,Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Authority, has said that, since the relevant Gazette was already being published,this ruling will be effected from the 1st of June. Accordingly, selling of any [...]
The 1st Test between the touring Sri Lankan Cricket team and England will be commenced today at Cardiff. The game is due to be started at 3.30 PM Sri Lanka time. Since this is the inaugural test of captaincy for the new skipper of the Sri Lankan team T.M. Dilshan, the English team will play [...]
Chennai Super Kings team who won the first semi finals of the Indian Premier League tournament against the Royal challengers Bangalore team, was qualified for the finals. The Chennai team has won this match by six wickets.
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Participating in an interview with a Russian Television Channel,Mr Bashar Al Asaad, the Syrian President has said that, Syria is losing the war of news and information. He added that, the Syrian conflict has now became an international issue. He also said that, since the western media are distributing news throughout the world, they deface [...]
Issuing a notification,the British Foreign Secretary has mentioned that, As the G5+1 Summit will be the last chance that Iran will get,more sanctions will be imposed, if Iran fails to take a clear step regarding it’s nuclear programme. This notification also mentioned that, all are anxiously awaiting the Iranian proposals, and will be promptly activated [...]
According to the foreign media reports,decapitated bodies of 43 males and 06 females were found dumped on a highway, near the city of Monterry, in Northern Mexico.It was impossible to identify these bodies since hands and feet of these bodies were also been hacked off. Mexican Authorities suspect that, a conflict of two rival [...]
According to the reports from U.S.A, a panel of doctors funded by the U.S. government has recommended a drug to prevent contracting the H.I.V.virus. After a research conducted by this panel of doctors, they indicate that, this drug called Truveda which is currently being used to treat AIDS patients, also could be used to prevent [...]
A human rights organization in Pakistan has submitted a petition to a Pakistani court, seeking order to shoot down the U.S. Drones flying in Pakistan’s territory. This petition mentions that,civilians are being killed by these drone attacks. According to the reports, 50 civilians were killed by a U.S. Drone attack on the 17th of March [...]
Foreign media says that,Chinese government has informed it’s citizens who are living in Philippines to get out of the country. China has emphasized that,this step was taken since a war could be erupted at anytime inside Philippines, in the near future. As a tensed situation has been created between these two countries over some islands [...]
According to the foreign media reports,during an explosion occurred in Damascus today, 40 people were dead and 170 were injured. These car bombs were detonated near the Military Intelligence Building in Damascus, heavily damaging the Military Intelligence building and many surrounding buildings. The Syrian authorities suspect that, these attacks were launched by a terrorist group. [...]
Mr Vladimir Putin, a giant in the world politics,has officially assumed his duties as the President of Russia, at Kremlin. This 40 minute inauguration ceremony was televised live by the six state television channels. Around 2000 guests including various foreign media representatives have participated in this event.Representatives of the parliament, judges, and heads of the [...]
Beefing up it’s military power in the Persian Gulf region, Pentagon has indicated that, they need lesser than one month to defeat Iran.According to the U.S. Central Command,they can totally destroy the Iranian forces in three weeks by air and sea attacks.Foreign media indicate that,the unrest situation in the region is increasing due to this [...]
The Security Council of the United Nations has imposed sanctions on three North Korean state companies for helping the north Korean government to test a rocket. Therefore, the assets of these companies will be freezed and these companies will be banned from international trading activities with the institutes approved by the Sanctions Committee of the [...]