CHANNEL 4:Is this evidence of Sri Lankan ‘war crimes’? »
Updated on 25 August 2009 By Jonathan Miller Channel 4 News shows footage claimed to show Sri Lankan forces executing Tamils earlier this year. Jonathan Miller reports. Just three months after the Sri Lankan government declared the country liberated from the Tamil Tigers, video footage has emerged apparently showing government troops summarily executing Tamils. Journalists [...]
England regain Ashes »
The England Cricket Team have regained the Ashes with a 197-run win in the deciding Test at the Oval. The home side dismissed Australia for 348 to win with a day to spare, taking the series 2-1. Australia resumed on 80-0 needing a further 466 for a world record win but twice lost two wickets [...]
Sri Lanka The Finance loses Rs693mn in June »
Aug 17, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s The Finance Company, a unit of the troubled Ceylinco group, said it lost 693 million rupees in the June 2009 quarter as net interest income remained negative and loan loss provisions continued to rise. The company had made a net profit of 45 million rupees in the same [...]
Gambia News : USAID fisheries project for Senegambia launched »
Aug 20,2009 The five-year project aims to contribute to the profitability and sustainability of fisheries in the Gambia, PANA reported from here. Speaking at the launching ceremony, American Ambassador to the Gambia, Mr. Barry L. Wells, said the fisheries sector employs more than 200,000 Gambians and contributes four per cent to GDP. “Over the past [...]
Gambia News : Neneh Macdouall-Gaye’s Appointment Terminated »
The appointment of Mrs Neneh Macdouall Gaye as Gambia’s Ambassador to the United States of America has been terminated, a statement from the Office of the President said yesterday. According to the statement, the termination was with immediate effect. Neneh Macdouall-Gaye joined the Cabinet in 2005 when she was appointed as Secretary of State for [...]
Karu Jayasuriya’s IDPs statement in parliament »
Statement – 19th August 2009 Mr. Speaker, When I talk about IDPs, I can speak only as an ordinary citizen of this country and not as a parliamentarian of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. As much as opposition parliamentarians are prevented from visiting IDPs, we cannot even go beyond Medawachchiya check point without [...]
General Fonseka launches political campaign »
Addresses the nation via e-mail 2009-08-17 | 5.05 PM Former Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka has fired the first salvo signaling his entry into the political scene by circulating an e-mail address to the nation. The e-mail states, “When I was a young kid in school, I learnt the Great king of Dutu Gemunu who [...]
SRI LANKA :Politicians selling beach land in east »
Thirty four lawyers including President’s Counsels and Attorneys marked their presence in court last week together with Counsel appearing for The Sunday Leader in a show of solidarity with President’s Counsel Srinath Perera, Attorneys Upul Jayasuriya and M.A. Sumanthiran following a story carried in the Defence Ministry website accusing them of being “traitors in black [...]
Politikkas blue and green »
Political observers are fond of citing an oft-repeated quote, frequently attributed to a rumbustuous southern politician who acknowledged his own weaknesses in an election poster proclaiming “ooth balla, mooth balla, apita hondai gamey balla.’’ While the pithy flavour of the original Sinhala is not adequately translatable, what it says is that while both candidates are [...]
