Tamil asylum seekers leave ship »
The Tamils have been on the Oceanic Viking for nearly one month Twenty-two Sri Lankan asylum seekers have come ashore from an Australian customs ship anchored in Indonesia’s waters, Indonesian officials have said. They were among 78 ethnic Tamils on the Oceanic Viking, moored off Bintan island near Singapore, who had refused to leave the [...]
Sri Lanka protest at Burma visit »
By Charles Haviland BBC News, Colombo Sacred Tooth Relic Chief Custodian Pradeep Nilanga Dela (C) walks in a procession with visiting Myanmar leader Than Shwe in Kandy General Than Shwe has visited prominent Buddhist sites There has been a demonstration in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, against the visit of the Burmese head of state, [...]
US, ASEAN Fail to Call for Suu Kyi’s Release »
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: November 14, 2009 SINGAPORE (AP) — President Barack Obama and his Southeast Asian counterparts are calling on Myanmar’s junta to hold credible elections, but have stopped short of demanding the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. A joint statement to be issued after a [...]
General Strike? »
By Nirmala Kannangara The Joint Trade Union Alliance (JTUA) is scheduled to meet tomorrow to decide whether to go on a full fledged strike over salaries for the workers in the state sector. The alliance comprises of petroleum, ports, electricity and Water Board unions. JTUA’s Ananda Palitha said that the unions will take the final [...]
“I Am At Risk” — Gen. Sarath Fonseka »
Posted by admin on Nov 14th, 2009 and filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry from your site By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema Following General Sarath Fonseka’s resignation from the post of Chief of Defence Staff last Thursday [...]
Fonseka told ‘vacate immediately’; relatives transferred »
General Sarath Fonseka was last evening told to vacate the post of Chief of Defence Staff with immediate effect. “He is retired with immediate effect. The letter has been sent to him this evening,” Presidential Secretary Lalith Weerathunga told LAKBIMAnEWS. Fonseka’s Office confirmed that the General was in receipt of the letter. The latest twist [...]
Manu Gunasena’s novel listed for world’s richest book award »
Manu Gunasena’s novel “The Prince”(reviewed in the Sunday Times Plus on September 28, 2008) has been listed for the world’s richest literary book award, the prestigious Impac Dublin Book Award 2010. Published by Vijitha Yapa Publication last year, the former WEEKEND editor’s book chronicles “one man’s amazing search for ultimate treasure: The Stoic Stone, and [...]
CPC losses could surpass earlier estimates in hedging case »
By Natasha Gunaratne The oil hedging controversy took another turn this week after the petitioner in the fundamental rights case, former PERC Chairman Nihal Sri Ameresekere, submitted a motion to the Supreme Court stating that the purported claims from the hedging contracts could be much higher due to compound interest rates as specified in the [...]
Kadirgamar Memorial Lecture, Colombo »
Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee said today that while a military victory has been achieved in the country, there is also a great victory to be achieved in the political arena when every stakeholder owns the process and gain something from it.” A political settlement cane only mean one thing – a victory of all [...]
Government changes gear on early presidential election »
by Shamindra Ferdinando The widely expected early presidential election may not take place ahead of scheduled parliamentary polls. The bottom line is that the government may not alter the polls time table and would face the Opposition at general elections in April next year rather than face a common candidate backed by the entire Opposition [...]
