My Father was abducted, says Apsara Fonseka »
Friday, August 27, 2010 “He was not arrested but was abducted. One whole day our whole family did not know where he was taken,” Apsara Fonseka, daughter of General Sarath Fonseka said in an interview with the Boston Lanka News that covered wide range of issues from the detention of General Fonseka to the accusation [...]
The Defence Secretary and Myself: KP speaks out »
August 27th, 2010 By D.B.S. Jeyaraj (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) QUESTION: Thank you for relating these details about these important events of the recent past. Your input provides fresh insight into these matters. But now I want to ask you about the present. Let me start with your relationship with this government particularly the Defence [...]
Economist seized in Colombo »
“Business community and the tourists are among the major buyers and we also distribute it to airlines and to the hotel industry” Sri Lanka authorities have detained the latest edition of The Economist magazine, its distributor in Colombo said. “We were not allowed to clear our copies of the Economist on Friday by the customs [...]
“KP” speaks out: An interview with former Tiger Chief=How Prabhakaran met his death: KP speaks out »
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj It was one year ago on August 5th 2009 that Thambiaiya Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias “KP” was taken into custody in Kuala Lumpur at First Tune Hotel on 316 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman road.The former chief arms procurer of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) was brought to Colombo the following day. Thambiaiya [...]
“Time to shed old wars and ideologies’’Karu calls for opposition unity »
August 21, 2010, 7:24 pm Mr. Karu Jayasuriya, the UNP’s Deputy Leader, yesterday made an impassioned appeal for opposition forces in the country “to shed old wars and ideologies’’ and unite and emerge strong against “a common and ruthless enemy.’’ He made this appeal to “my friends and colleagues’’ Messrs. Somawansa Amarasinghe, Sarath Fonseka, Sampanthan, [...]
They have already planned to jail me before the next Parl. Sessions -Gen. Fonseka »
In his first interview after the military Court decision -The Defense secretary was clueless until KP was brought to Katunayake (Lanka-e-News, Aug.19, 2010, 12.28PM) The first military court appointed by the President on the instructions of Army Commander Jagath Jayasooriya found the former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka as guilty on the three charges filed [...]
New port to usher industrialization: MR »
Monday, 16 August 2010 02:52 President Mahinda Rajapaksa releasing the water into the Hambantota Harbour Basin yesterday while Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman Priyath Wickrama looks on. Pic By Indraratne Balasuriya Shift of policy from an agricultue-based economy By Sandun A. Jayasekera reporting from Hambantota Sri Lanka has stepped into an industrial economy from the [...]
President ratifies stripping of General Sarath Fonseka »
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, on Friday night signed a proclamation to cashier retired General Sarath Fonseka. The move means the withdrawal of the former Army Commander’s rank as General as well as his medals and decorations. He will also forfeit his pension and all Sri Lankan security installations will be out [...]
