Govt. decides to take on Karu »
2010-06-18
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has issued a directive to his most trusted members of cabinet that the time had come to politically attack UNP deputy leader Karu Jayasuriya.
Meeting with some of his most trusted government ministers at Temple Trees last week, President Rajapaksa said that it was foolish to think that the internal problems [...]
President using Executive Presidency only to perpetuate himself in power, not for people’s progress »
(Lanka-e-News, June 17, 2010, 6.30PM) UNP M P and Deputy leader Karu Jayasooriya speaking to the media at UNP media Headquarters said, he is reminded of what late Dr. N M Perera warned, that is, if this Executive Presidency power is seized by a politician who subordinates people benefits and country’s progress to his personal [...]
SRI LANKA:Reveal amendments to the constitution »
Wednesday, 16 June 2010 01:36
By Kelum Bandara
Opposition UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday called upon President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne to place the proposals for constitutional reforms before the country instead of keeping them in secret.
Addressing the media, Mr. Wickremesinghe said the entire country including some government ministers had been kept [...]
Senior Tigers in Malaysia »
Wednesday, 16 June 2010 07:24
The Malaysian police say they had detected the presence of several senior leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who were reportedly using Malaysia for shelter and logistic base, PTI reported.
According to the report Malaysian Home minister Hishammuddin Hussein has confirmed this adding that that militant groups, both [...]
Gen Fonseka’s Kenya visit prerogative of Courts: Keheliya »
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Will DNA leader General Sarath Fonseka be allowed to go on an overseas sojourn, with a parliamentary delegation?
The government says Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader General Sarath Fonseka, MP will have to clear his impending overseas visit with the judiciary as he remains in detention, though Parliament has sanctioned his visit.
Media Minister Keheliya [...]
White House officials visit Sri Lanka »
Tue, Jun 15 03:56 PM
Colombo, June 15 (IANS) Two senior foreign policy advisors to US President Barack Obama are visiting Sri Lanka where they will meet government leaders and members of the civil society.
Samantha Power, Special Assistant to the president on Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, and David Pressman, the National Security Council Director for [...]
UN political chief to Lanka »
14 June 2010 – The top United Nations political official is heading tonight to Sri Lanka as part of the world body’s continuing efforts to assist authorities in the South Asian island nation tackle key challenges in the wake of last year’s end to the long-running civil war.
B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, is [...]
The many deals with Delhi »
By Satarupa Bhattacharjya
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s first post-war visit to New Delhi last week while maintaining status quo on the issue of political settlement of the island’s Tamil problem, focused instead on cooperating with India on economic and allied areas such as agriculture and energy. Amid protests by Tamil political groups such as the [...]
Awaiting legal advice for constitutional amendments. »
The government is waiting for legal advice on proposed constitutional amendments.
Prime Minister D. M Jayaratna said that a cabinet paper to bring about constructional amendments was presented by him and it has received cabinet approval.
In an interview with BBC Sandaehaya he said that no final decisions have been made and awaiting for legal advice.
“Once the [...]
Tsunami warning in Indian Ocean region cancelled »
2010-06-13 09:22:07
A tsunami warning issued for the entire Indian Ocean region following Sunday morning’s earthquake off India’s Nichobar Islands was called off hours later.
The quake hit at 12.56 am (1926 GMT) at a depth of 35 kilometres (22 miles) with the epicentre around 160 kilometres west of India’s Nicobar Islands.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, based [...]
