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India strikes hard bargain in Sri Lanka for stake in Colombo port
With eyes on growing Chinese influence, New Delhi ensures its interests get priority Port of Colombo in 2019: Sri Lanka and India recently agreed on terms for developing the port’s Eastern Container Terminal with Indian company Adani Group. (Photo by Yuji..
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OHCHR draft
In all likelihood, Sri Lanka will face a tough resolution at the March session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, as the draft sent to the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry by the Office of the High Commissioner..
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TNA was formed by LTTE & contested December 2001 elections
Was TNA created by the LTTE in 2001? Yes.Press release on 22 Oct 2001 was signed by Sampanthan for TULF, N.Kumarakuruparan for ACTC, N. Srikantha for TELO & K.Premachandran for EPRLF. Why was TNA formed by LTTE in 2001? 9/11..
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Sri Dalada Maligawa Attacked by Tamil Terrorists on 25th January 1998
Dr. Daya Hewapathirane Twenty three years ago, on January 25th 1998 around 6:30 in the morning, the savage Tamil terrorists attacked the Sri Dalada Maligawa – one of the greatest national cultural treasures of our country. Built originally in the..
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ECT : Prostituting Sri Lanka’s best Port
Sri Lanka is never short of controversy. Colombo East Container Terminal is at the centre of a major national crisis which would decide the future of the current government and would decide the country’s future. The issue has traversed this..
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German puts police torture for consideration- HR Champions against Sri Lanka
(Sources: https://www.wsws.org) ARD, the German public television network, began the new year with a controversial programme examining the value of police using torture to compel suspects to confess. The network went to considerable lengths, broadcasting Enemies (Feinde) in two 90-minute parts. The..
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How representative of the Tamils is the ITAK/TNA?
The Tamil National Alliance was formed in 2001 by the LTTE and became known as LTTE’s political wing. The rationale to create a political wing was probably the outcome of 9/11 and the US steered global ‘war against terror’. The..
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TNA was formed by LTTE & contested December 2001 elections
Was TNA created by the LTTE in 2001? Yes.Press release on 22 Oct 2001 was signed by Sampanthan for TULF, N.Kumarakuruparan for ACTC, N. Srikantha for TELO & K.Premachandran for EPRLF. Why was TNA formed by LTTE in 2001? 9/11..
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Question of Indian Tamils & Ceylon Tamils & Disenfranchisement
There is much hue and cry over allegations of post-independent Sri Lanka disenfranchising Indian Tamils. Let us therefore address this question directly. Sri Lanka was illegally invaded and occupied by 3 western European countries from 1505 – the Portuguese, the..
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Wartime FM calls for tangible measures to counter Geneva threat
“How come those who voted for Fonseka still push for an int’l war crime probe?’ Wartime Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama (2007-2010) yesterday (17) said that those who had been tainted by their association with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam..





