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UK sidesteps query on LTTE cadres, Adele living there
(Courtesy of The Island)
The British government has sidestepped a query on the UK accommodating a group of LTTE cadres responsible for international crimes.
Global Justice Forum (GJF) representing civil society groups based in UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand-all …
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New Constitution making process underway
(Courtesy of The Island)
Deputy Leader of the breakaway JVP faction-National Freedom Front (NFF) Jayantha Samaraweera, yesterday (29) told The Island that his party recently submitted 23 proposals to the nine-member expert committee appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers to …
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Over a decade after the war ended: The threat persists
(Courtesy of The Island)
The LTTE ordered protests in Europe and Canada in 2009 in a bid to pressure Sri Lanka to halt the military offensive on the Vanni east front. Canadians of Sri Lankan origin protest in Toronto in …
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Focus on Swiss role in Garnier ‘abduction’ as Furgler succeeds Mock
(Courtesy of The Island)
The new Swiss Ambassador, Dominik Furgler, presented his credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sept 30. Furgler, who succeedes Hanspeter Mock, steps in close on the heels of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI), on political …
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Pursuing political agendas at the expense of national security
Yahapalana President Maithripala Sirisena recently contradicted former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando as regards the latter’s statements before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (P CoI) probing 2019 April 21 Easter Sunday attacks.
It was, in fact, Sirisena who appointed the P …
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Prez Gotabaya’s Viyathmaga project enters new stage
General Election 2020
Gotabaya Rajapaksa shares a light moment with Viyathmaga activists Dr. Nalaka Godahewa (center), Dr. Seetha Arambepola and Sarath Weerasekera at an event in the run-up to 2019 presidential polls. Godahewa contests Gampaha, Weerasekera Colombo while Arambepola is
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TNA’s dilemma in the wake of UNP split, Wignesewaran’s challenge
(Courtesy of the Island)
The unprecedented split in the UNP has compelled the Illankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) led Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to change its political strategy. Having jointly engineered, with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), UNP …
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Ex-lawmaker’s comments reflect TNA turning into a chameleon
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How genuine is Sumanthiran’s change of heart?
Former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) lawmaker, Mathiaparanan Abraham Sumanthiran, PC, recently earned the wrath of a section of the Tamil political setup for rejecting the war, waged by the …
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Gamage: UK intervened in Navy abductions case Many an eyebrow raised over revelation BHC wrote to Magistrate
(Courtesy of The Island)
Alleging that the Attorney General Department and the Criminal Investigation Department had unduly interfered in some high profile cases handled by him, former Chief Colombo Magistrate Thilina Gamage, on Wednesday (4), told the Presidential Commission of …
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Govt. surmounts intense external pressure
(Courtesy of The Island)
Having received the appointment as Foreign Relations Minister last November, Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) leader Dinesh Gunawardena, MP, experienced a torrid time, with his ministry under siege, following the Swiss bombshell accusations that government agents, on …
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LTTE Terrorists Attack of the Month
20th October 1995 an LTTE terrorist squad attacked the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Bulk Fuel Installation at Kolonnawa.
Numbers Game
13th Amendment
