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Thursday, July 24, 2014

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Mahinda before fire in the North

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Mahinda Rajapaksa's role in establishing opposition PC in the South Upul Joseph Fernando When former President D.B. Wijetunga met...

Income of Rajapaksa Intanatioanal Airport in a month: USD 250

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UNP MPS attaked at the AirPort Opposition Lawmaker Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday charged in Parliament that both Mihin Lanka as well a...

‘Equal Rights’ awareness campaign disrupted by Police .

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Campaign in Jaffna Police interrupted a banner-signing campaign held in Borella, which was one of a series of awareness programs held i...

EU asks Lanka to guaratee freedom for functioning of NGOs

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Activist burned govr circuler The European Union today asked Sri Lanka to guarantee the freedom for functioning of NGOs, days after the...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Sri Lanka: President's 23 coor. secretaries cost SLR 2.3 M a month

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Kumarasiri Hettige( left), most powerful Chief Government Whip and Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told Parliamen...

Leader of right-wing Bodu Bala Sena says Tibetan spiritual leader being influenced by 'Muslim extremists'

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Sri Lanka hardline monk denounces Dalai Lama A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk leading an anti-Muslim campaign has accused the Dalai Lama of b...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Sri Lanka: One more restriction on NGOs; No funds without Govt approval

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Sri Lanka: NGos protest restrictions No foreign funds without approval: Ministry The Finance and Planning Ministry has informed all N...

Minister Weerawansa tells President Rajapaksa to drop International experts at once!

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No Intl Experts for probe! - Wimal Wimal Declares War On International Experts Appointed By President  The Jathika Nidahas Peramuna l...

Protesting mother exposes Sri Lanks military’s false land grabing propaganda

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I was forced to sign a paper in Sinhala Protesting mother exposes occupying SL military’s false propaganda “The SL military never bo...

Subinay Nandy, UN Resident Coordinator in Colombo couldn't provide a responsible answer - Wigneswaran

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Subinay Nandy, UN Resident Coordinator Wigneswaran gets ‘UN Lesson’ on Sri Lankan ‘Unitary State’ The UN Resident Coordinator in the ...

SRI LANKA: Justice denied to two child victims of rape at the hands of the armed forces

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Sri Lanka Navy: Stand accused A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission There have been reports of an alleged abduction and ...

Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa's internatioanl experts to study Darusman report

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Members of the panel, including Darusman  with UN SG ◾Experts say Govt. asked them to advise ‘local commission probing alleged war cri...

UNP accuses Government on appointing foreign experts to war crime probe

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U turn? UNPThe main opposition United National Party (UNP) today accused the Government of making a U-turn on investigations over the w...

Sri Lanka: Was It A Genocide? – Analysis

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IDPs in Vanni Dr. Parasaran Rangarajan The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were one of the most advanced militant groups in...

Sri Lanka: Police attempts to intimidate leading dissident writer Gamini Viyangoda

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Ganimi Viyanggoda ( facebook photo) A state-sponsored operation is underway to intimidate journalists, civil society activists and poli...

Sri Lanka: JHU objects to apponiment of internationnal experts

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The government’s appointment of a committee as an alternative to Navi Pillai’s committee is an infringement by the government of its ...
Monday, July 21, 2014

Sri Lanka: Living ironies and redefining democracy

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Activists  protest a government order limiting the activities of civil society groups (ucanews.com) Rukshana Nanayakkara Since the ...

Sri Lanka govt. says UN panel’s sittings overseas unjustified

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Mass grave, Sri Lanka ( file photo) The government has strongly opposed the decision by UN panel to initiate investigations into allege...

Gang Rape suspects [Navy sailors] , identified by the police get political treatment and bailed out

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People in the area protests the gang rape A coordinating secretary of the President has reportedly ordered the police not to take actio...

Sri Lanka: 'Parliamentary authorities have become puppets of the executive' - UNP

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Speaker Rajapaksa: Silent The United National Party today charged that the administration of the Parliament is deliberately delaying ac...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Sri Lanka: Non-auditied Billions, Inflated Chinese contracts and Laundering money

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''So we have a High Commission in the Seychelles where there is a population of only around 90,000. We have a branch of the Bank ...

Sri Lanka: Disgusting! Suspect wants water – Police Sgt. urinates in his mouth

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 RUWAN LAKNATH JAYAKODY AND SAMAN WADUGE On 8 May 2014, Sanjeewa having received a call from his mother on 4 May left his home at 164, ...

Sri Lanka: Unidentified Motorcyclists Follow BASL President Again!

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Lodging another complaint with Thalangama police BASL president Upul Jayasuriya alleged that two unidentified motorcyclists had also hove...

Sri Lanka: Prosecute Gnanasara Thera, BASL tells Attorney General

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The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has called on the Attorney General Palitha Fernando to prosecute the General Secretary of the Bodu ...