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Friday, July 20, 2012

Sri Lanka owes $15 bln on foreign borrowings since 1997

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* Needs to pay $4.9 bln to China for total loan of $2.96 bln * China, ADB leading lenders, Western loans low * Sri Lanka has borrowed $5 bln...

Threats and intimidation have already started: Sumanthiran

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Tamil National Alliance National list Member of Parliament M.A Sumanthiran spoke to the Daily Mirror on the TNA preparations for the ...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

SRI LANKA: Attack on two courts - It is time for judges and lawyers to fight back

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According to reports we have received a group of criminals sponsored allegedly by a minister has stone and attack the High Court and the M...

Judges and Lawyers want action against political hooligans

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Mannar,Vavuniya & Jaffna court work suspended . Lawyers to  strike on 20th Mannar Attack: Judges Association wants IGP to take action ...

Eyebrows raised over Canada rejecting ex-SLN Commodore’s refugee claim

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Nadarajah Kuruparan By Shamindra Ferdinando Many an eyebrow has been raised over Canada refusing to accept retired Sri Lankan Navy Com...

Sexual Violence and Child Abuse - A co-ordinated programme of action- the need of the hour

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Sexual violence and child abuse are abhorrent crimes that evoke the righteous indignation of the people. The media should be commended for ...

Seriously out of touch

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K. Venkataramanan Share 1 File photo of Karunanidi The revival of TESO makes a mockery of the po...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Minister threatens Magistrate and sends thugs to stone Courts- MaRa’s model in the making

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Minister Rishard We are indeed very sad to report a most disdainful and despicable incident from Mannar demonstrating that the judiciary...

Nelliyadi protesters overcome sabotage by SL Military Intelligence

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Masked men with LTTE flag Around 300 protesters gathered at Nelliyadi in Vadamaraadchi, Jaffna, on Wednesday, braving threats from the o...

Jaffna peaceful protest disrupted by masked men

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A peaceful protest held with the participation of Tamil political and social activists in Jaffna was disrupted on Wednesday (18) by men ...

Executive Presidential System in Sri Lanka - Six major pitfalls

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''In this regard, I wish to share some observations that I have made about the executive presidential system that operates in Sri...

Economy hanging on peace dividend

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Red Alert: Weak external liquidity; moderately high and increasing external debt; fundamental fiscal weaknesses; high public debt and in...

Future Elections in Sri Lanka will be Based on Role of Military and Commitment to keep current Regime in Power

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''President Rajapaksa should be given the credit for innovatively replacing the term “elections” with “election seasons”- where p...

Only criminals are abducted by white vans – Gota

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Gotabhaya Rajapaksa When a daily newspaper, after publishing that several ‘white van’ abductions had been carried out during the recent ...

Six Sri Lankan journalists sue over their arrests, say gov't trying to stifle free expression

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Arressted journalists Six Sri Lankan web journalists filed a court case Tuesday seeking for their arrests last month to be declared ille...

SLMC refused to contest as Alliance of Muslim parities - Azath Salley

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Azath Salley UPFA Colombo Municipal Councilor Azath Salley stated that Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Minister Rauf Hakeem had ...

SLFP-men issue death threat to journalists in Mannaar

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Two newspaper reporters in Mannaar have complained to Tamil Journalists Association in Vanni that ruling SLFP-men have issued death threats ...

‘Crude oil attacks’ target TNPF organisers of civil protests: Gajendrakumar

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Anandarajah & Ponnambalam The house of Rajappu Edward Anandarajah, the president of All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC) and the vice pr...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Provincial Council system could be used effectively – Gammanpila

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Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Legal Advisor and Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Minor Irrigation and Industries of the Western Provincial...

"Ensure justice for Tamils in Sri Lanka’’ ,Karunanidhi releases theme paper for TESO conference

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The Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO), a forum started by DMK leader M. Karunanidhi, on Monday urged the Indian government to join ...
Monday, July 16, 2012

RTI: A people’s govt. must enact it, Editorial, ST

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It took an Indian Minister to come to Colombo and extol the virtues of a Right to Information (RTI) Law and explain how it has empowered the...

Govt. gobbles money from EPF: AG Serious accounting deficiencies, management inefficiencies revealed

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The Auditor General has pointed out several accounting deficiencies and management inefficiencies in the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), inc...

TNA’s Sumanthiran drops opposition to Govt.’s land notice - Govt undetake not to implement

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Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran has withdrawn an application in the Court of Appeal, challenging the Governme...

Errant websites: Avoid collective punishment - Editorial The Island

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The government has, true to form, donned the armour of a knight errant to further its own interests deftly, if not cunningly, on the pretext...

Drop Tamil Eelam agenda: Chidambaram to Karunanidhi

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CHENNAI: Union home minister P Chidambaram on Sunday reportedly conveyed to DMK chief M Karunanidhi the central government's displeasure...