THE Sri Lankan government sought to influence an Australian police investigation and prosecution of three Australian citizens charged with terrorism offences in 2007 for their support of the Tamil Tigers. The Sri Lankan Deputy Solicitor-General, Yasantha Kodagoda, exercised extensive control over aspects of the Sri Lankan arm of the federal police investigation, including demands that [...]
The wife of Sri Lanka’s detained ex-army chief Monday accused authorities of preventing her husband from receiving vital medical treatment and said he could die in custody. Sarath Fonseka’s health had deteriorated since he was held at the naval headquarters in Colombo after his arrest on February 8 and was in need of urgent medical [...]
Sri Lanka’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in five quarters as the government stepped up spending on new roads and ports after the end of a quarter- century of civil war in the country. Gross domestic product rose 6.2 percent in the three months ended Dec. 31 from a year earlier after gaining 4.2 [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has offered the services of his spiritual healer and personal physician to help injured footballer David Beckham get back on the field within three days. Eliyantha Lindsay White, 37, President Rajapakse’s personal physician, told AFP that the former England captain had been invited for treatment involving “faith and ayurveda.” An official at [...]
AROUND 240 asylum seekers will pass a sad milestone this week: six months in a leaky boat. It was late September or early October when the Tamils boarded the rickety Jaya Lestari 5 bound for Christmas Island and, they hoped at the time, new lives in Australia. But then fate – and Kevin Rudd – [...]
The government, without making available necessary medical facilities to Gen. Sarath Fonseka as has been directed by the Judiciary, is attempting to let him die a natural death inside the cell he is imprisoned says Parliamentarian of the JVP Anura Dissanayake. Mr. Dissanayake speaking at a press conference held by the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) [...]
Hambantota and Pallekelle will construct brand new stadiums right on time for next year’s Cricket World Cup. These two new venues will host world cup fixtures in Sri Lanka along with the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will take place from 12 February (start of warm-up matches) to 2 [...]
Sri Lankan police has announced a Rs1 million reward for information on Danuna Tillekaratne, the son-in-law of detained ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka, over alleged profits made by his firm from illegal defence deals. The reward was announced weeks after Sri Lankan authorities asked Interpol to help them unearth details of Tillekaratne’s foreign bank accounts. Tillekaratne [...]
Sri Lanka in the future will acquire 23 times more sea area than its physical land according to a research by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry in collaboration with the Fisheries and aquatic resources and Foreign Ministries, said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka. He said Sri Lanka is not a small [...]
The single –largest Sri Lankan Tamil political group in the dissolved Parliament was the conglomerate known as the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). The TNA which contested the April 2004 general elections under the “Veedu”(House) symbol of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) obtained twenty-two seats including two nominated under the national list. The TNA led [...]
A top US military official says the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba militant group, predominately a threat to India, is fast expanding operations to other South Asian countries including Sri Lanka. According to a PTI report Admiral Robert Willard, Commander of the US Pacific Command in his testimony before the US Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday has said [...]
Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena declined to comment on the attack. Claiming that he had been busy campaigning in Matara for the forthcoming General Election, Yapa urged the media to direct their questions to police headquarters. Despite the Tourism Ministry denying its involvement with the now cancelled Akon concert, following last Monday’s attack on the [...]
A Sri Lankan woman who converted from Buddhism to Islam has been arrested by the authorities on suspicion of anti-state activities. The woman, who is resident in the Gulf state of Bahrain, had recently written two books about her conversion. They were written in Sinhala, the language of Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority, who are mostly [...]
The northern Sri Lankan town of Kilinochchi – former capital of the defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) – is struggling to address the needs of thousands of returnees. According to Sri Lankan military officials, more than 24,000 people or close to 30 percent of the town’s original population have returned since December – [...]
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