The detained LTTE arms smuggler and international funds manager, Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, has appealed to Tamil Nadu politicians to “refrain from idle rhetoric and instead help Tamils in Sri Lanka to live in harmony and prosperity with others.” In a phone interview to DBS Jeyaraj published in Daily Mirror on Saturday, KP said: “We [...]
Sri Lanka’s three senior batsmen stepped up their game in front of a clamorous full house in Dambulla to end their four-tournament losing streak at home to India. Tillakaratne Dilshan will grab the headlines for his maiden century in Sri Lanka, which he celebrated by running halfway to the dressing room and pointing to his [...]
RIYADH: The Sri Lankan Embassy received on Saturday the medical report regarding the Sri Lankan housemaid who was found with 24 nails and needles embedded in her legs, arms, hands and forehead, allegedly pushed into her body by the Saudi couple she worked for as a method of punishment. A video statement from the victim [...]
The fourth Test between England and Pakistan at Lord’s is at the centre of a police investigation into spot-fixing, after a 35-year-old man was arrested after allegedly being caught offering to bribe Pakistan’s bowlers to bowl no-balls on demand. According to a report in The News of the World, Mazher Majeed accepted £150,000 to arrange [...]
A senior Sri Lankan minister is heading to New Delhi on Tuesday to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other Indian officials during a two-day visit. Economic Development minister Basil Rajapaksa, who is also President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother, is expected to apprise Singh about developments in the war-ravaged northern districts of Sri Lanka and also [...]
Following a convincing eight wicket win over India in the fifth match of the Micromax tri-nation series, Sri Lanka will have an extended break, and will watch from the sidelines to see who will qualify for the August 28th final with them here at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium. Sri Lanka were the first [...]
“KP”SPEAKS OUT -1: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FORMER TIGER CHIEF KP SPEAKS OUT -2: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FORMER LTTE CHIEF (CONTINUED FROM LAST NEWS ARTICLES) Source : dailymirror.lk Q: What happened finally to your plan of rescuing Prabhakaran and his family by helicopter? Why did the plan not take off? It’s a very sad [...]
“KP”SPEAKS OUT: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FORMER TIGER CHIEF (CONTINUED FROM LAST NEWS ARTICLE) Q:So how did the return occur? How and why did you re-join the movement?What was your role during the last days of the war? That’s another long story. I was now out of the movement and leading a quiet life in [...]
(Source – Dailymirror.lk) It was one year ago on August 5, 2009 that Thambiaiya Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias “KP” was taken into custody in Kuala Lumpur at First Tune Hotel on 316 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman road.The former chief arms procurer of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) was brought to Colombo the following day.KP’s capture [...]
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s captain Kumar Sangakkara did not breach the players’ code of conduct during a tri-series match against New Zealand, the world governing body said on Saturday. Sangakkara was pulled up by match referee Alan Hurst after he collided with Black Caps’ bowler Nathan McCallum while turning for a second run [...]
Sri Lankan exporters braced for hard times as the EU’s withdrawal of import concessions took effect Sunday after Colombo’s refusal to allow scrutiny of its human rights record. Sri Lanka has long been a preferred source for top high streets brands and its garment, china and other exports enjoyed lower European Union tariffs under a [...]
On July 21 the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth published an interview with Donald Perera, Sri Lanka’s ambassador to Israel. Perera, the former Sri Lankan Air Force commander and Chief of Defence Staff, thanked Israel profusely for its support in the fight against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), saying: “For years Israel has aided [...]
A 10 percent upward and downward stock price band imposed by Sri Lanka’s markets regulator has made it difficult for some investors to settle their dues to brokering firms on time, a senior regulator said. “I think the brokers have to take full responsibility for the situation because we find that people who are not [...]
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