Veteran historian and businessman Jackson Anthony after conducting a lengthy investigation has said that the Rajapaksas from Giruva Pattuwa in the Hambantota District are descendents of the Shakya King Suddhodana from Dambadiva and is therefore a blood relation of the Lord Buddha. Therefore, President Mahinda Rajapaksa is also a great, great grand son of King [...]
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Sri Lanka’s exports surged 54 percent in March to 1,057 million dollars, topping a billion dollars for the first time helped by a steep increase in industrial goods as well as rising commodity prices, official data showed. Textile and apparel, the country’s key industrial export rose 68.3 percent to 473 million US dollars, rubber products [...]
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Armed westerners have been filmed on the front line with rebels near Misrata in the first apparent confirmation that foreign special forces are playing an active role in the Libyan conflict. A group of six westerners are clearly visible in a report by al-Jazeerafrom Dafniya, described as the westernmost point of the rebel lines west of [...]
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A three member panel has been appointed by the Ministry of Sports to investigate the alleged doping charges against opening batsman, Upul Tharanga. The panel was appointed after Tharanga became the first Sri Lankan international cricketer to fail a dope test after a random check during the cricket World Cup, the country’s sports ministry said [...]
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The Central Bank is being accused of twisting statistics to project an unrealistic picture of economic development. National List MP and Economist Harsha de Silva told “The Island” yesterday that the Central Bank was a respected institution from which people expected an unbiased and truthful account of economic realities. But attempts at misleading the public [...]
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The Defense Ministry together with the SL Army will be organising a seminar: ‘Defeating Terrorism- Sri Lankan Experience’ today the 31st May. 80 members of defense, from 40 countries are to attend this seminar. Many of the Sri Lankan participants of this seminar have had no involvement whatsoever in the Sri Lankan war effort. The [...]
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The Chairman of the Inter Company Employees Union Wasantha Samarasinghe says that steps were taken by the police to disperse the employees of the Free Trade Zone in Katunayake who were protesting against the proposed private sector pension scheme. He further said that a clash erupted at around 1pm, when the police launched an attack [...]
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Both sides of the Libyan conflict were seeking solutions to the months-long crisis, as the government sent out a delegation to find a way out of the stalemate while the opposition intensified its bid to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Five Libyan officials, including the heads of the foreign affairs ministry and the customs bureau, [...]
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Following the announcements made to the India media pertaining to Rajiv Gandhi assassination recently, by Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP who is now mollycoddled , protected and provided with every luxurious comfort by the Rajapakses , the Interpol has renewed the ‘red warrant’ that was already there against him. This renewal was done on the 23rd. [...]
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Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe who is in Geneva for the UN human rights Committee conference which begins tomorrow, has betrayed the patriotic Sri Lankans by blatantly and brazenly uttering a profusion of lies at the forums which are being held these days prior to the UN HR sessions beginning tomorrow, according to reports reaching Lanka e [...]
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Tata Motors (TAMO.NS) said on Saturday it launched its small Nano model in Sri Lanka, its first foreign market since sales of the vehicle began in April 2009. The firm has sold 110,000 Nanos, touted as the world’s cheapest car, since then. Tata Motors, India’s largest truck and bus maker, is also introducing five new [...]
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Sri Lanka had been at war with itself for several years and sections of international community are getting sensitized to the horrendous crimes which took place in the island during the last stages of the Fourth Eelam War. The Report of the UN Secretary General’s panel of experts on accountability in Sri Lanka – not an [...]
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Attorney Shiral Lakthileka today requested the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court to officially record the statement of former army intelligence member Kandegedara Piyawansa made in open court that a head in the defence establishment had asked him to implicate former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka in the assassination of the founding editor of The Sunday Leader, Lasantha [...]
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Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had played out Rs. 650 million when purchasing military equipment for the war, it has been revealed. The monies have been played out when purchasing four bullet proof vehicles and 130mm canon ammunition. These facts were revealed by Sarath Fonseka in his dock statement in the White Flag case. Sarath Fonseka [...]
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