Archive for January, 2007
Sri Lanka’s 59th independence day celebrations in Los Angeles
By Walter Jayawardhana
SRI LANKA’S 59TH INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS IN LOS ANGELES WILL HIGHLIGHT 2000 YEAR OLD CULTURE
A cultural show reflecting the tropical island’s more than 2000 year old culture will be the highlight of the independence celebration the Consulate General of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka will be holding in Los [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )UNP heads for another revolt
Eighteen UNPers cross over; Jumbo cabinet sworn in: 52 Ministers
The UNP Reformists led by former Deputy Leader of the party Karu Jayasuriya joined the government yesterday and ten of them were sworn in as ministers. SLMC with six members aslo closed ranks with the government and its leader Rauff Hakeem was [...]
Mangala Samaraweera loses his Foreign Ministry portfolio to Rohitha Bogollagama
The cabinet reshuffle of the UPFA government took place Sunday morning in the Presidential Secretariat. Dissident parliamentarians of the main opposition UNP joined the Sri Lankan government. The SLMC led by Rauff Hakeem also joined the government. UNP dissident Karu Jayasuriya becomes Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister, Milinda Moragoda, the new Minister of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Navy Destroys Tiger Boats that Came to Attack Colombo Port
SRI LANKA NAVY DESTROYS THREE TIGER BOATS THAT CAME TO ATTACK COLOMBO PORT; THREE TIGERS JUMPED OFF BOATS LATER ARRESTED
The Sri Lanka Navy destroyed three Tamil Tiger boats which were attempting to attack the Colombo harbor, considered one of the busiest container ports in South Asia.
The Sri Lanka navy said they destroyed the three [...]
Can the SLFP work with the UNP reformists?
With the crossovers due to take place, the question arises as to what extent the thinking of some of the UNP members due to crossover, align with those of the SLFP and the Govt. as regards the Ethnic Issue. The President will have to seriously consider the acceptability of some of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sri Lanka: anti-war organiser attacked
SIRITUNGA JAYSURIYA from Colombo, Sri Lanka, is convenor of the newly formed United People’s Movement and secretary of the United Socialist Party (CWI, Sri Lanka). He is also the chair of the Civil Monitoring Committee, set up to investigate and campaign against the abductions and killings of Tamil-speaking people in Sri Lanka.
Angelika Teweleit interviewed him [...]
Door open to those who love country to join Govt. – President
*Govt ready to face and overcome challenges
*Main target to fulfil aspirations of the Tamil people
President Mahinda Rajapakse yesterday renewed his call for the UNPers to join the government.
“The door is open to anyone, who loves the country, to join the Government,’ he said yesterday at a ceremony to lay the foundation [...]
UNP crisis Vajira as Trojan horse?
UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe sent Galle district MP Vajira Aberywardene and party senior Jayawickrema Perera to see Rajitha Senaratne in a last ditch effort to get some MPs of the Ranil faction included in the group joining the government. Vajira Abeywardene had told Senaratne to consider including some members of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Strange humanitarian Crisis created
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in Washington DC said the action of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who are clamoring purportedly for humanitarian concerns and food scarcities exposed themselves badly by attacking a Merchant Vessel transporting food to Tamil civilians by ramming it by suicide boats.
Colombo’s US envoy Bernard Goonetilleke said , “The [...]
Kabaragoyas becoming Thalagoyas
JHU MP Ven. Atureliye Ratana Thera says President Mahinda Rajapakse has assured the JHU that the UNP Reformists will sign an agreement with the government pledging their support for his policy statement, Mahinda Chintanaya, before being sworn in as ministers. The President seems to have succeeded in allaying the fears of the JHU that the [...]
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