Archive for November, 2007
Two suspects arrested for videoing Lankan consulate in Geneva
The Diplomatic Police of Geneva questioned a Sri Lankan Tamil duo who were seen filming outside the Sri Lankan Consulate this morning.
The Consular Section is housed in the Permanent Mission. The 30 year old woman who lives in Switzerland claimed to have come to the Consulate to renew her passport. She was accompanied by [...]
Lanka asking Pakistan for 60 Million Military Equipment: Jane’s
Sri Lanka is looking to Pakistan for help to bolster its military capabilities as the ceasefire between the government and rebels appears increasingly fragile, specialist publication Jane’s Defence Weekly said on Thursday.
Sri Lanka has asked Pakistan to facilitate the purchase of military equipment worth around 60 million dollars, according to high-level discussions detailed in [...]
Whenever Gotabaya boasts, innocent citizens or Defence bases are devastated
There was panic and pandemonium in the whole country when a bomb blast at Nugegoda Junction yesterday (28 Nov) evening which claimed the lives of 20 innocent citizens and left over 40 injured! This was the second bomb blast on the same day following the one in the morning at Minister Douglas Devananda’s house at [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Basil to be Finance Minister
Basil Rajapakse, recently appointed National Minister and President’s brother is tipped to be appointed as Finance Minister, after the Budget Final reading if the Govt.succeeds, even though Govt.’s success is a remote possibility, according to political experts.
It is learnt that Govt. is preparing for a Cabinet re-shuffle and seeking insidious measures to overcome corruption and [...]
Suicide bomber targets Minister Douglas Devananda
A suspected LTTE suicide bomber blew herself up near the office of Minister Douglas Devananda in the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday, killing his personal secretary.
The wounded, two in serious condition, were brought to the city’s General Hospital. The blast came a day after Tamil Tiger rebel supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran declared More…
Mervyn Silva Rejected by the people
Rodrigo Sathiananthen says… The behaviour of Mervyn Silva in Parliament and outside is very sad and pathetic and no politician should be permitted to behave in this manner.
This foolish minded opportunist had the audacity to tell the general public that if there is a tree which blocks his path, he will bring it down, if [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )GOSL and Big Brother forget their promises once in power
Judging from the things that are being said in Sri Lanka by government parliamentarians including Big Brother, I foresee a very bleak future for Sri Lanka and its people where 99.99% of the population is being fleeced by the balance 00.01% — the privileged few.
Many were the promises made by the politicians at election [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Let us find a peaceful solution to the ethnic problem
Ranjan Amarasinghe says…In Sri Lanka, the whole country is virtually set-up on a war footing with the intensification of the confrontation between the Sri Lankan troops and the LTTE cadres, so that frequent check-ups at army-checkpoints by gun carrying soldiers have become a visible reality, with which the citizenry is asked to come to terms, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Anura tells Basil President’s days are numbered
National Heritage Minister Anura Bandaranaike on Monday (19) pitched into Senior Presidential Advisor, Parliamentarian Basil Rajapakse in parliament before the voting of the second reading of the budget.
Bandaranaike was on his way to the chamber when he met Rajapakse in the parliament lobby.
Bandaranaike had then told Rajapakse that his brother was ruining the country and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mr. President Deliver or Depart
Mr. President, by shielding the 17 corrupt UNP politicos who sought shelter under your Satakaya from prosecution, you have proved that yours is a thoroughly corrupt government.
The No-Confidence motion against Minister Moragoda which seemed assured of success in the House was blatantly blocked by your government’s refusal to take it up in parliament. The ‘Pulle’ [...]
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