LAST WEEK, LAST CHANCE IN GENEVA DR DAYAN JAYATILLEKA
If as Harold Wilson said, a week is a long time in politics, it is an even longer time in diplomacy.
View ArticleProtest against online lottery
A protest took place this afternoon (24) in front of the Kurunegala town’s clock tower against the online lottery proposed to be started by the state and private sectors.
View ArticleGo to polling centres for a change in power - Marikkar
S.M. Marikkar requests Colombo district UNP supporters to go to the polling centres on March 29 to lay the foundation for a change in power.
View ArticleMatara expressway bus permits given without tender calling
A complaint has been lodged with the Bribery Commsision that National Transport Commission chairman Roshan Gunawardena has given permits, without following any tender procedure, to several of his bus...
View ArticleMalaysia prime minister: Flight 'ended in the southern Indian Ocean'
A grim-faced Malaysian prime minister had an emergency late-night news conference Monday, saying that the long-missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370 “ended in the southern Indian Ocean” with no hope of...
View ArticleGnanasara Thera’s calling Hakeem a pariah is correct – BBS
It is correct to call Rauff Hakeem a pariah as he is clearly serving other masters and carrying tales to Geneva for LTTE money, despite being paid with public money for being a cabinet minister, Bodu...
View Article‘Rajapaksa regime cannot save country’
UNP’s united leadership council chairman Karu Jayasuriya says an issue that could easily have been resolved has become a grave matter today due to the inabilities and management weaknesses of the...
View ArticleChandrika’s move, a sign of return to politics?
The government and its affiliates have been strongly criticising former president Chandrika Kumaratunga after she handed over to the UNP on March 11 a set of recommendations for religious harmony in...
View ArticleUncertainty haunts Flight 370 relatives as weather delays search
Malaysian officials say they can tell you how Flight 370 ended. It crashed into the Indian Ocean, they'll say, citing complicated math as proof.
View ArticleVictoria Alexandrowna identifies on suspect
Colombo high court judge Rohini Walgama today (26) ordered the immediate remanding of all suspects who had previously been given bail in connection with the murder of British tourist Khurram Shaikh and...
View ArticleAnswer Geneva conspiracy through vote – govt.
The UPFA government is requesting the people in the western and southern provinces to use the opportunity at the PC polls on March 29 to respond to the Geneva vote on the previous day.
View ArticleMan remanded for giving fake notes to Dulanjali
The man who had allegedly given fake currency notes to Dulanjali Jayakodi, the daughter of late president R. Premadasa, has been remanded until April 03.
View ArticleUN considers probe into Sri Lanka atrocities
Sri Lanka faces renewed condemnation at the United Nations' top human rights body, as a resolution for an international criminal investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by government soldiers...
View ArticleJHU accuses Chandrika
The JHU says many soldiers had died due to the wrong decisions taken by Chandrika Kumaratunga. When she was the president.
View ArticleResolution sends clear message – John Kerry
Today’s vote in the UN Human Rights Council sends a clear message: the time to pursue lasting peace and prosperity is now; justice and accountability cannot wait, says US secretary of state John Kerry.
View ArticleChallenge to US citizen Rajapaksas
UNP communication unit chief Mangala Samaraweera challenges Gotabhaya and Basil Rajapaksas to demonstrate their opposition of the US by tearing up their US passports in front of the US embassy.
View ArticleThanuja takes leave from Sirasa
Popular announcer Thanuja Jayawardena has taken leave from her job as the manager for weekdays of Sirasa TV to prepare for the final exam of her degree, reports say.
View ArticleWe reject the resolution - President tells AFP
President Mahinda Rajapaksa rejected Thursday's UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for a probe into alleged human rights violations, telling AFP that he would instead press ahead with Sri...
View ArticleCaFFE receives 1,101 complaints
CaFFE says it has received 1,101 complaints relating to the western and southern provincial council elections.
View ArticleWealthy youth sexually abuses German girl
Bambalapitiya police have arrested a young millionaire businessman on a charge of having sexually abused a 21-year-old German girl.
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