AI compromising with UK’s CHOGM participation condemned
[TamilNet, Thursday, 27 June 2013, 16:25 GMT]The Amnesty International opts out outright denouncement of the UK for its decision to participate the CHOGM meet hosted by genocidal Sri Lanka, by...
View ArticleIndian outfits, Sinhala military, hijack Tamil religious struggle in East
[TamilNet, Thursday, 27 June 2013, 08:57 GMT]An RSS-linked outfit ‘Hindu Sevaa Sangkam,’ (HSS) in collaboration with the genocidal Sinhala military, attempts to hijack and deviate the religious part...
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British archaeologist makes no difference from PM of his country
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 22:55 GMT]If the conscience of academics and intellectuals especially in the field of culture is not prepared to boycott the genocidal State of Sri Lanka, at least in...
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Mahajana Eksath Peramuna to support changes to Sri Lanka Constitution
Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 10:20 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. June 27, Colombo: Leader of the government coalition party Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP), Minister of Water Supply and Drainage...
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Sri Lankan government would proceed with constitutional changes, Minister...
Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 08:19 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. June 27, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government would proceed with the proposed constitutional amendments regardless of the issues...
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Sri Lanka briefs diplomatic corps on proposed changes to 13th Amendment
Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 10:39 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. June 27, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has taken measures to brief the international diplomatic community in the country on...
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Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka to rally against the 13th Amendment on July 2nd
Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 07:31 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. June 27, Colombo: Thousands of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka will hold a rally in Colombo on July 2nd calling for the abolition of...
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Sri Lanka's constitutional changes to be based on APRC report
Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 07:24 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. June 27, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has assured that the parliamentary select committee (PSC) discussions on...
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DMK double standards: When Kanimozhi matters more than Sri Lanka by G Pramod...
Kanimozhi with Congress MLAs. Firstpost.arti_new a{color:#0365C6 !important} .post-aside a{color: #11537C !important;} Why did the DMK leave the the company of the Congress in March?By the party’s own...
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SLMC members suspended for backing move to dilute 13-A
June 27, 2013, 10:07 pmBy Shamindra FerdinandoA simmering dispute between the SLFP and the SLMC over the move to dilute the 13th Amendment to the Constitution has taken a new turn with the Sri Lanka...
View ArticleSC judgment today on objections to AG’s leave to appeal
Impeachment PSCJune 27, 2013, 10:10 pmBy Chitra WeerarathneThe Supreme Court will, today, deliver the judgment on the preliminary objections by Parliamentarians R. Sambandan and Vijitha Herath to the...
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Thirteenth Amendment: ‘resort to referendum’
June 27, 2013, 7:41 pmThe total number of M.P. s, Provincial Council members and members of all other local bodies in the island would be less than 10,000. When we add to the said total, all political...
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Mrs. R. E. S. De Soysa (Yogeswari)
June 27, 2013, 7:44 pmMy mother Yoga left us fifty years ago on her journey through sansara. A vibrant personality , music and laughter surrounded her. She was a social worker and benefactor to...
View ArticleA pause in the rush to destroy devolution
June 27, 2013, 12:00 pm by Harim PeirisThat the Rajapakse regime is in a mighty hurry to dismember and roll back the clock on the limited devolution of power accorded in Sri Lanka under the 13th...
View ArticleWonky economics?
June 27, 2013, 7:43 pmThe good economist in Dr.P.B.Jayasundera seems to have been overpowered by the bureaucrat tinged with strong political affiliations that he has become of late. He urges the public...
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Gajaba, Sinha bid to regain Jaffna goes awry* War on terror revisited June 27, 2013, 12:00 pm by Shamindra FerdinandoOn board SLNS Pabbatha off Punkuduthivu Island late September 1990 : (L to R)...
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The Nicaraguan Canal
June 27, 2013, 7:54 pmby Gwynne DyerWang Jing, chairman of Hong-Kong HKND Group, center, arrives for a press conference held at a hotel in Beijing, China, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Wang, the Chinese...
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Big Brother sees redJune 27, 2013, 12:00 pmWhen Dan Brown’s unputdownable techno-thriller, Digital Fortress, was first published about fifteen years ago, many may have considered its fascinating...
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YES Bank to appoint 3 senior executives on board Somasroy Chakraborty |...
YES Bank today said it will appoint three of its top management executives on the board subject to approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The bank, however, continues to maintain silence over...
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Bajaj may shift production to other plants Swaraj Baggonkar & Surajeet Das...
Bajaj Auto could move production of its popular Pulsar motorcycles out of its Chakan plant, near Pune, if labour issues there do not get resolved in the next couple of weeks. Production at the...
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