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India’s National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon is scheduled to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa 9th July for discussions on recent developments concerning the Thirteenth Amendment brought about by the India-Sri Lanka accord.Menon is expected in Colombo on July 7th. Menon who has served in Sri Lanka as High Commissioner and also held the post of foreign secretary is expected to convey a high level …
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 9:30 am,
by eyeadmin
The Sri Lankan parliamentary select committee (PSC) on devolution will meet on July 19 despite boycott by opposition members, who say the meeting has been convened to strip provincial council of powers. “The PSC with 19 government MPs would meet as scheduled. The opposition is yet to name their allocation of 12 members,” Nimal Siripala de Silva, the senior minister and Chair of the PSC …
Monday, July 1, 2013 10:38 am,
by eyeadmin
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– The Tamil National Alliance(TNA) has decided not to participate in the Parliamentary Select Committee(PSC) appointed to study and make relevant changes to the 13th amendment to the constitution, TNA MP Suresh Premachandran said. Representatives of the main constituent political parties of the TNA, such as Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), Tamil United …
Sunday, June 30, 2013 10:49 am,
by eyeadmin
Why did the DMK leave the the company of the Congress in March? By the party’s own admission, it was outraged by the Congress-led UPA government’s stand at the UN Human Rights Council on the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka.“Continuing in this government will be an injustice to the Sri Lankan Tamils,” Karunanidhi had said while unilaterally snapping the ties even as Congress …
Saturday, June 29, 2013 7:26 am,
by eyeadmin
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) have had talks on the 13th Amendment to the constitution, an SLMC spokesman said. Minister Hakeem met Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan to discuss the 13th Amendment last night. SLMC General Secretary, National List MP Hassen Ali said that the two parties would work closely with likeminded political parties, civil …
Friday, June 28, 2013 11:08 am,
by eyeadmin
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– Kevin Rudd re-assumed the leadership of the Australian Labor Party and became the Australian Prime Minister for the second time, three years after he was himself deposed by Julia Gillard and with a divided nation just months away from a federal election.Governor-General Quentin Bryce, swore in Rudd in a brief ceremony at Government House in Canberra. This is Rudd’s …
Thursday, June 27, 2013 9:46 am,
by eyeadmin
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– “The Government will not receive a two thirds majority in Parliament for a revision of the provincial council system through a constitutional amendment,” Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne told a news conference yesterday. The Ministers said that there was a silent majority within the Government to defeat moves to dilute the powers of the provincial councils. Minister Senaratne was joined …
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:03 am,
by eyeadmin
The country continues to lose nearly 150 MW of low cost hydro power daily and this trend would continue with the possibility of repairs to a Kukule Ganga turbine taking about one year, engineers warned yesterday. Two plants at Kukule, which contributed 75 MW to the national grid, were out of order due to different reasons. Sources declined to give an exact time …
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 1:00 pm,
by eyeadmin
Defending the UPA government’s stand on allowing training of Sri Lankan defence personnel in the country, Union Minister E M Sudarshan Nathchiyappan on Sunday said India co-operated with the neighbouring country as it did not want Lanka to become “another Pakistan”. “If India refused the request of Sri Lanka, the officials would be sent to China, by which they would gain strength …
Monday, June 24, 2013 8:38 am,
by eyeadmin
Remnants of the defeated Tamil terrorist organisation, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, are involved in the people-smuggling business bringing Sri Lankan boat people to Australia, according to Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister. Gamini Lakshman Peiris wants Australia to proscribe the LTTE as a terrorist organisation, making any support to it from Australia illegal. The LTTE is a proscribed terrorist organisation in Europe and …
Sunday, June 23, 2013 12:08 pm,
by eyeadmin
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