President Rajapaksa met US President Barack Obama and US First Lady
September 25, 2013 - 11:29 am
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Interference in internal matters of developing nations is disturbing – President at UN
September 25, 2013 - 8:55 am
It is disturbing to observe the trend within the international arena of some countries interfering in the internal affairs of developing nations under the guise of security and human rights, President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated while addressing the United Nations a short while ago. […]
Twitter Q&A with President Rajapaksa from New York
September 24, 2013 - 2:44 pm
FILE PHOTO – Mr. Lalith Weeratunga is on a Twitter Q&A session President Mahinda Rajapaksa will answer questions on a Twitter Q&A from New York following his address at the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). President Rajapaksa is scheduled to deliver his address on the afternoon of Sept. 24. The Twitter […]
TNA should honour the promises made to Northerners – Minister Devananda
September 24, 2013 - 9:14 am
Douglas Devananda, Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development and Secretary General of the EPDP said that the Tamil National Alliance having accepted the mandate received from the people at the Northern Provincial Council election should honour the promises made to the Tamil speaking people, and in such an event he too is agreeable […]
Sacrifices for Sri Lanka’s CHOGM
September 23, 2013 - 4:14 pm
– by Shenali D Waduge – Those who sold the idea to host CHOGM in Sri Lanka marketing the virtues of holding chairmanship of the Commonwealth, its values, the prestige, the pomp and pageantry, the arrival of VVIPs and other dignitaries forgot or ignored one important fact. The lobbying did not come without strings and […]
68th UN General Assembly: President Rajapaksa arrives in New York
September 23, 2013 - 9:21 am
– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix By: Sudath Silva – President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in New York on 22 September (yesterday) to participate in the 68th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Session. He was warmly welcomed by UN Sri Lankan representative Dr. Palitha Kohona, his Deputy Major General Shavendra Silva, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to […]
UPFA wins NWP and CP, TNA Northern PC
September 23, 2013 - 8:29 am
The ruling United People’s Freddom Alliance (UPFA) recorded another landslide victories in North Western (NW) and Central Provincial Councils elections held on September 21.. In North Western Province, the UPFA obtained 705,188 votes which 66% of the total votes cast in the province. […]
Sri Lanka Northern Elections: Deciphering the Tamil Voter Mentality
September 22, 2013 - 7:46 am
– by Shenali D Waduge – No critic can say Sri Lanka is moving to ‘authoritarian’ rule given that a free and fair election has been held, the people of the Northern Province has voted for the 2nd time since the defeat of terrorism in 2009. What is important at this stage is to decipher […]
President leaves for New York to address the United Nations General Assembly
September 22, 2013 - 7:43 am
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, along with First Lady Shiranthi Wickramasinghe Rajapaksa, left this morning on a five-day visit to New York during which he will address the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), taking place at the UN headquarters in New York City. […]
Beware – Adverse implications of CHOGM to Sri Lanka
September 20, 2013 - 12:43 pm
– by Shenali D Waduge – Ranil Wickremasinghe wanted to celebrate the arrival of Portuguese in 1505 and that lost him the election for his foolhardy suggestion not realizing Sri Lanka was a predominantly Buddhist nation and Portuguese banned the practice of Buddhism. The present scenario appears no different and our reservations to the Government […]