Harith Eknaligoda holds a picture that includes his missing father, the Sri Lankan journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda News Source: The Independent – UK – By Andrew Buncombe New freedoms promised by the end of 25-year civil war are still being denied journalists in Sri Lanka, where many who have taken an unbiased stance have paid with […]
Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday stated that an investigation will be held in connection with the unacceptable behaviour exhibited by some Members in the House during the budget speech by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday. He made this observation in response to a point of order raised by UNP MP Jayalath Jayawardena before commencement of the […]
The judge who presided over the High Court Trial-at-Bar that convicted Former army commander Sarath Fonseka says that she had received death threats throughout the trial. Deepali Wijesundera who chairs of the High Court Judges Association (HCJA) of Sri Lanka said that she is not sure who was threatening her. […]
The leader of the opposition in Sri Lanka says himself and a group of opposition MPs have been assaulted in the parliament chamber after the president presented the budget. Ranil Wickramasinghe, MP, said a number of opposition MPs were admitted to the hospital after the assault by the government MPs. […]
Post war economic recovery and long-term plans for improving the quality of life of the people were the main themes of budget 2012 presented by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Parliament yesterday. Accordingly, a significant increase in budgetary allocations were made to the relevant ministries towards realizing these objectives, such as, Education, Higher Education, Economic Development […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his capacity as Finance and Planning Minister will present Budget 2012 in Parliament tomorrow. The budget would be development-oriented with the aim of making Sri Lanka the “Wonder of Asia” by 2016, according to Government sources. This will be the 65th Budget to be presented since Independece. Budget 2012 will be […]
A court in Sri Lanka has jailed former army chief Sarath Fonseka for three years for implicating the government in war crimes. The court ruled that he lent credence to allegations the defence secretary ordered Tamil Tigers to be killed as they tried to surrender in May 2009. […]
News Source: BBC News – By Charles Haviland The verdict is due in the third and most serious case brought by Sri Lankan authorities against former army chief Sarath Fonseka. He is charged with “spreading disaffection” after he gave a newspaper interview apparently giving credence to allegations that the defence secretary ordered war crimes. […]
The government banned only a few websites which do not comply with ‘the right to reply’ concept, one of the key norms in a democracy. Sri Lanka has hundreds of newspapers, 54 radio channels, 16 television channels and some websites which respect the concept ‘right to reply’, Cabinet Spokesman and Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. […]