UK Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox who called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa in London on December 1 discussed aspects of the wider sharing of power in Sri Lanka, and development assistance from the UK. In discussions on the Government’s proposals for sharing power among all communities, President Rajapaksa explained that he saw the […]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa met UK and EU Parliamentarians in London yesterday (1 Dec) . The meetings were friendly and cordial and matters of bilateral interest were discussed. Among the UK and EU Parliamentarians were, The Rt. Hon. The Lord Naseby of the Conservative Party who is also the Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group […]
Parliament has been suspended for 10 minutes after a tense situation erupted when several Government MPs attempted to assault UNP MP Jayalath Jayawardena accusing him of instigating the protest against President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Heathrow airport. According to our parliament correspondent several government MPs led by Dinesh Gunawardena, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and Jagath Pushpakumara […]
News Source: Guardian UK The diplomatic campaign by former foreign secretary David Miliband to champion aid and human rights during the Sri Lankan humanitarian crisis last year was largely driven by domestic political calculations, according to a Foreign Office official. A leaked May 2009 cable from the US embassy in London quotes the official, Tim […]
The Oxford Union canceled the proposed address by His Excellency The President of Sri Lanka. They cited security concerns for doing so. His Excellency President Rajapaksa is in the UK with a senior delegation of Sri Lankan politicians and business leaders. During this visit the delegation are meeting with UK parliamentarians, business leaders and members […]
Due to security concerns surrounding President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit which have recently been brought to our attention by the police, the Union has regretfully found that the talk is no longer practicable and has had to cancel his address, states a media release from the Oxford Union. The statement in full: Statement from The Oxford […]
The High Commission of Sri Lanka in London in a statement issued yesterday (30 Nov) categorically denies that the Channel 4 News TV video is authentic. Last year when Channel 4 News telecast a similar video the Government of Sri Lanka clearly established, by reference to technical considerations, that it was not genuine but fake. […]
Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa who is in London now is due to address the Oxford Union for a second time Thursday. Sri Lanka’s renowned politicians and statesmen such as former Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, former Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, late Minister Lalith Athulathmudali and President Mahinda Rajapaksa, have previously addressed […]
News Source: Guardian UK Lawyers working for Tamil activists are attempting to obtain a war crimes arrest warrant against Sri Lanka’s president and senior member of his entourage who have arrived in Britain. Mahinda Rajapaksa, whose government defeated the separatist Tamil Tigers last year amid humanitarian protests about the treatment of civilians trapped in the […]
DM Online – By Sandun A. Jayasekera Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena yesterday charged that some elements including certain ministers were attempting to grab valuable state land belonging to the Mulleriyawa Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) and he had to wage a war to protect these lands. The Minister made this hard-hitting allegation when he visited the […]
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake has struck the South Indian Ocean, the US Geological Survey said, although there were no immediate reports of damage and there was no tsunami warning in effect. The quake hit today at a shallow depth of 15.3km at 2.19am local time (8.19am AEDT), the USGS said in a statement. […]
November 30, 2010: A decision has been reached to postpone the Hi-Corp financial fraud case, which was filed at the High Court against former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka and his son-in-law Danuna Thilakaratne, to the 14th of January. This decision was taken based on the agreement reached between the lawyers appearing for the plaintiff and […]
Sri Lankan police have arrested and bailed seven people accused of appearing in pornographic films. Police said the seven had to make statements and pay a surety before being released. They said those arrested were all suspected of featuring in locally made pornographic movies. The faces of people accused of taking part were earlier published […]
This is what we said from the start, Construction and Housing Ministers Wimal Weerawansa told Ada Derana regarding the Wikileaks documents on Sri Lanka. He added that this substantiates the fact that it was the US that led the International operation against Sri Lanka. They wanted to isolate us internationally, Wimal claimed. Weerawansa went on […]
The teenage daughter of a Sri Lankan shopkeeper stabbed to death during a suspected robbery, watched in horror as the attack was shown on CCTV in the family’s flat upstairs in Birmingham, UK Saturday night. She saw attackers armed with a knife try to grab cash from the till, and called the police. […]
COLOMBO, Nov 29 (APP): Pakistan on Monday offered specialized training, closer collaboration and sharing of expertise in counter-terrorism to help Sri Lanka better train its security forces to thwart any future terrorist threat.“We wish to strengthen our cooperation in ridding our countries of this menace and we can do it by learning from experiences of […]
