At the height of eelam war IV in 2009, the then US Ambassador in Colombo, Robert O Blake, urged the Sri Lankan government to agree to a mediated surrender of LTTEleaders cornered in the Vanni, but the Rajapaksa government refused to do so, a classified US diplomatic cable published by Wikileaks reveals. […]
Lankan born Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge-fund tycoon and Galleon Group LLC co-founder at the center of a U.S. insider-trading crackdown, was found guilty of all 14 counts against him in the largest illegal stock-tipping case in a generation. A jury of eight women and four men in Manhattan returned its verdict today after hearing evidence […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka will have to adjust quickly to the Test format as well as different wickets if they are to challenge England in their backyard, batting coach Marvan Atapattu said Tuesday. “The biggest challenge is to adjust to English conditions,” Atapattu said as the bulk of Sri Lankan touring party left for […]
‘We will present the world with our achievements on bringing normalcy and peace to Sri Lanka, bring to light the factual position about this country and thereby expose the falsity of the controversial Darusman Report, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. Speaking to local newspaper Editors at a breakfast meeting at Temple Trees the President said […]
A demonstration was held opposite the Fort Railway Station yesterday against the ban imposed on the Lanka e-news website, and against media suppression. The demonstrators charged that Lanka e-news Journalist Shantha Wijeysooriya had been assaulted by a jailer at the Matara prison. […]
Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has said that the controversial Darusman panel has failed to recognize the immense steps the government has taken to bring peace and reconciliation, matched with development, to the North and North-East of the country that not too long ago was controlled with an armed iron fist by the LTTE. […]
One of the two policemen who had allegedly assaulted ITN journalist Niroshan Premaratne was interdicted yesterday, Police Chief Mahinda Balasuriya said. Attack on ITN journalist: “The two policemen have been arrested for further investigations and prosecution,” IGP Balasuriya said. […]
It is necessary that the new generation of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka learn the Tamil language to help reconciliation between communities after decades of war, teachers of Buddhist scripture say. All Island Pirivena Teachers Association (AIPTA) made of teachers of Buddhism told BBC Sinhala service, Sandeshaya that the Buddhist monks should be able to […]
Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka, Western Province Minister Udaya Prabhath Gammanpila, Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe together with 21 other devotees, clad in white shaved their heads according to buddhist rituals and embarked on a 10 day Dasa Sil observance and Meditation at Sadhaham Sevana Viharaya, Gothami Road Rajagiriya last morning. In preparation for […]