December 04, 2010: Submitting a report yesterday, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) told the Mount Lavinia court that the case pertaining to the assassination of veteran journalist Lasantha, a veteran journalist Lasantha Wickrematunga had been handed over to the Terrorist Investigation Division(TID). Earlier, the investigation was carried out jointly by the CID and the TID. […]
New Delhi: In a major embarrassment, the website of premier investigating agency CBI was hacked Friday by programmers identifying themselves as “Pakistani Cyber Army”. The home page of the CBI website had a message from the ‘Pakistani Cyber Army’ warning the Indian Cyber Army not to attack their websites. […]
News Source: Guardian UK Tamil campaigners were stopped from serving a war crimes arrest warrant on a Sri Lankan general by his premature departure from Britain. An application was lodged at Horseferry Road magistrates court, central London, but inquiries by Scotland Yard established that he had left on Thursday night. Tamil groups blame the president, […]
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today that the UNP would support the appointment of a Select Committee of Parliament to probe if its MP Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena had acted in contravention of his Parliamentary oath of office. “If there is an inquiry, we will support it”, Mr. Wickremesinghe said. […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Hundreds of ruling party activists demonstrated at the British embassy in Colombo Friday to denounce Oxford University’s debating society for cancelling a talk by President Mahinda Rajapakse. “Down with anti-Sri Lanka policy!” shouted activists led by Housing Minister Wimal Weerawansa, who spearheaded protests against the United Nations in July that temporarily shut […]
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 […]