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Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday was prevented from delivering the keynote address at the opening sessions of the Commonwealth Business Council following a raucous demonstration by Sri Lanka Tamil expatriates and human rights activists opposite the venue of the symposium at Mansion House in London. The morning sessions were cancelled by the organisers ...
- Australia mounts pressure on Sri Lanka over war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
- War crime charges filed against Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- British government asks Sri Lanka to show progress or face international pressure (Category: Business)
- David Vs Goliath in Geneva (Category: Breaking News)
By Hilal Suhaib A 15-year deal between a little-known company in Singapore and Sri Lanka’s cricket board for the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) has left opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka outraged. Apart from handing the tournament to Somerset Entertainment Ventures (SEV) for more than a decade, there has also been criticism for awarding local ...
- Sri Lanka Premier League forges ahead (Category: Business)
- Carlton Sports Network And Somerset Entertainment (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Cricket to visit India to discuss the SLPL with BCCI officials (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC Officials To Meet BCCI Officials (Category: Breaking News)
Documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, along with Jamal Osman’s reporting from Somalia, won the awards for the channel Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, which at the time was described by presenter Jon Snow as “one of the most important” stories he had ever reported, collected two prizes at the One World Media Awards last ...
- Channel 4 wins award for Lankan documentary at AI Media Awards (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 documentary on Sri Lanka wins Amnesty Award (Category: Breaking News)
- C4 Wins Award For “SL's Killing Field” (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4's Sri Lanka documentary draws 700,000 viewers (Category: Breaking News)
The bulk of the independent media was prevented from covering the arrival of the six Sri Lankan fishermen who arrived at the Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) earlier today, 10 days after they were rescued by Spanish marines from the captivity of Somali pirates. The free media was informed by a fisheries ministry official at the BIA that there were orders to prevent them from the coverage...
- Conrad Black hints at return to media ownership (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Holiday 1 puzzle page (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Holiday 1 puzzle page (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Holiday 1 puzzle page (Category: USA, Indiana)
Muslim heavy weights in Mahinda Rajapakse’s government – Urban Affairs (Senior) Minister AHM Fowzie and Governor Western Province Alavi Moulana came out strongly against the government’s plan to relocate the Muslim mosque at Kandalama in Dambulla yesterday. They told the Lanka Standard that under no circumstance will they agree to a proposed plan to relocate the ...
- All Mosques, Kovils, Churches to be paid and evicted from Buddhist Sacred City – ADC (Category: Breaking News)
- No truth to allegations says Minister Tennakoon (Category: Breaking News)
- Muslims came to Sri Lanka by sail boats to trade in groceries fooled our Sinhala and Tamil women... (Category: Breaking News)
- Monks threaten to demolish mosque in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Reporters Without Borders calls on all members of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council, which began its 19th session yesterday, to pass a resolution condemning the Sri Lankan government’s violations of freedom of information and to demand an end to threats and violence against news media and human rights defenders in Sri Lanka. “For ...
- Alarming Increase in hostile rhetoric, threats of reprisals against exiled journalists from Sri ... (Category: Breaking News)
- U.N. to investigate Prageeth Eknelygoda's disappearance (Category: Breaking News)
- UN urged to contact wife of missing Sri Lankan cartoonist (Category: Breaking News)
- Media Freedom In Sri Lanka; Why Are Journalists’ Murder Investigations Being Avoided? (Category: Breaking News)
“Undercover Princes”: If the title makes you think of dashing Hohenzollerns trading secrets in romantic locales, think again. For one thing, the reality dating series of this title, beginning on Tuesday on TLC, is set not in Venice or Gstaad or even London but in the chip shops and seaside pubs of Brighton, England, which looks ...
- Patient SOS for doctor service (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Newlywed Prince William back at work (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Bypass needs repairs already (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Bypass works peaceful (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
The Tamil hit song ‘Kolaveri di’ has become a hit in India and Sri Lanka thanks to its catchy beat and words. Now a Sri Lankan born British singer Arjun Coomaraswamy has released an English remix of the track in London and it has reached almost 2 million hits on YouTube. The English version of ...
OCTOBER 17, 2011: Status: Not Free Legal Environment: 23 Political Environment: 30 Economic Environment: 18 Total Score: 71 Despite the end of the government’s long-running war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel group in May 2009, media freedom remained restricted in Sri Lanka, with journalists subject to myriad forms of legal harassment and physical intimidation. Altho...
- Alarming Increase in hostile rhetoric, threats of reprisals against exiled journalists from Sri ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Media Freedom In Sri Lanka; Why Are Journalists’ Murder Investigations Being Avoided? (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan media gagged says RSF (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Sri Lanka’s government implement the LLRC recommendations? (Category: Breaking News)
History proves the efforts made by Channel Four to get popularized by crafting controversial as well as programmes provoking the people. The report telecast by Channel Four villifying the Sri Lankan Government and the Security Forces is the talk of the day among various communities. Media institutions as well as many critics point out that ...
- Sri Lanka High Commission in UK responds: Channel 4 (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 commissions second Sri Lanka doc (Category: Breaking News)
- Letter sent by Fonseka to Channel 4 (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 to air 'horrific' Lanka footage (Category: Breaking News)
The Gay Movement In Sri Lanka By Sherman Anthony De Rose I am from a family of seven from the countryside of Kotahena. When I was young, it was a very crowded area where low class people, who earned only for their daily needs, lived. The area had very strong Catholic families, Colombo Chetties and ...
- Press Conference by Under Secretary Maria Otero and Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. in ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Tactful Diplomacy Will Bring Durable Solution (Category: Breaking News)
- Building the ‘Harpo’ empire (Category: Business)
- Danushka’s Sex Scandal: Time For “Me Too Aragalaya” In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Extracts from report on Sri Lanka by advisory panel appointed by Ban Ki moon 2. Violations in the IDP Camps (a) Arbitrary detention of IDPs in closed camps 154. Civilians emerging from the conflicts zone were initially housed in a...
- Unlawful attacks on civilians and civilian objects in the Wanni during the Govt-LTTE war (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Thousands of Tamils still detained, torture alleged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s infamous Menik farm IDP camp to shut down later this month (Category: Breaking News)
- SRI LANKA: Menik Farm IDP camp to close by 30 September (Category: Breaking News)
by Prof.Michael Roberts Sri Lanka’s comprehensive victory over New Zealand in the last match for Group A at Mumbai was marred by a controversial third umpire decision that reprieved Mahela Jayawardene when he was in his twenties. This verdict certainly...
- New Zealand beats Sri Lanka by 2 wickets (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand beats Sri Lanka by 2 wickets (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand beats Sri Lanka by 2 wickets (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand beats Sri Lanka by 2 wickets (Category: Breaking News)
By Izeth Hussain After quite some time allegations have once again surfaced that some Muslims have supported the Pakistan side against all others, including the Sri Lankan one at the recent World Cup match. I have been sent newspaper material...
- Victory on our minds in Sri Lanka: Pak coach Whatmore (Category: Breaking News)
- Team Spirit (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Cricket mulls touring Pakistan two years after attack on the team (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka could host Pakistan vs. England (Category: Breaking News)
by Tisaranee Gunasekara "When heads of state do not pay attention to the needs of their nation, the people take over”. Turkish Presiden Abdullah Gul (During the February 2011 visit to Iran) “As he launched a series of murderous attacks...
- Tyrants and Their Families: Gaddafis and Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
- Tyrants and Their Families: Gaddafis and Rajapaksas. (Category: Breaking News)
- Parallels between the Gaddafis of Libya and the Rajapaksas of Medamulana (Category: Breaking News)
- Fall of Fonseka indicates that Rajapaksas cannot be beaten at their own game (Category: Breaking News)
A state-run television station has made an unconditional apology to national cricket team, says the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), BBC reports. .
Vice captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team Mahela Jayawardene is considering legal action against state owned Independent Television Network (ITN) in response to commentary which implied he was guilty of match-fixing, the BBC has reported today. The report states that a state television broadcast
- Live Score: Sri Lanka chase on track (Category: Breaking News)
- Big Scores (Category: Business)
- Direct Action (Category: Business)
- Test Case (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka vice captain Mahela Jayawardene is considering legal action in response to commentary which implied he was guilty of match-fixing. A state television broadcast suggested Jayawardene deliberately played badly for financial gain in Saturdays cricket World Cup defeat by Pakistan, BBC
By Dr. S. Narapalasingam PART I The baffling moves and actions on the political front of the potent government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, since the war ended conclusively mid May 2009 have been considered discretely by many analysts, ignoring...
- Political will to settle national issue still not forthcoming despite awareness for permanent se... (Category: Breaking News)
- Bipartisan consensus for national reconciliation is urgent, necessary and possible (Category: Breaking News)
- Confusion over national reconciliation, unity and lasting peace in post-war Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Devolution will strengthen and uphold democracy and national unity (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka denied on Monday plans to outlaw the singing of the national anthem in Tamil after the main minority party raised strong objections to the mooted ban. The status quo will remain, said public administration minister...
- No Ban (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka anthem row resurfaces (Category: Breaking News)
- Karunanidhi slams Sri Lanka for scrapping national anthem in Tamil (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Tamil anthem 'not banned' (Category: Breaking News)
By Chakravarthy The snake is dead. This is what the authorities have been emphasizing from May 17, 2009 and we believe so without any reservation. Road check posts are removed in many places and identity card is asked for randomly...
- Doubts on groin snake bite (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Snake infestation hits high school (Category: USA, California)
- Woman With Snake Arrested (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeff Greenwald: Romancing the Snake (Category: Features)
by Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka "A social group dominates antagonistic groups, which it tends to ‘liquidate’ or to subjugate perhaps even by armed force; it leads kindred and allied groups.” - Gramsci The massive WikiLeaks detonation took place in the wake of a significant conjunction of events for Sri Lanka. That was the celebration of Mahaveera day by the Diaspora Tamils and the visit to Jaff...
- Canada says end Emergency (Category: Breaking News)
- Eelam dreams only hurting Tamils: Devananda (Category: Breaking News)
- Shun negativity - EPRLF (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil diaspora asked to shun negativity (Category: Breaking News)
By Dushy Ranetunge Wimal Weerawansa, who survived a fast on to death outside the UN compound in Buller’s Road, amidst voodoo style devil dancing, has accused the Sri Lankan High Commission in London of failing in their duty to warn...
- Genetic link found between Sri Lankan tribe and Indians (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s Vedda tribe linked to ethnic Indians: Study (Category: Breaking News)
- Overall Gold for DIMO tribe (Category: Business)
- President to sign land deal for Quileute Tribe (Category: USA, Washington)
by Tisaranee Gunasekara “A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill….” - George Orwell (Nineteen Eighty-four) Some months ago, Defence Secretary and Presidential sibling Gotabhaya Rajapakse threatened to send the former Army Commander, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, to the gallows. When BBC’s Stephen Sackur asked about the possibility of Gen. Fonseka testifying about...
- No amnesty chance for SF (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksa treatment of Fonseka is like Prabhakaran tratment of Mahathaya (Category: Breaking News)
- SF and elephant tail rides (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-army chief expected to lose his parliamentary seat with jail term (Category: Breaking News)
World media reporting on the record achieved by Murali has hailed him for re-inventing the sport. International media published various reports on Muralitharan who became the first bowler in the history of test cricket to achieve the milestone of 800 wickets. BBC said that Murali re-invented
- Murali back in Gloucestershire (Category: Breaking News)
- Murali retires from test cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- President hails Murali as son of the soil (Category: Breaking News)
- Lycamobile provides £250,000 to Murali (Category: Breaking News)
Pradeep Amirthanayagam was installed as the Golden Jubilee President of the Rotary Club of Colombo West yesterday (3). The glittering event was held at the Cinnamon Grand, amidst a large and distinguished gathering comprising of parliamentarians, members of the diplomatic corps and the business community. Performances by Soul Sounds and the Police Band added to ...
- Pradeep Named Rotarian Of The Year (Category: Business)
- Free cataract surgeries for 50 people of the low income group (Category: Breaking News)
- Migrant kids set sail (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Hammond Rotary marks 100 years of supporting community efforts (Category: USA, Indiana)
By S.V.Kirubaharan, France The recent BBC series of hard talk programmes on Sri Lanka presented by Stephen Sackur was well-received globally. This telecasting has shown the good, bad and ugly sides of Sri Lanka...
- What’s Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander (Category: Breaking News)
- 'BBC meets its match in Sri Lankan Defence Secretary'- The Manila Times (Category: Breaking News)
- The Most powerful man in Sri Lanka is brother Gotabhaya not President Mahinda (Category: Breaking News)
- Hardtalk 4: Is Sri Lanka really entering a new era? (Category: Breaking News)
The recent BBC series of hard talk programmes on Sri Lanka presented by Stephen Sackur was well-received globally. This telecasting has shown the good, bad and ugly sides of Sri Lanka. The true stories about the return of the internally displaced people – IDPs, the present feelings of the Tamils
- Stephen Sackur checkmated Defence Secretary on several occasions during “Hard Talk” BBC interview (Category: Breaking News)
- The Most powerful man in Sri Lanka is brother Gotabhaya not President Mahinda (Category: Breaking News)
- 'BBC meets its match in Sri Lankan Defence Secretary'- The Manila Times (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka threatens to execute General Sarath Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
With its foreboding lighting effects that appear to have been plucked straight out of Dante's dark epic Inferno-and cleverly devised one suspects to reduce its willing, and oftentimes unsuspecting, "victims" to submission-the BBC's HARDtalk program has attained a universal reputation...
- BBC HARDtalk III - Sri Lanka's child soldiers (Category: Breaking News)
- BBC meets its match in Gotabhaya, says news column (Category: Breaking News)
- Hardtalk 4: Is Sri Lanka really entering a new era? (Category: Breaking News)
- HARDtalk - Sri Lanka Part 1 - The Tamils and the North (Category: Breaking News)
Referring to the recent globally televised BBC talk show HARDtalk with Sri Lankas Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, The Manila Times states today that this particular edition of HARDtalk was undoubtedly game, set and match to him (Sackur). And TV viewers worldwide could attest to that! ....
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