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(Lanka-e-News, 06.Oct.2010, 4.20PM) The British Foreign Ministry Secretary William Hague had confirmed that the BBC World service is facing cut backs on...
In a rare interview, a former member of Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has been speaking to the BBC about his feelings on being released
“Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people…” — Charlie Chaplin The Dictator By Tisaranee Gunasekara President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s speech to the UN General Assembly consisted of the usual banalities and platitudes, with one outstanding exception. That exception was a perniciously riveting idea symbolic and symbiotic of the Rajapaksa ethos, a transformative concept which, if ...
- More freedom for the Rajapaksa means less freedom for the Sri Lankan people (Category: Breaking News)
- Militarizing post -war SriLanka while Rajapaksaizing the military (Category: Breaking News)
- On A Material And Moral Slippery-Slope (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition must counter patriotic narrative of Rajapaksas with socio-economic and political narr... (Category: Breaking News)
(Lanka-e-News, Oct. 04, 2010, 3.50PM) It is reported that despite the fact that the British Foreign Minister William Hogg had confirmed that...
by M.Y.M. Ayub The BBC’s Sinhala service, Sandesaya quoted United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Tissa Attanayake on September 26 as saying that there was no need for a federal political solution in Sri Lanka. This might have disappointed many Tamils especially politically conscious ones who have been demanding more devolution than what had already implemented, for the p...
- UNP to hold May Day rally in Jaffna (Category: Business)
- UNP to hold discussions with opposition political parties (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil parties slam UNPs backtracking (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Oppn Party Backs Government-TNA Talks (Category: Breaking News)
“Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together in new shapes of your own choosing.” -George Orwell (Nineteen Eighty -Four) The end was never in doubt; President Rajapaksa would confirm Gen. Fonseka’s jail sentence and the bête noire of the Ruling Family would be duly incarcerated. Only the blindly optimistic would have...
- Sarath Fonseka is the victim of act of political persecution and personal vengeance (Category: Breaking News)
- Every grandiose noun and flowery adjective in Sinhala will be used to describe the Rajapaksas an... (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksa project of establishing familial control over the State Army and the SLFP (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition must counter patriotic narrative of Rajapaksas with socio-economic and political narr... (Category: Breaking News)
by Tisaranee Gunasekara “Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people…” — Charlie Chaplin ~ The Dictator President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s speech to the UN General Assembly consisted of the usual banalities and platitudes, with one outstanding exception. That exception was...
- Promoting Tyranny (Category: Breaking News)
- Militarizing post -war SriLanka while Rajapaksaizing the military (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition must counter patriotic narrative of Rajapaksas with socio-economic and political narr... (Category: Breaking News)
- Fall of Fonseka indicates that Rajapaksas cannot be beaten at their own game (Category: Breaking News)
By Karu Jayasuriya As a Sri Lankan ex-Army Officer and a person who believes strongly that those who have contributed towards the welfare of this nation should be shown unending gratitude, Thursday was one of the saddest days of my...
- Former Army Commander of Sri Lanka calls for a strong common opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's former Army Commander calls on people to establish a new political culture (Category: Breaking News)
- There is a Army Commander who collects ransom from LTTE : Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
- We need to gather against the unlawful activities: Anoma Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
from BBC News online Sri Lanka's president has endorsed the 30-month jail term of former army chief Sarath Fonseka, an official in the president's office has told the BBC. Mr Fonseka was found guilty of breaching arms procurement guidelines on...
- Fonseka won't care about power and position: Daughter Apsara (Category: Breaking News)
- Audio: He will move forward- Apsara (Category: Breaking News)
- Anoma makes statement at Fort police -Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President Meets Anoma Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's president endorses the 30-month jail term of former army chief Sarath Fonseka, the president's office tells the BBC.
Sri Lanka's president endorses the 30-month jail term of former army chief Sarath Fonseka, the president's office tells the BBC.
There is no need for a federal political solution in Sri Lanka, BBC Sandeshaya quoted UNP General Se..
By Saroj Pathirana BBC Sinhala in Colombo Nilmini Jayasinghe says she is determined to take part at the London Olympics despite her failure at the most recent world championships. Nilmini Jayasinghe - pic: SundayObserver.lk...
- Sri Lankan boxer eyes 2012 glory (Category: Breaking News)
- The Ring Is A Women’s World (Category: Breaking News)
- Anusha Hits Road To London (Category: Breaking News)
Government of Sri Lanka says that suspected Tamil Tiger detainees cannot be treated under the same law as everyone else. Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardhana told the BBC
By Swaminathan Natarajan BBC Tamil The temple has number of statues and stone carvings depicting the life of Buddha. Official celebrations are taking place in southern India for the 1,000th birthday of one of the grandest temples ever built on...
- Keerimalai~A Land of Sacred Springs & Spirituality (Category: Breaking News)
- AlJazeera Video: India expresses concern over China's contruction projects in South Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- "Little Jaffna" of Tamils in Paris is often mistakenly called "Little Bombay" (Category: Breaking News)
- Ancient temple stitched back together (Category: Breaking News)
by UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic American University Washington College of Law INTRODUCTION Justice and accountability are of utmost importance following mass atrocities such as those committed in Sri Lanka during its 25-year civil war. An estimated 80,000–100,000 people...
- Huge civilian toll in Lanka war: Indian doc (Category: Breaking News)
- US Senate Resolution calling for an Independent International Investigation in Sri Lanka passes ... (Category: Breaking News)
- International community seriously misapprehended the facts when it failed to call for an investi... (Category: Breaking News)
By BBC Sandeshaya Prsidient Mahinda Rajapaksha has engaged in constructive bilateral talks with a number of heads of state now in New York, says Presidential media co-ordinator Vijayananda herath. President Rajapaksa is in New York to attend the United Nations...
- Kokua Line: Hawaii jobless looking for $300 plus-up, other federal aid extensions (Category: USA, Hawaii)
By Charles Haviland BBC News, Colombo People in northern Sri Lanka have told a war inquiry that family members who served with the Tamil Tigers disappeared after surrendering. They said their loved ones went missing at the end of the...
- My sister is my best friend, plase bring her back to me (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricketer Murali Is On A Sticky Wicket – On Tamil Nadu Turf (Category: Breaking News)
- The “See-Saw” battle between the UN SG and the SL Govt (Category: Breaking News)
- 1000 children still missing since war (Category: Breaking News)
“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” — Voltaire Where do we go from here? The paranoia increases by the day. First came the reported disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda (missing since January 24 this year), then the statement made recently by reinstated Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva who reportedly stated at a ...
- Lanka denies holding any Tamil political prisoners (Category: Breaking News)
- Fonseka supporters further detained (Category: Breaking News)
- DNA to protest to C'wealth (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels 'abused in detention' (Category: Breaking News)
While the forthcoming hearings by Sri Lanka's Lesson and Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) at the former LTTE stronghold Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu are to be held in public, BBC has been "blocked from covering the public hearing," BBC said Friday. "A senior defence ministry official
- Blast from the past (Category: Technology)
- BBC will launch a new subscription streaming channel in the US in 2021 - CNET (Category: Technology)
- BBC will launch a new subscription streaming channel in the US in 2021 - CNET (Category: Technology)
- BBC will launch a new subscription streaming channel in the US in 2021 - CNET (Category: Technology)
The BBC has been blocked from covering public hearings about Sri Lanka's civil war in former rebel-held territory.
The BBC has been blocked from covering public hearings about Sri Lankas civil war in former rebel-held territory.
Sri Lanka's defence ministry blocks the BBC from reporting on public hearings in former rebel-held territory.
An explosion in Sri Lanka has killed at least 60 people, most of them policemen, officials say. A military spokesman said vehicles carrying explosives accidentally blew up at a police station near the eastern city of Batticaloa. The explosives were...
- Accidental explosion at police station in Eastern Sri Lanka kills over 25 (Category: Breaking News)
- AUDIO: Blast at Karadiyanaru (Category: Breaking News)
- An explosion occurred at foreign company owned explosives dump - Karadiyanaru, Batticaloa (Category: Breaking News)
- Defence Ministry Blunder Led To Batti Blast (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is in the top among the World Giving Index. It is the 8th country in the world which has registered a high level of contentment. This is revealed in a survey conducted by the UK’s Charities Aid Foundation. The survey took place in 153 countries. It covered 95 percent of the world’s population. ...
- Bowled Out (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka is in the top among the World Giving Index. (Category: Breaking News)
- Rising Risk (Category: Business)
- ICT Boost (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka is still denying civilian deaths by Peter Bouckaert Director of Emergencies Division, Human Rights Watch During the Vietnam conflict, the US military developed some creative ways to increase the numbers of Viet Cong insurgents it claimed to have...
- Julia Gillard rewards the plotters (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Govt. assaults UNP MPs while calling for strong Opp. Karu (Category: Breaking News)
- President says that the Govt did not halt the war or betray the nation (Category: Breaking News)
- Irrigators' interest strong in water buybacks (Category: Australia, Victoria)
A leading Sri Lankan cricketer has been investigated by the anti-corruption unit of the ICC, BBC understands.
A leading Sri Lanka cricketer has been investigated by the anti-corruption unit of the world cricket governing body, BBC Sport has learned.
A Sri Lankan cricketer was investigated by police after arousing suspicion during the World Twenty20 tournament in England, BBC learns.
BBC World Service In 1989 Appapillai Amirthalingam was assassinated at his home in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. He was a politician - the most prominent democratically-elected leader of the Tamil community....
- Tamil for Obama organization urge to hold voting on Tamil Eelam (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil people in SriLanka facing many difficulties: Tamil Nadu governor (Category: Breaking News)
- "Tamil Eelam" is the only solution: World Tamil organisations (Category: Breaking News)
- 23 refugees attempting to flee arrested by TN police (Category: Breaking News)
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