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Jun 3, 2017 · For the first time since heavy rains caused floods, Leader of the Opposition and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) R. Sampanthan has visited the flood affected areas today (3rd June 2017) in Ratnapura with this colleagues M.A. Sumanthiran and Mavai Senathirajah. The floods resulted from a heavy ...
Mar 13, 2015 · By Fr. Sarath Iddamalgoda –. Arguments of the Economists. A number of arguments have been put forward very recently to try and justify the construction of the Colombo Port City. Some argue that the Colombo Port City was a ‘business venture’ done with the view to make Sri Lanka the most competitive and preferred maritime and logistic hub ...
Mar 23, 2021 · The resolution not only ramps up international monitoring and scrutiny of the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, but also mandates the UN human rights office to collect, consolidate and preserve evidence for future prosecutions and make recommendations to the international community on steps they can make to deliver on justice and accountability.
Jun 11, 2022 · Antics Of Rajapaksa’s Viceroy In The Volatile North. By Karikalan S. Navaratnam –. In the bygone days of British imperial dominance a viceroy was the governor of a country or province who ruled as the representative of the king. If anyone thinks that these viceregal representatives of the imperial vintage have now become an extinct species ...
Aug 22, 2021 · An internet poster by Viyathmaga, hailing Gotabaya Rajapaksa candidacy – September 2019. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa addressed the nation on the day Sri Lanka became South Asia’s first in average Covid-19 deaths. 195 people died on that day, according to official figures, driving the total count distressingly close to 7000.
Dec 8, 2023 · By R Hariharan –. Sri Lanka political theatre, gingered up after the dramatic exit of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the wake of the Aragalaya agitation of the masses last year, added a few more episodes during the month of November. Though they were a mix of the good, bad and ugly, the month closed with the good news of Sri Lanka reaching ...
Jul 8, 2021 · The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeaks database. The cable is classified as “CONFIDENTIAL” details biographic data related to the Presidend Rajapaksa’s brother minister Basil Rajapaksa. The cable was written on May 15, 2007 by the US Ambassador to Colombo Robert O. Blake. Ambassador Blake wrote “The ...
