• Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Council to be set up within one month
- by Santhush Fernando (06.09.2010 - Asiantribune.com)
•
Sri Lanka : More opposition MPs to support government’s Eighteenth
Amendment Bill? Opposition groups call for general strike and civil
disobedience
- by Santhush Fernando in Colombo (05.09.2010 - Asiantribune.com)
• The 18 th Amendment : Has the Opposition missed the woods for the trees ?
- by Raj Gonsalkorale (06.09.2010 - Asiantribune.com)
• India to appoint a Special Envoy on Sri Lanka ?
- by Santhush Fernando (06.09.2010 - Asiantribune.com) ........................................>>
Minister ties official to a tree : With friends like these, who needs enemies ? - by Raj Gonsalkorale (07.08.2010 - Asian Tribune)
The
contemporary public perception about politicians in Sri Lanka is that
getting into politics is an investment for their future, and not the
future of the country they profess to serve. This cynicism seems well
founded and well established, not for specific reasons of truism, but
because very few politicians have demonstrated otherwise.
The other cynicism that prevails is that only the bad and the ugly get
into politics, and the good either don’t or they have left for greener
pastures. No doubt this is not universally true as we do get politicians
who are honourable, credible and who think about the country before
themselves. In saying this, some might say the writer has to pinch
himself and wake up to reality! Some might say the writer is looking to
add to his list of oxymorons. ..............................>>
Corruption In Robes - by Nirmala Kannangara (01.08.2010 - thesundayleader.lk)
Following
the story under the caption “Residents Furious Over Bossy Monk” in the
July 11 issue of The Sunday Leader, more revelations have surfaced as to
how Ven. Pitaduwe Siri Dhamma Thero of the Siri Sadhaham Ashramaya in Bellantara (Dehiwala) continues to harass and disturb the lives of innocent people in and around the temple.
Allegations have been leveled against Pitiduwe Thero for using the names
of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, his brothers Gotabaya and Basil
Rajapaksa and their spouses in order to get all his unlawful work done
through state departments and to frighten the neighbourhood into
silence, preventing them from reacting against all his unauthorised
work. ..............................>>
Colorful 'Adi Vel' procession returned to the streets of Colombo, after lapse of 16 years (24.07.2010 - Asiantribune.com)
Colombo
: The colorful Adi Vel procession conducted by Hindus, returned to the
streets of Colombo after 16 years. This procession of Lord Muruka
proceeded from Pettah and traveled through York Street, Achilon Square
and Galle Road, stopping to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa in front of
his residence at Temple Trees.
The procession was organized yesterday by the trustees of the Sammangod
Sri Kathir Velautha Swami Temple and Manicavinayagak Temple.
On the last 18th, trustees and members of Sammangod Sri Kathir Velautha
Swami Temple and Manicavinayagak Temple extended an invitation to
President Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees to participate in the 2010 Adi
Vel Festival. ..............................>>
Chinese
nationals in Sri Lanka’s southern port are ‘convicts’ forced
into labour by Beijing - Japan
Times - by Joseph Thavaraja (05.07.2010 -
Asiantribune.com)
Colombo : Many of the Chinese nationals working
in Sri Lanka’s southern Hambanthota port project are Chinese convicts
directly from its prisons, according to Japan Times. The reason is the
prisons overcrowding dilemma that China is facing now, according to JT.
Most of the ‘convicts’ in Chinese prisons are forced into the jails
simply due to the fact that they challenged various Chinese policies and
practices by staying outspoken.
As part of its ‘strategy’ to overcome the 1.5 million massive prison
populations problem, China is now 'exporting' its convicts as laborers
at Chinese-run projects especially in the developing world, JT added. ..................................>>
Royal
College 175 th Anniversary : A forgotten incident - by Janaka Perera (29.06.2010 -
Asiantribune.com)
As Sri Lanka’s Royal College celebrates
the 175th anniversary of its founding this year on a grand scale of pomp
and pageantry that perhaps no other school in the country can match, it
is a moot question to ask whether there are alternate voices from
within or outside Royal College, that have different views on how the
grand old school should celebrate its anniversaries and success with the
virtually unlimited resources it commands.
Parties on the streets may not be every student’s cup of tea in so far
as celebration of school anniversaries or use of school resources is
concerned, however plenty they may be. To be fair by Royal College it
has not been without dissident voices even within its student ranks, who
have grappled with moral conscience and spoken out in favour of others
less privileged than the ‘elite’ students attending some Colombo based
schools. ..................................>>
Sri
Lanka President on an official visit to Ukraine (29.06.2010 - Asiantribune.com)
Colombo : Sri
Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa left yesterday for Ukraine on the invitation of
President Victor Yanukovich of Ukraine. This will be the first Head of
State visit from Sri Lanka to Ukraine.
Director of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's information policy
department Oleh Voloshyn said that this visit would be the first in the
history of Ukrainian-Sri Lankan relations, and that it would help
promote a bilateral political dialogue at the summit level, further
developing cooperation between the two countries in the fuel and energy,
military and technical, education, and culture and humanitarian
spheres.
Voloshyn also added that the two countries expect to expand their
international treaty framework and strengthen the two countries'
cooperation via international organizations. ...............................>>
Asgiri-Malwatte Prelates Laud Army’s Role in Development (26.06.2010 19:38
SLT - army.lk)
LIEUTENANT GENERAL Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the
Army, on the eve of Poson Festival paid homage to the sacred Tooth Relic
at Kandy and called on both Maha Nayake (prelates) of Asgiriya and
Malwatte chapters with the intention of enlightening the prelates on the
Army’s role in development projects and receiving their blessings.
During the first leg of his tour in Kandy, Lieutenant General Jagath
Jayasuriya visited the Dalada Maligawa (Temple of Tooth) on Friday (25)
and offered his respect to the sacred place before he sat with the
Diyawadana Nilame (Chieftain) at his office inside the temple chambers
for a discussion. ................................>>
•
Tenders called for oil drilling in Gulf of Mannar (21.06.2010 - Asiantribune.com)
• TN Chief Minister
Karunanidhi welcomes LTTE support for World Classical Tamil Conference
- Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan -
Reporting from Chennai (21.06.2010 - Asiantribune.com)
• A hardcore LTTE cadre
nabbed by Chennai Police
- Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan
reporting from Chennai (20.06.2010 - Asiantribune.com)
• Man held for cheating Sri
Lankan (21.06.23010 - hindu.com)
• Sri Lanka furious as UN's
Ban names war crimes panel
- by Amal Jayasinghe (AFP) (21.06.2010 - AFP)
