LLRC report tabled in Parliament – 16.12.2011 (Full Report)

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Amarasara

LLRC report tabled in Parliament : “Security Forces had not deliberately targeted civilians in the NFZs” – LLRC

(16.12.2011 10:00 SLT – priu.gov.lk)
The final report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) was tabled in Parliament by Leader of the House Nimal Siripala de Silva a short while ago.

“In evaluating the Sri Lanka experience in the context of allegations of violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the Commission is satisfied that the military strategy that was adopted to secure the LTTE held areas was one that was carefully conceived, in which the protection of the civilian population was given the highest priority. The Commission also notes in this regard that the movement of the Security Forces in conducting their operations was deliberately slow during the final stages of the conflict, thereby evidencing a carefully worked out strategy of avoiding civilian casualties or minimizing them,” the report stated in its Principal Observations and Recommendations. Continue reading →

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s speech at the Bali Democracy Forum IV in Bali, Indonesia

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Amarasara

Full text of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s speech at the Bali Democracy Forum IV in Bali, Indonesia on 08.12.2011

(08.12.2011 – news.lk)
His Excellency Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia and Chair of the Bali Democracy Forum

Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Co-Chair

Excellencies, Distinguished Invitees, Ladies and Gentlemen

It is my pleasure to express warm appreciation of the invitation extended to me by His Excellency Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, to participate in the Fourth Bali Democracy Forum. I would like to thank the Government of Indonesia for the excellent and very thoughtful arrangements which have been made to host this important Forum in the enchanting surroundings of Bali. Continue reading →

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Buddhism in Ancient Jaffna

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Amarasara

Buddhism in Ancient Jaffna

(06.12.2011 – sinhalaravaya.com)
According to the Mahavamsa, the Buddha visited Sri Lanka thrice. His second visit was to Nagadipa to settle a quarrel between Chulodara and Mahodara. Nagadipa is therefore one of the solosmastana venerated by the Buddhists. The present Nagadipa is located at ‘Nainativu,’ a small islet, two by one and a half miles wide, adjoining the Jaffna peninsula. E. T. Kannangara (1984) observed that the meeting between Chulodara and Mahodara would not have been on such a small islet when the Jaffna peninsula was within easy reach. Nainativu had no historical buildings whatsoever when I visited in the 1950s. Paul. E. Pieris looked for the real ‘Nagadipa’. The main embarkation point to north India in ancient times was Jambukola in ‘Nagadipa’. From Jambukola it took seven days to get to Tamralipti, a port at the mouth of the Ganges. Jambukola therefore had to be in the Jaffna peninsula. Pieris looked at the available sources and stated in his paper ‘Nagadipa and Buddhist remains in Jaffna’ (1917) that Nagadipa referred to the Jaffna peninsula and its islands. The Vallipuram gold plate, found around 1936, clinched the issue. It confirmed that ‘Nakadiva’ was the ancient name for Jaffna. Jambukola is Sambiliturai today. Continue reading →

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Finally at peace, Sri lanka poised to join asia’s fast growing economies

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Amarasara

Finally at peace, Sri lanka poised to join asia’s fast growing economies

(28.11.2011 – bangkokpost.com/business/economics/)
Nearly three decades of conflict with the secessionist Tamil Tigers seriously debilitated Sri Lanka’s economic development. With financial and human resources diverted to fighting a war that, though largely confined to the country’s north and east, spilled over to other areas including the capital city Colombo, development was largely stultified. Continue reading →

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India wanted LTTE ‘put in its place’ : Norway report

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Amarasara

India wanted LTTE ‘put in its place’ : Norway report

(11.11.2011 – IANS)
Oslo : Even as it publicly advocated peace when the Sri Lankan conflict was raging, India quietly informed Norway that the LTTE must be “put in its place”, reveals a Norwegian government sponsored study on why the peace process failed in the island nation. The exhaustive document, released here Friday, shows that New Delhi’s sympathy lay with Colombo vis-a-vis the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as the peace process began to slowly unravel from 2003-04. Continue reading →

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Criticism of Sri Lanka ignores Tiger threat

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Amarasara

Criticism of Sri Lanka ignores Tiger threat

(05.11.2011 – theaustralian.com.au)
THE criticism of Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa, when he visited Australia for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, left the key Sri Lankan villain out of the story.

The criticism was that the Sri Lankan government engaged in serious human rights abuses, shelling areas where civilians were present, at the end of its civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, in May last year. Continue reading →

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Colombo bourse needs a full revamp : UNP MP Daysasiri Jayasekara

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Amarasara

Colombo bourse needs a full revamp : UNP MP Daysasiri Jayasekara

(07.11.2011 13:55 SLT – dailymirror.lk)
UNP Kurunegala District parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara speaking to the Daily Mirror online today (07.11.2011) said that the stock market is run by a mafia with black money. “The stock exchange is completely dominated by a few people who are investing their illegal money into the system and at the end of it all they make their millions and the small timers are left wondering what happened to all their hard earned money,” he said. In a revealing interview the Daily Mirror online Jayasekara revealed that it was the few players together with top officials at the SEC and the Central Bank who were involved in this fraudulent racket. Continue reading →

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Develop sufficient spaces within economies to face complexities – President

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Amarasara

Develop sufficient spaces within economies to face complexities – President

(27.10.2011 09:35 SLT – info.gov.lk)
We have to ensure that we develop sufficient spaces within our own economies so as to be able to comfortably face the inevitable complexities in the face of global challenges, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.

“In our view, Individual policy interventions or ad-hoc measures which target just one or two outcomes are often flawed and almost always, do not provide the desired results. Such responses are essentially short-term, and sometimes lead to new difficulties. Although it may sound simplistic, I must say that, for growth to be sustained, we as nations, must get our basics and fundamentals right”, President Rajapaksa said delivering the key note address at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Burswood Complex, in Burswood this morning. Continue reading →

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Why are UK MPs supporting LTTE terrorism?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Amarasara

Why are UK MPs supporting LTTE terrorism?

- by Shenali Waduge
(10.10.2011 – onesl.org)
When a terrorist organization has its international head office openly functioning from London & when its Government did pittance about it for decades what are we to think. When a terrorist organization is able to generate 40% of its foreign funds from UK, what are we to think? Continue reading →

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Robert Blake’s subtle move to open Sri Lanka for al Qaeda/Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Amarasara

Robert Blake’s subtle move to open Sri Lanka for al Qaeda/Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks

- by Daya Gamage (Asian Tribune Foreign News Desk)
(08.10.2011 – Asantribune.com)
Washington, DC. 08 October : In his conversation with Sri Lanka’s defense secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on 08 December 2009 during his visit to Colombo as the Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Robert Blake the former American ambassador to Colombo in a very subtle diplomatic way endeavored to commit Rajapaksa to agreeing to send Sri Lankan military soldiers to join US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan to which the Sri Lankan defense chief rejected citing this South Asian nation may attract Islamist Jihadists. Continue reading →

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