By Walter Jayawardhana The founder of Galleon Group Hedge Fund , Sri Lanka born Raja Rajaratnam was arrested charged with criminal offences of Insider trading securities frauds. ƒ”š‚ Galleon is a major hedge fund player known for its investments in technology stocks. ƒ”š‚ The FBI said Rajaratnam was charged with four counts of conspiracy and eight counts […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana Pro-Tamil Tigers British parliamentarian Keith Vaz is facing the greatest danger to his political career, the Daily Telegraph reported. In an anti-sleaze movement certain British political elements are organizing to put up single candidates against politicians such as Keith Vaz, the newspaper said. “Anti-sleaze candidates could pose a serious threat to Alan […]

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Asoka Subhawickrama North Strathfield *Wrong signal to economic migrants and ex-terrorists* Some of our leaders try to blame the flood of boatpeople (Refugee tide is at crisis point, October 16) on conflicts in South Asia and naively include Sri Lanka in the list of troubled countries. That is treated as a strong signal and a […]

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Asoka Subhawickrama North Strathfield Dear Chief of Staff, I watched your yesterday’s (Thursday 15 October 2009) 6:30 pm News coverage of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who are now detained in Indonesia. I urge you to take the following comments into consideration in any future coverage of similar issues: 1. You gave extensive coverage to […]

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Minister of Environment and Natural resources Hon. Patali Champika Ranawaka Ven. Ellawala Medhananda Nayaka Thero, The Leader of the JHU, Ven. Kotapola Amarakitti Thero, the President of the JHU, Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thero, the Parliamentary Group Leader of the JHU, And all other Venerable Theros, Hon. Anura Yapa, The Minister of Media and Enterprise Development […]

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