Vajeeragnana Warnakulasuriya, Melbourne Australia Ministry of Foreign Affairs Honorable Mr. Stephen Smith Federal Government ofƒ”š‚ Australiaƒ”š‚  Canberra ƒ”š‚ Dear Mr. Smith, ƒ”š‚ Dilemma of the Boat People and Mighty Australian Prime Minister Mr.Rudd! Non of these people left Sri Lankan shores to set sail to Australia, it is now abundantly clear that they have been living in Malaysia […]

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Insight By Sunil Kumar Nov.6th 2009 That the LTTE and their supportives around the world, particularly in Canada have not given up their ambitions to re-group becomes very apparent through this report which is a strong incentive for the Government of Sri Lanka to take prompt action in order to persuade the Canadian Government that […]

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MEDIA RELEASE -Ministry of Foreign Affairs Colombo Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama handed over today (6 November 2009) to the Heads of Missions of the EU member states represented in Colombo, individually addressed letters to his counterparts in the EU member countries, together with a copy of the document captioned “Observations of the GOSL in respect […]

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Wasantha Bandara Ranagala – Australia The triumvirate need no introduction to their competence to deliver goods. Goods they delivered in style against all odds. Peace vendors, political buccaneers, robber barons in the corporate jargon ably propped up by the international policeman US and the neo colonialist EU tried all their covert and overt schemes to […]

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Sri Lanka News Ven Kataragama Siri Ratana stood in the sands, a lonely figure, holding in his hands the offerings we had made to him.ƒ”š‚ Alone and vulnerable he has dug himself into this hostile territory in a small “ƒ”¹…”sanghavasa’ (abode of bhikkus) to protect and preserve an ancient temple on the beaches in Pottuvil in […]

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Media Release Ministry of Foreign Affairs Colombo The Sri Lanka Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia has informed this Ministry that they have confirmed from a reliable source the true identity of “ƒ”¹…”Alex’, the spokesman of the suspected 255 illegal Sri Lankan migrants in Merak, Banten Province, Indonesia. Kulaendrarajah Sanjeev alias “ƒ”¹…”Alex’ once belonged to “ƒ”¹…”Kannan Gang’ […]

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Media Release Public Communications Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sri Lanka The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced this week that Sri Lanka has been admitted to the United Nations initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD) Programme. Sri Lanka’s membership comes amid a call by Dr. Palitha Kohona, […]

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Media Release Public Communications Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sri Lanka The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Pretoria in partnership with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society and Pretoria Eye Institute, participated in a ceremony to officially hand over five corneas donated by the Sri […]

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By Janaka Alahapperuma Sri Lanka Air Force Museum ceremoniously re-launched by the President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 5th November at Ratmalana Air Force Base. It was originally established in 1993 with the intention of preserving SLAF history of aviation and also as a storage unit. Later it has been restructured as the Sri Lanka Air Force […]

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