Insight By Sunil Kumar June 20th 2012 The recentƒ”š‚ furore in India thatƒ”š‚  “A controversial remark” reportedly made by Sri Lanka’s Minister for Power and Energy, Champika Ranawaka has touched a raw nerve in Tamil Nadu “ƒ”š‚ as reported both in the local and Indian media indicates the related transparenciesƒ”š‚ which have led to the unpalatable rhetoric of […]

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by Walter Jayawardhana DMK President Muthuvel Karunanidhi strongly objected to an alleged statement of Sri Lankan Minister Champika Ranawaka in which the minister had threatened another “massacre”ƒ”š‚ of Tamils and urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the issue with Colombo and the United Nations. “It has come to our notice that Sri Lankan […]

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by Walter Jayawardhana The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) led by actor Vijayakant has decided to boycott the Indian Presidential elections on the ground of many issues out of which two are ƒ”š‚ Sri Lanka issues. In a statement Vijayakant said, ƒ”š‚ that even in Singapore, Tamil had been given the status of the one of the […]

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by Walter Jayawardhana Julampitiye Amare, an underworld figure wanted for the murder of two psrticipants at a JVP political meeting at Katuwana in the Hambantota electorate surrendered to the High Court Tangalle while opposition political parties and international human rights organizations were criticizing the Sri Lanka government for protecting the murderers. Tangalle High Court Judge […]

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SPUR Victoria donates fundsƒ”š‚  to Abimansala in memory of the heroes of the SL defense forces who liberated the country from the yoke of Tamil Tigers three years ago. Former President of SPUR, Jayampathy Unanteene presents the check to Mrs Jayasuriyaƒ”š‚  of Seva Vanitha of Sri Lanka Army.

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Stanley Weerasinghe, Pannipitiya. Courtesy The Island June 19, 2012, 7:55 pm Writing under the title: “ƒ”¹…”No compromise on bending rules to suit individual interests’ in THE ISLAND of 16 June Shanie says: “ƒ”¹…”Gotabhaya Rajapaksa as Defence Secretary is a public servant. But he talks and acts like a politician. The fact that he is the […]

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By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island June 19, 2012, 12:00 pm In the wake of Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan’s defection in March 2004, people living in the Batticaloa District gradually turned against the LTTE, with the majority throwing their weight behind the dissidents. Those supportive of Karuna’s move portrayed the situation caused by the split as a […]

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