Sri Lanka News The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) took the lead and went for another landslide victory for the UPFA while main opposition United National party further deteriorated its vote base at the expense of other opposition parties.. The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has claimed the overall victory at both the […]

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Insight By Sunil Kumar March 30th 2014  A United Nations General Assembly Resolution is voted on by all member states of the United Nations in the General Assembly. General Assembly resolutions usually require a simple majority (50 percent of all votes plus one) to pass. However, if the General Assembly determines that the issue is […]

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By Our Correspondent Guwahati: All Assam Media Employees Federation (AAMEF) has expressed serious concern at the sudden closure notice issued by the management of Sangbad Lahari, a Bengali daily simultaneously published from Guwahati & Shillong, paving the way for making over 50 direct and 100 indirect media employees jobless overnight. The notice from Ms S. […]

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Ira de Silva  London, Canada Another LLRC type investigation is needed urgently is the view of many Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and overseas.  India abstained from voting against Sri Lanka possibly because in the past two months, when Sri Lankans were aware that India would not support Sri Lanka because of it’s domestic politics which […]

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Shenali D Waduge The Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth 2 has made her choice. She has picked General Peter Cosgrove as the Governor General of Australia. Peter Cosgrove is incidentally a former defence forces chief. Though the appointment was officially endorsed by the Queen the appointment in fact was made by David Cameron’s Conservative Party. […]

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