By Zacki Jabbar Courtesy Island Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the UK, Dr. Chris Nonis said last night that he did not know what the complaint made against him by Foreign Secretary Kshenuka Seneviratne was. He was speaking to The Island over the telephone from London, shortly after President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered a probe from […]

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By Sonali Samarasinghe – Courtesy The Sunday Leader This article appeared on 2006 07 02 in The Sunday Leader A man is often judged by the company he keeps. President Mahinda Rajapaksa is no different. Already the President has come under heavy fire for his association with Ajith Nivard Cabraal, and questions have been raised regarding various business dealings of […]

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Ira de Silva London, Canada Why is the media in Sri Lanka and the GOSL being so vague about the details of this disgusting incident? It is a fact that Dr. Nonis was slapped in public by a minister of the government. There were numerous eye witnesses. That a person of the caliber of Dr. […]

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Shenali D Waduge  LTTE was not only composed of Prabakaran and his ground troops. LTTE had and continues to have a very large international network of people who had been throughout funding, aiding and abetting, providing tangible and intangible support directly and indirectly and these people were not only Tamils but foreign and Tamils holding […]

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By Dr. Chandana Jayalath An Act to provide for regulating the domestic construction industry is now in pipeline. Development has been purported mainly in terms of registrations, standards and fund collection with a considerable powers including acquisition of property if necessary. It provides for the establishment of two serious entities namely a national advisory council […]

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