Archive for October 21st, 2019
Monday, October 21st, 2019
By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island The global liberal mafia has already begun mobilizing against the Rajapaksas in anticipation of their return to power. Last Friday, Brahma Chellaney of the American funded New Delhi based NGO Centre for Policy Research wrote an article to the international web page Project Syndicate on the possible return of the Rajapaksas to […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Attorney-at-law Maj. (retd) Ajith Prasanna, yesterday, urged the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) which probed the Easter Sunday carnage, Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri, MP, not to release his report until SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem appeared before the PSC. Addressing the media, at Dr. N. M. Perera Centre, […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
Laksiri Warnakula Rev. MP (I opted for the initials to keep anonymity) was feared by even the tough fisherfolk. He was short and stocky with a complexion, which was quite fair by any standard and made his roundish chubby face turn red when he was angry. My uncles said that he was a Monsignor and […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA The National and common presidential candidate had a series of successful and highly attended meetings in the areas coming under the landscape popularly referred to as ‘the Catholic Belt’ – kiribathgoda, Katana, Ragama, Negombo etc., – in which Catholic MPs Nimal Lansa, Arundika Fernando and several others made emotional speeches […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
Editorial Courtesy The Island October 21, 2019, 8:58 pm It is said that victory has a thousand fathers and defeat is an orphan. Everybody now wants to take the credit for defeating terrorism. Those who opposed the war tooth and nail and condemned the military, during the height of the Vanni conflict, are now using former […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
Moderated by Rishini Weeraratne Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal responded to a few questions posed to him by viewers during a live interview conducted on Facebook. Here, he spoke about the growth of the economy during his tenure, where it has gone wrong, allegations on bond issues and the […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today A petition has been filed in Supreme Court, seeking issuance of a directive to the Government, to take measures to withdraw from the UNHRC Resolution it co-sponsored in September 2015, titled ‘Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka.’ The petitioner claimed that his fundamental rights were violated […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
By Gagani Weerakoon Courtesy Ceylon Today The rift between two groups of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) became quite evident with former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (CBK) and Party’s General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara taking to social media to criticise each other. While the former accused Jayasekara of trying to uprooting the Party from its […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
By Chamara Amarasuriya Courtesy Ceylon Today The Police Department has launched a probe into a group of people having hooted at Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was addressing a public rally held in support of New Democratic Front Presidential nominee, Minister Sajith Premadasa in Laggala, Matale, on 19 October. Police said that a group of […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
Courtesy Ceylon Today Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL), issuing a statement yesterday (21), expressed its concern over the decision taken by the Cabinet of Ministers to allow President Maithripala Sirisena to continue to reside in his official residence located in Colombo. The TISL believes that the timing of the decision, when the President is still […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
By J.T. de Silva Courtesy Ceylon Today The officers from Election Commission (EC) were able to bust a large-scale election violation racket when they raided the Ministry of Primary Industries and Social Empowerment yesterday following a complaint received. According to the EC, a programme had been lined up to distribute cheques to the value of […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential Candidate stated that he will create an intelligence-based economy under his rule. He mentioned this at a public meeting held in the Dickwella area. Rajapaksa says that they have an economic plan for this country formulated through years of discussion and identifying issues with the assistance of […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Sajith Premadasa should reveal the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers of his government should he become President, says MP S. B. Dissanayake. The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP posed three questions to the New Democratic Front (NDF) Presidential Candidate Sajith Premadasa at a press conference held in Kandy, today (21). […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
Courtesy Hiru News SLFP presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa says that he will take measures to develop the country built on an intellectual based economy. He stated this while attending a public rally held in Beliatta this morning. Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa participated in a meeting of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna activists in Tissamaharama yesterday. […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
Courtesy Hiru News The Easter Sunday bomb blasts where over 300 persons killed were unleashed six months ago. The terror and its aftermath are still haunting the minds of Sri Lankans. In such a backdrop, a photograph in which Muslim Congress leader and Minister Rauff Hakeem posing with the mastermind of the Easter Sunday terror […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
Courtesy Hiru News The Election Commission has suspended an attempt to distribute loans for one million rupees each to Samurdhi Development Officers today. The event was organized disregarding the election law under the patronage of Primary Industries and Social Empowerment Minister Daya Gamage at Suhurupaya in Battaramulla today. It is also reported that the video […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් සමෘද්ධි සංවර්ධන නිළධාරීන්ට ලබාදීමට සූදානම් වූ රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 10 බැගින් වූ ණය මුදල් චෙක්පත් මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ නිළධාරීන්ගේ පැමිණීමෙන් අත්හිටුවා තිබෙනවා. මැතිවරණ නීති උල්ලංඝනය කරමින් සිදුකළ මෙම උත්සවය ප්රාථමික කර්මාන්ත සහ සමාජ සවිබල ගැන්වීමේ අමාත්ය දයා ගමගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අද පැවැත්වුණේ බත්තරමුල්ල – සුහුරුපායේ ගොඩනැගිල්ලකයි. උත්සවය ආරම්භ කිරීමෙන් පසු ලද තොරතුරු අනුව මැතිවරණ […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් පාස්කු ප්රහාරය සිදුවී මාස 06ක් ගතවුවද මෙතෙක් රාජ්ය ආරක්ෂාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිසි සැලස්මක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරිමට ආණ්ඩුව අපොහොසත් වි ඇති බව, ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ ජනාධිපති ධුර අපේක්ෂක ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ පවසනවා. ඔහු මේ බව සදහන් කලේ තංගල්ල – රන්න ප්රදේශයේ අද පැවති ජනරැලියකට එක්වෙමින්. එම අවස්ථාවට එක්ව සිටි ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ජනතාවට බියෙන් සැකයෙන් තොරව ජීවත් විය හැකි රටක් බිහිකිරීම සදහා අවශ්ය නායකත්වය තෝරාගැනීමට ලැබී ඇති අවසන් අවස්ථාව මෙය බව පූජ්ය ඇල්ලේ ගුණවංශ හිමියන් පවසනවා. උන්වහන්සේ මේ අදහස් පළ කළේ ඊයේ කොළඹ පැවති ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකදී.
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් අමාත්ය රාවුෆ් හකීම් මහතා පාස්කු ප්රහාරයේ මහමොළකරු වූ සහරාන් හෂීම්ගේ සොහොයුරා වන රිල්වාන් හෂීම් බවට සැලකෙන පුද්ගලයෙකු සමග එකට සිටින ඡායාරූපයක් මේ දිනවල සමාජ මාධ්ය ඔස්සේ සංසරණය වනවා. රිල්වාන් හෂීම් මියගියේ පාස්කු ප්රහාරයෙන් දින කිහිපයකට පසුව සයින්දමරුදු ප්රදේශයේ නිවසක සිදුවූ මරාගෙන මැරෙන ප්රහාරයකින්. අප්රේල් 21 වනදා සිදුකල ප්රහාර මාලාවේ මහමොළකරු වන […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ජනාධිපති ධුරයට පත්වීමෙන් පසු සිදුකරන වැඩපිළිවෙළ සම්බන්ධ ඇතැම් පාර්ශ්ව අසත්ය ප්රචාර ගෙන යමින් සිටින බව විපක්ෂනායක මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසනවා. විපක්ෂනායකවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ සූරියවැව ප්රදේශයේ පැවති ජන හමුවකදී. ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ ජනාධිපතිධුර අපේක්ෂක ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ජයග්රහණය වෙනුවෙන් සූරියවැව විහාරගල මංසන්ධියේදී ඊයේ ජන හමුවක් සංවිධානය […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ඉදිරි ජනාධිපතිවරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පක්ෂ විපක්ෂ දේශපාලනඥයින් අදත් අදහස් පළ කළා.
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