| ‘Rishad VindicatedT |
The Commander of Army says Rishad never influenced him. “It was a friendly chat.” The Commander of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake on 26 June. Testifying before the Parliamentary Select Committee, said that Bathiudeen MP never influenced or forced him.
Testifying before... |
| 27.06.2019 - 12:26 |
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| Sole survivor of LTTE senior rank has a millionaire lifestyle in UK |
Adele Balasingham, the wife of former LTTE Theoretician Anton Balasingham is likely be the sole survivor from LTTE's senior ranks. What is noteworthy is that she has a millionaire lifestyle-all thanks to funds from Tamils who still struggle in dire poverty.
Mrs Balasingham lives in a £1,169,000 mil... |
| 25.06.2019 - 17:18 |
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By Glen Jenvey-London |
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| ACSA with Sri Lanka: Sole beneficiary U.S. – Embassy Dip. Cables reveal |
Two diplomatic cables that were dispatched by the American Embassy in Colombo to the State Department in Washington – one, five weeks before and the other, three weeks before – prior to the signing of the Acquisition and Cross-Service Agreement (ACSA) on March 7, 2007 between the US Defense Departme... |
| 23.06.2019 - 23:54 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Note |
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| Supreme Buddhist Prelate in Sri Lanka ‘doesn’t mind’ stoning the Muslims |
The Supreme leader of Buddhists and the Buddhist Order in predominantly (68 percent) Buddhist Sri Lanka, head of the Asgiri Chapter of the Siyam Order (Nikaya) Most Venerable Warakagoda Sri Gnanaratana Maha Thera in a hard-hitting anti-Muslim address in his temple in Kandy in the Central Province re... |
| 19.06.2019 - 13:37 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune News Analysis |
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| The Birth of a New Digital Currency: Facebook introduces Libra for its users |
Having been mired in a series of high-profile controversies for months, Facebook has finally come up with a plan to move forward, eclipsing the lingering misadventures ranging from privacy issues to fake news.
Facebook just revealed the details of its much-awaited digital currency, Libra, and Calibr... |
| 19.06.2019 - 19:16 |
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Hemantha Abeywardena writes from London… |
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| GTF condemns violence and intimidation against Muslims in Sri Lanka |
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has expressed its strong condemnation of the anti-Muslim hatred and hysteria being whipped up by sections of Sinhala Buddhist community, and call on the Sri Lankan authorities to take immediate steps to arrest this dangerous development.
“Following the end of the decad... |
| 15.06.2019 - 14:41 |
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| GSP as a ‘bait’, Pompeo in Sri Lanka to push the (SOFA) military deal |
Washington – quite obviously to fulfill one of its foreign policy objectives in the Indo-Pacific Region – is sending a high-level delegation next week to Sri Lanka to discuss the ‘continuation’ of the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) with the government when the Secretary of State Michae... |
| 14.06.2019 - 16:13 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Note |
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| Evidence before PSC places President Srisena in poor light |
Evidence placed before the Parliamentary Select Committee, which began its publicly televised sittings since late last month, probing the bomb attacks on April 21, has placed the Sri Lanka President Maithripala Srisena in a poor light, suggesting that he failed to act on advance warning of the attac... |
| 13.06.2019 - 10:54 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| The Bells of the Cathedral of Porta Santa Ruffina rings for Sri Lanka… |
Sri Lanka is a beautiful country blessed with a beautiful nation. I know it by experience as we have Sri Lankans quite a lot here in Rome. We cannot tolerate at any cost what they suffered on Easter Sunday. We just want to say that we are with them” said Most Rev. Gino Reali, the Bishop of Porta San... |
| 12.06.2019 - 11:47 |
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Rev. Fr. Anton Dinesh -Vice Chaplain- Infernetto Community |
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| Sri Lanka’s Muslim Factor: How ISIS’ strategy worked & US entry |
While monitoring from the American soil and previously a month-long observation and communication on Sri Lankan soil in May following the Easter Massacre in Colombo, this writer saw several developments: an endeavor to increase the ethnic passion of the majority Sinhalese; following that development... |
| 10.06.2019 - 17:41 |
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By Daya Gamage – An Asian Tribune Analysis |
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| Sri Lanka Muslim leaders advance their rallying call to global arena |
In a new turn to Sri Lanka’s ongoing political imbroglio, local Muslim leaders who resigned from their Cabinet portfolios are now preparing to agitate across a wide array of local and international stakeholders.
They will shortly be meeting the United Nations (UN) Resident Representative in Sri Lank... |
| 08.06.2019 - 03:58 |
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| U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy Report 2019: Military presence to secure ‘Homeland’ |
Coinciding the Asia Security Summit – the Shangri-la Dialogue – in Singapore in which US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan was the major participant, on June 1 Washington released the 2019 the Trump-Defense Department-designed Indo-Pacific Strategy Report, labeling Asia the ‘priority Theater’, and... |
| 07.06.2019 - 04:01 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune on US Military Design in South Asia |
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| Maithri – Not to contest in the Presidential Election |
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Srisena has made an announcement that he would not contest in the forthcoming Presidential election – It was reported.
The President had earlier told UNF ministers that he will not contest the Presidential election which, he said, would be held on December 7, this yea... |
| 06.06.2019 - 08:40 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| U.S. Pol-Mil Affairs official visits Sri Lanka to streamline military presence |
Middle of a nationwide skepticism of impending American military presence in the South Asian Island-nation of Sri Lanka through the 83-page ‘covert’ agreement – signed between the U.S. and Sri Lanka in July 2017 – Acquisition & Cross Services Agreement (ACSA) and the soon-to-be-agreed upon Statu... |
| 04.06.2019 - 02:59 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Pol-Mil Note |
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| Whales: They Survived the Hunters. Now Ship Strikes Kill Them |
Like elephants on land, whales in their watery domain, have claimed our attention now for roughly the same reasons. Ancient, large and driven to the edge of extinction by human greed, we must double our efforts to conserve them.
Human And Whales
Although whale numbers around the world appear to be... |
| 02.06.2019 - 12:25 |
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By Michael Fischbach, Founder, Great Whale Conservancy and Dr Palitha Kohona (Dr Kohona spent time in the Antarctic last summer). |
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| Narendra Modi Takes Oaths For The Second Time, As Prime Minister Of India |
Narendra Modi was sworn in for a second term as India’s prime minister on Thursday (30th May 2019), after a landslide general election victory that demonstrated public confidence in his leadership and approval of his efforts to modernize the country. Mr Modi and his cabinet, whose portfolios have ye... |
| 31.05.2019 - 07:31 |
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| Amb. Teplitz: Answer these Asian Tribune questions on SOFA & be transparent |
The Sri Lanka government-controlled Daily News May 27 quoted American ambassador Alaina Teplitz as saying, following her audience with Malwatte Buddhist Chapter Head Priest in Kandy, referring to the ‘terms and conditions’ of Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) discussions with the Government of Sri L... |
| 30.05.2019 - 07:30 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Diplomatic Note |
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| British MP and Jihadist funder exposed |
Britain’s largest newspaper 'The Sunday Times' on May 26th, 2019 said jihadist funder Md. Shahid Uddin Khan has donated 20 thousand pounds to Tory Party, although initially, Khan denied making any political donations, he had to admit as confronted with the register of member’s interests. He told Th... |
| 29.05.2019 - 07:46 |
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An Asian Tribune Exclusive |
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| India's Elections making history |
Thursday saw general elections results for 543 seats of the 17th lower house of India's national Parliament re-enforcing most of the preceding Exit Poll predictions that had already set television screens on fire since Monday morning. For the first time in India's history an incumbent prime minister... |
| 25.05.2019 - 13:47 |
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By Swaran Singh |
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| US Ambassador confirms: Military could enter Sri Lanka, tour inland under SOFA |
American ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz, following her meeting with the Mahanayake of Malwatte Buddhist Chapter in Kandy May 24, dismissing the popular belief that the U.S. was planning a military base, confirmed, if Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) was reached between the two nations, the... |
| 25.05.2019 - 13:30 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Analysis |
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