| President to adopt new strategy to develop North |
President Maithripala Sirisena says a new initiative through a new strategy will be implemented for the development of the Northern Province.
The President further said that he has given instructions to all Ministers to visit the Northern Province in every month or every two months to review the pro... |
| 06.03.2017 - 10:09 |
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| UN Human Rights Council, real issues and Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera |
Two wrongs do not make a right – That is what one has to conclude regarding the resolution co-sponsored by Sri Lanka in 2015 at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
In the meantime, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera addressed the High-Level Segment of the 34th Session of the UN Human Rights Counci... |
| 01.03.2017 - 10:53 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| UN Human-Rights Chief Skeptical of US Engagement in Geneva |
The sound-bites coming out of the new Trump administration in the United States seem to have worried Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
President Donald Trump’s failure to commit to international human rights and his lack of a coherent foreign policy could have serious... |
| 24.02.2017 - 06:00 |
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Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune US National Correspondent |
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| George Soros’ meddling in Europe – UN – Federalism in small nations |
the 85-year old Hungaria-born American billionaire George Soros has his influence on the direction of the Human Rights Watch and International Crisis Group; he disburses funds for – through his Open Society Foundation - controversial programs/projects undertaken by the United Nations Office of Under... |
| 19.02.2017 - 15:44 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Note |
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| Sri Lanka still unsafe for Tamil asylum seekers to return |
Sri Lanka is still unsafe for asylum seekers to return - The Australian Tamil Congress, an association of a section of Tamils living in Australia.
Recently, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, speaking at a press conference in Canberra together with the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm... |
| 18.02.2017 - 08:51 |
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| The U.S. early flirtation with Tamil militancy: A CIA Disclosure |
The United States Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka reported – way back in 1984 – that the ethnic minority Tamils were convinced that they should have an autonomous homeland with total control over security forces and economic affairs.
The embassy believed that the (JR) Jayewardene administration’s failur... |
| 17.02.2017 - 09:33 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Analysis |
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| AIADMK General Secretary Sasikala Surrendered and locked up in the prison |
AIADMK General Secretary Sasikala on Wednesday surrendered before Bengaluru police after being convicted in the disproportionate asset case by the Supreme Court. The trial court, place to surrender, was shifted the central jail at Parapppana Agrahara due to security reasons.
Sasikala gave herself u... |
| 16.02.2017 - 09:39 |
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| Refugees safe to come home – Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe |
Sri Lankan asylum seekers held on Pacific island camps are free to return home without fear of persecution, Sri Lanka's prime minister said Wednesday.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe made the comments during a visit to Australia in which he discussed with his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnb... |
| 15.02.2017 - 13:54 |
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| VK Sasikala Convicted In Corruption Case |
VK Sasikala has been found guilty of corruption by the Supreme Court and will have to surrender to the police in Chennai so that she can be jailed for four years. This ends her high-decibel and divisive bid to be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu - she is now barred from contesting an election for the ne... |
| 14.02.2017 - 13:19 |
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| OPS vs. VKS show- Tamil Nadu’s theatre of the absurd |
Theatre of the absurd is on play in Chennai with the political situation in a state of flux as Governor Vidyasagar Rao while professing to go by the text book has given an unsolicited breathing space to O Pannierselvan, the acting chief minister and thus made V K Sasikala to rejig her plans to take... |
| 12.02.2017 - 18:51 |
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By Malladi Rama Rao from the Indian capital |
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| The Battle of Sasikala vs Paneerselvam in Tamil Nadu and the Impact on Sri Lanka |
Exactly like a sequence of events in a horror movie scene, an irreversible mutiny has broken out in the ruling party of the state of Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK, just three months after the demise of its former supremo, Jayalaitha, affectionately known among the cadres as Amma.
Up until February , 4th,... |
| 12.02.2017 - 09:19 |
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Hemantha Abeywardena writes from London… |
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| US highlights Sri Lanka’s strategic location: Seeks ensure maritime security |
The Trump administration’s newly-appointed Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Bruce Wharton addressing Sri Lanka’s 69th Independence Day celebration at Sri Lanka embassy Washington underscored the South Asian nation’s strategic location in the Asia-Pacific region saying “Sri Lanka can bec... |
| 10.02.2017 - 09:58 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune US National Correspondent |
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