| Arjun Aloysius and Kasun Palisena arrested |
The owner of Perpetual Treasuries Limited Arjun Aloysius and CEO Kasun Palisena have been arrested shortwhile ago by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
Aloysius, the owner of Perpetual Treasuries Limited and Palisena, the CEO of PTL were arrested regarding the controversial Bond Scam.
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| 04.02.2018 - 13:01 |
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| Erudite Most Venerable Bellanvila Vimalarathana Thero No More With Us |
The body of the late Most Venerable Bellanvila Vimalarathana Thero is to be moved to the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya.
The Cremation Ceremony of late Professor Venerable Dr Bellanwila Wimalaratana Nayake Thero will be held on February 08 at the Sri Jayawardenepura grounds.
The decision has been take... |
| 04.02.2018 - 09:57 |
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| Sri Lanka Note: Tom Shannon couldn’t survive within Trump’s foreign policy agenda |
The South Asian nation Sri Lanka is less diplomatic pressure from Washington as it was during the final stage of its military battle against the Tamil Tigers and thereafter when the Department of State was under the control and influence of liberal and center-left officials who mixed terrorism with... |
| 03.02.2018 - 08:05 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Foreign Policy Note |
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| The Man Who Missed The Bus Earlier, Appeals Again To Have Confidence In Him |
The man, who missed the bus earlier by failing to win the hearts and minds of the Tamils during his two-term tenure as the President of Sri Lanka, has now appealed to the Tamils to have faith in him.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was in Jaffna yesterday after a lapse of three years to part... |
| 02.02.2018 - 11:50 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Trump on immigration policy & keeping Guantanamo open |
In his annual State of Union address to the joint congressional session on Tuesday when the United States president Donald Trump declared that his administration is continuing to keep the Guantanamo Detention Center in Cuba open, his Republican Party lawmakers gave a standing ovation to the dismay o... |
| 01.02.2018 - 15:07 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune US National Correspondent |
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| Ravi Karunanayake- A scapegoat in UNP hierarchy’s game plan? |
Though it is evident according to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) report that the former finance minister Ravi Karunanayake’s role in the bond scam was ‘’minute’’ but the ruling United National Party (UNP) led by its leader and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe is bent on making... |
| 01.02.2018 - 07:32 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Kannan – Focal Point in reuniting the Ex-LTTE Cadres |
A former active member of the LTTE and many of his colleagues in the erstwhile outfit, have come forward to reunite the divided, scattered and splintered former LTTE members into one strong organization and bring them into the main stream politics to serve the Tamils of Sri Lanka.
Sebamalai Kann... |
| 29.01.2018 - 07:39 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| New Chinese military plans and India: Some Pointers |
One of the dangers of over-centralization in any form of government is that at some stage the system tends to become top-heavy and can lead to a systemic failure. That said, governments the world over are tending to concentrate power in the hands of a few. China is perhaps the best example of this s... |
| 20.01.2018 - 08:22 |
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By Malladi Rama Rao* reporting from Delhi |
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| Human Rights Watch 2018 report on Sri Lanka |
The New York-based Human Rights Watch, an independent organization that obtains no funds from any government, in its just published worldwide report for the Year 2017 finds fault with the Government of Sri Lanka for rejecting its own-appointed commission recommendation of ‘foreign national participa... |
| 19.01.2018 - 10:57 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune US National Correspondent |
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| President on a collision course with his arbitrary prohibition agenda |
President Maithripala Srisena set on a collision course with the Government, regarding his prohibition agenda.
It is learnt that he opposes Minister of Finance and the government led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe on liberalizing alcohol and with matters connected with alcohol in the countr... |
| 15.01.2018 - 12:34 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| It’s now officially revealed: Sri Lanka’s foreign policy made overseas |
A well-known secret that Sri Lanka’s foreign policy is being decided overseas was elevated to the surface by none other than an elected lawmaker occupying the coveted position of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in the Government of Sri Lanka, in a recent public discourse.
Wasantha Senanayake’s... |
| 13.01.2018 - 08:21 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Note |
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| Harvard Tamil Chair is biggest scam: E-mail founder Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai |
U.S. Senate Candidate, inventor of e-mail and tech guru Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai has exposed Harvard University’s attempt to pilfer trillions of dollars’ worth of indigenous artifacts through the sale of a “Harvard Tamil Chair” professorship.
Harvard sought to collect $6 Million from the Tamil Diaspora w... |
| 11.01.2018 - 07:15 |
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By Prakash M Swamy |
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| US Embassy (1992) sensed Premadasa could allow Athulathmudali harmed |
Afternoon of 19 August 1992, Marion V. Creekmore, American Ambassador to Sri Lanka was a distinguished guest at tea with Sri Lanka’s president Ranasinghe Premadasa.
This was Mr. Creekmore’s final week as U.S. envoy, and traditionally, the Head of State hosts all top departing diplomats to a tea as a... |
| 05.01.2018 - 22:22 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Investigative Assessment |
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