| Nawaz Sharif, Daughter Maryam Arrested In Lahore |
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam, sentenced to jail in absentia for corruption, were arrested within minutes of their Etihad Airways flight EY243 landed in Lahore at 9.17 pm from Abu Dhabi touching down at Lahore airport on Friday (13th July).
The three-time prim... |
| 14.07.2018 - 08:30 |
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| Mahinda’s strategy for 2020 Prez Poll: Split Tamil Vote |
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is back at his old game of exploiting the Tamil vote. His political group (RPG), which is expected to contest the 2020 Presidential election is planning to rope in a leading Tamil leader to enter the fray on the plank of a referendum for a Tamil Homeland, within un... |
| 11.07.2018 - 12:25 |
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| Undiplomatic-shortsighted rhetoric by U.S. new envoy to Sri Lanka |
Obviously, the United States ambassador-designate to the Republic of Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz looked backward instead the present and the future when she was before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee for her testimony when she cast aspersions and innuendos on Sri Lanka’s previous administra... |
| 07.07.2018 - 07:15 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Diplomacy Note |
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| SF Commander Volunteers To Donate Posthumously His Eyes, Parts or Whole Body |
Jaffna Security Forces Commander Major General Darshana Hettiarrachchi has come forward to donate posthumously his eyes, parts of the body or the whole body, for giving the vision to blind people, helping sick people through tissue transplantation and for clinical use and medical research. A highly... |
| 27.06.2018 - 17:30 |
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By KI.T.Rajasingham |
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| Royal Assent given by Queen: Brexit Legislation becomes law |
The first major piece of legislation to pave the way for Brexit -Britain’s exit from the European Union, became law Tuesday after it was given the Royal Assent by Queen Elizabeth II.
Brexit director David Davis welcomed the move, saying it marked the next essential step in ensuring that Britain is r... |
| 27.06.2018 - 08:36 |
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| Back to Back: Turkey's Erdogan Wins Presidential Polls |
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won tightly-contested presidential polls, the election authority said Monday, extending his 15-year grip on power as the opposition complained bitterly about the conduct of the vote count.
Turkish voters had for the first time cast ballots for both presiden... |
| 25.06.2018 - 09:47 |
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| Ven Gnanasara Thero Granted Bail |
Yesterday, General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organization Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero has been granted bail, with two sureties of Rs. 500,000 each.
It was Homagama Magistrate and Additional District Judge Udesh Ranatunga yesterday granted bail to Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary... |
| 23.06.2018 - 08:22 |
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| Accident prone public bus services in Sri Lanka |
It is highly condemnable that Sri Lanka Transport Board which runs public transport services and private buses which are also involved in public transport services continues to use buses assembled or fitted with motor lorry chassis and lorry engines.
‘Asian Tribune’ learnt that a cabinet resolution... |
| 22.06.2018 - 08:10 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Could U.S. meddle in Sri Lanka’s ’20 presidential stakes? |
About a fortnight ago when engaged in the preparation of a position paper to a London Think Tank, in collaboration with another former US Foreign Service officer (FSO) on issues connected to US-Sri Lanka relations during the Tamil Tiger-led 26-year separatist war, this writer was ‘sounded’ that a fr... |
| 21.06.2018 - 06:27 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political-Legal Narrative |
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| US leaves UN Human Rights Council - ‘protector of human rights abusers’ |
Nikki Haley says council is ‘protector of human rights abusers’ that targets Israel in particular and ignores atrocities elsewhere and alleged,“an organization that is not worthy of its name.”
As Reported exclusively in the ‘Asian Tribune’ Trump administration announced Tuesday that it was withdraw... |
| 20.06.2018 - 07:41 |
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| Shujaat Bukhari ‘Editor Rising Kashmir’, Shot Dead In Srinagar |
Sujat Bukhari, a senior Indian journalist and the editor of ‘Rising Kashmir’ newspaper, was shot dead at close range in the attack in which his two security officers were also killed.
Shujaat Bukhari was shot by unknown assailants at the Press Enclave in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar earlier on Thu... |
| 15.06.2018 - 08:50 |
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| Gayoom and Two Top Judges Found Guilty Of Obstructing Justice |
A court in Maldives on Wednesday sentenced the former Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and two top judges to 19 months in prison after they were found guilty of obstructing justice.
Gayoom, Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and Justice Ali Hameed were charged for allegedly refusing to hand over th... |
| 14.06.2018 - 08:44 |
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| Trump, Kim meets. No word on progress |
U.S. President Donald Trump said he had forged a “good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of a historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday, as the two men sought ways to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula.
Kim said the meeting was “a good prelude to peace”, but t... |
| 12.06.2018 - 12:45 |
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