Sunday, 12th October 2014 By S, Rubatheesan Yal Devi resumes her journey stalled in 1990 View(s): After 24 years ‘Yal Devi’ is all set to begin its journey to Jaffna from Colombo with pride, linking the North and the S ...
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Minister Peiris calls on President–elect of Indonesia
Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, called on Mr. Joko Widodo, President-elect of Indonesia, who will be inaugurated as Indonesia’s Head of State on 20th October. Minister Peiris conveyed to President-elect Widodo, the warm felicitations and good wishes of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a happy and successful tenure of the new Presidency.
Jayalalithaa’s credo: Rely only on yourself and money is all that matters
Sunday, 12th October 2014 View(s): I took oaths on November 21, 1990, as the senior most Cabinet Minister of the Chandrashekhar-led Janata Party government with two portfolios—Commerce and Law and Justice. As the party ...
Nandani ‘Rape’ story wins her asylum in UK
Sunday, 12th October 2014 Witness’ accounts on Sri Lanka asylum seekers: Sri Lanka's Unfinished War a BBC Documentary presented by Frances Harrison fulfilled every criteria of an attention-grabbing piece of fiction. Unf ...
Sri Lankan fishing boats drift towards Myanmar waters
Fishermen to return this week: Sunday, 12th October 2014 By Manjula Fernando Nearly 200 fishermen and their 41 boats drifted to Myanmar due to the cyclonic weather near Andaman island waters are expected to be sent ba ...
Witness Protection Bill to compensate crime victims
Sunday, 12th October 2014 The Witness Protection Bill now before Parliament proposes a special fund to compensate victims of crime and also the setting up of a special division under the IGP to provide speedy assistance ...
The LTTE Swiss Network
Sunday, 12th October 2014 By Camelia Nathaniel The widow of Ponniah Selvanayagam Kajeepan (alias Gobi), Kajeepan Sarmila, was detained at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake, last Sunday (5), ...