Following reports that the opposition was planning to stage a massive protest against the government and President Rajapaksa in Colombo on Wednesday, the police today warned that any attempt to disrupt the peace will be dealt with severely.
The Gangodawila magistrate today revoked a CID decision to seal the Nugegoda office of ‘Lanka’ newspapers as there was no threat to national security. The CID last week sealed the office on the basis an article on the paper was a threat to national security.
India’s Union Home Minister P, Chidambaram said that India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has received the 'documentation' from Sri Lanka confirming the death of LTTE Chief Vellupillai Prabhakaran. His body was recovered last year.
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The Sri Lankan government rejected a referendum conducted by the UK Tamil Diaspora over the weekend endorsing the principle of Tamil Eelam. Minister Kehiliya Rambukwella said Sri Lanka is not concerned of any referendum conducted by any country.
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The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says it is ready to hold to talks with re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa if he puts forward an invitation. The TNA says it would attend the talks if the President is ready to address genuine concerns of the Tamil community.
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Despite government assurances to the UN that all IDPs will be resettled by January 31, Minister of Resettlement Rishard Bathiudeen said that 80,000 IDPs still remain in camps. He also said the government is not answerable to the UN.
Road workers in Matale have stumbled upon a suspicious parcel that was found to contain two powerful bombs, whilst clearing earth for water pipes leading to a school in the area. The two bombs weighed 10 kg each , the police said.
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More staff from the state electronic and print media including a deputy Director of the state owned television Rupavahini, are under probe for their alleged involvement in a coup attempt by the opposition against the government.
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Several buildings and land belonging to the opposition Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) located at Tissamaharama was sealed off by the authorities today claiming they were being occupied illegally, the JVP media unit told Daily Mirror online.
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India’s new National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Sunday, and discussed the resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka and a political arrangement, the Hindu reported.
The UNP General Secretary in a letter addressed to President Mahinda Rajapaksa today alleged that union activists and employees of the Transport Board, Port Authority and several other government intuitions island wide were being planed not to be allowed to report to work tomorrow.
The Army has not received any invitation to take part in training exercises and combat courses overseas especially for the special forces and army commandos following the white flag allegations raised by former army chief General Sarath Fonseka.
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Eight months into the death of LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran, the proclaimed offender in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, India is yet to receive his death certificate from the Sri Lankan authorities. Both governments are in touch over this.
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa has revoked a decision to cancel the visa of a Swiss journalist who is in Sri Lanka to cover the Presidential elections. The journalist of a Swiss radio station was earlier ordered to leave by tomorrow, officials said.
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa has revoked a decision to cancel the visa of a Swiss journalist who is in Sri Lanka to cover the Presidential elections. The journalist of a Swiss radio station was earlier ordered to leave by tomorrow, officials said.
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Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama says foreign countries cannot interfere in Sri Lanka’s domestic affairs, including on the outcome of the just concluded Presidential elections, as Sri Lanka is a democratic country.
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Former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka, speaking at a press briefing a short while ago, warned that he will expose government secrets should anything happen to him and demanded that the government stop harassing him.
The Nugegeoda office premises belonging to the ‘Lanka’ newspaper was sealed off by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Police Spokesman SSP I. M Karunaratne confirmed to Daily Mirror online.
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Major General Daya Ratnayake has been appointed the Chief of Staff of the army. The former Chief of Staff Mendaka Samarasinghe has been transferred to the Joint Operation Headquarters. Several other changes have also been made.
EPDP leader Douglas Devananda said earlier today that he would resign from his parliamentary seat because the people of
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The Paris based media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has written to President Mahinda Rajapaksa to put a stop to arrests and intimidation of journalists working for privately-owned and foreign media.
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EU High Representative/ Vice President Baroness Catherine Ashton, in a statement, says the large turn out at the recent Presidential elections in Sri Lanka demonstrates the wish of the Sri Lankan people to participate fully in the democratic process.
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The Editor of the ‘Lanka’ newspaper, Chandana Sirimalwatte, was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) this evening. He had called over at the CID this morning to give a statement regarding an article which appeared in the paper.
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The government has cancelled the visa of a Swiss reporter who is in Sri Lanka to cover the Presidential elections. Chief Immigration Controller P.B. Abeykoon, speaking to Daily Mirror online, confirmed that the visa had been cancelled.
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The Special Task Force (STF) is currently raiding the office of General Sarath Fonseka located near Royal College in Colombo. An official at the General’s office said that over 200 STF personnel are searching the premises.
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