Yesterday 30th Jan 10, CID personnel entered the office at Delkanda in Nugegoda and carried out a search and according to sources they were present at the premises overnight. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has sealed the offices of the Lanka newspapers a short while ago, Police Media Spokesman SSP I.M. Karunaratne said.The office was [...]
Sri Lanka Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Special Task Force officials have raided the office of the common opposition candidate General Commander Sarath Fonseka today and arrested 13 suspected army deserters. The police personnel searched Fonseka’s office in Colombo on Friday for army deserters hiding at the location and illegal weapons hidden, sources said. Several [...]
Defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka says that he is planning to leave Sri Lanka due to alleged death threats. Former allies turned bitter rivals In an exclusive interview to BBC Sandeshaya on Thursday the former military chief speaking from home said that the Sri Lankan government has “informed the airport not to allow me to [...]
Elections Commissioner Dayanada Dissanayake, a short while ago, declared incumbent President Mahinda Rajapakse as the elected president ofSri Lanka. Final result Mahinda Rajapaksa – 6015934 (57.88%), Sarath Fonseka – 4173185 (40.15%).
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was on Wednesday leading the presidential polls amid accusations by rival candidate Sarath Fonseka that the elections had been rigged and his life was under threat. Counting of votes in the bitterly contested elections was underway with Rajapaksa having taken an early lead over Fonseka, the former chief of the [...]
Based on early postal ballots counting, the early predictions indicate that President Rajapase will win by 65-68% votes to elect for the second term as the Executive President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Polls opened for the historic presidential elections in Sri Lanka at 7:00 a.m. this morning amid heavy security. The polls will close at 4:00 p.m. This is the first presidential election held after winning the war against LTTE terrorism. Over 14 million voters are eligible to vote at 11,098 polling centers island wide. The main [...]
There is evidence that the United States found oil in Haiti decades ago and due to the geopolitical circumstances and big business interests of that era made the decision to keep Haitian oil in reserve for when Middle Eastern oil had dried up. There is evidence that the United States found oil in Haiti decades [...]
Here in the political platforms of Sri Lanka, General Fonseka is claiming that he is the man who wiped out LTTE and all its leaders. He is asking us to vote him on that account. Our people are not uninformed any more. Moreover, we have a literacy rate of 93% for entire country, and 97% [...]
The Commander of the Wanni security forces, Major General Kamal Gunaratne said the victory against terrorism was not a victory of any individual, but a victory of the entire nation “All could enjoy the benefits of this victory, as it was achieved through the collective efforts of the whole nation”, Maj.Gen.Gunaratne. ” All faced the [...]
