Sri Lanka’s Mass Media and Information Ministry has called on every journalist in the country to submit a declaration of their assets by April 30, 2010. The Ministry has stated that under the terms of the 1988 Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Act, journalists also have to declare their assets. Therefore, the chairmen, editors, and [...]
Akon has been denied a visa by the Sri Lankan government, and will not be allowed to perform a planned concert in April. This news comes a day after hundreds of protesters attacked the offices of one of the concert’s sponsors in response to footage in the singer’s video for “Sexy *itch,” which depicts women [...]
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has warned his former military commander General Sarath Fonseka against entering into politics, a news report said Thursday. In an interview to Singapore’s Straits Times, published on Thursday, the President calling Fonseka a fool to enter politics, said he advised the defeated presidential candidate not to enter politics as politics [...]
Sri Lanka’s former army chief Sarath Fonseka today faced another court martial in connection with alleged contravention of military procurement procedures during his tenure, but its proceedings were put off indefinitely over the composition of its panel. 59-year-old Fonseka is being tried over two sets of charges — engaging in politics while in service and [...]
The police investigating covert LTTE operations in the city and its suburbs have arrested two Customs officers for their alleged involvement with LTTE intelligence chief Shanmugalingam Sivashankar alias Pottu Amman. Acting on information elicited from an LTTE operative, the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) took them into custody. Government sources told The Island last night that the [...]
The Sri Lankagovernment says it will abolish or reform executive presidency if elected with two thirds majority at the forthcoming election. Constitutional Affairs Minister DEW Gunasekara told the BBC that the government is also planning to introduce a fresh constitution in the new parliament. “There is an opinion in the country that the executive presidency [...]
The nation has now been purged of the terrorism which affected it for thirty years. The way is clear for resuming development, democracy and normalcy in civilian life. The present situation provides a rare opportunity for prosperity through correct planning and implementation of such plans. It is in this way that the freedom won by [...]
