Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

Economic hardship and Tamil Diaspora campaigns threaten Mahinda Rajapaksa s powerbase

Part of the government coalition reads the Riot Act to the President for raising fuel prices beyond the means of ordinary people

President throws toys out of the cot with dissatisfaction with the way the country s External Affairs Ministry, The Central Bank are run and

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been tasked to neutralise the vociferous Tamil Diaspora

Fonseka release is put on ice

all ponsekiens forgetton the fact that MR could have easily blocked Ponseka contesting the elections by rejecting or delaying his resignation.
But instead MR accepted it promptly and told him to come back after he loose the game.
That is what exactly happened.

Suresh Kumar was responding to a question on the effectiveness of the LIOC plans in the context of the Expropriation Bill where the local arm of the Indian multinational giant was given 99 tanks under a 33 year lease and there were only 15 tanks in operation which did not seem as good as the operations of Pelwatte Sugar and Sevanagala Sugar which were taken over under the aegis of the bill.

..........times to that chap from keneda! LOL!

With a week to go before the UNHRC (United Nations Human Rights Commission) sessions in Geneva, and an expected resolution against Sri Lanka approaching, spearheaded by the US, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice has now expressed her concern over the appointment of Sri Lanka s Deputy Permanent Representative and former commander of the 58 Division, Shavendra Silva, as a UN Senior Advisor on Peacekeeping Operations.

It s very disconcerting that someone with his background would be selected to serve on this advisory group. We have conveyed this to Member States as well as to the Secretariat. There are a lot of efforts underway to address (this) probably best not to be discussed publicly, she told the media.