Sri Lanka News Updates with Discussions

Saturday, 16 January 2010
Matara Mayor and SLFP Organizer Upul Nishantha today expressed his solidarity with Presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka today (16) . He said he is extending his support to him.

Upul Nishantha is a very popular politician in Matara and specially in the Town.

He stated that he took this decision because he was totally opposed to the govt.`s uncontrolled violence and the destructive family rule. The assassination of UNP supporter Kusumawathe Kuruppu from his electorate recently at Tangalle was one of the reasons which prompted him to extend his support to Gen. Fonseka

Friday, 15 January 2010
Minister Segu Izzadeen Mohomed has officially announced that he is extending his support to common opposition presidential candidate Gen. Fonseka . He has today met SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem and joined them.

Thursday, 14 January 2010
Ex Commander Hamilton Wanasinghe also mounted the stage of Presidential candidate Gen.Fonseka to express his support for him at the upcoming Presidential elections.

He got on Gen Fonseka`s campaign stage at a rally held in Nittmabuwa yesterday evening amidst loud cheers in front of massive crowd gathered for the rally.

Mr. Wanasinghe was the first ex-army commander to come in support of General Fonseka.

Geographically the electoral map would display the spatial variation of the results of PE 2010, as follow

* Out of 160 electorates, the ruling UPFA (MR) would dominate 85-90 electorates (the Buddhist dominant / rural electorates)

* NDF (SF) would dominate 70-75 electorates (Minority dominant / urban electorates).

* Registered number of voters in 2010 was used.
* 70% voter participation was assumed.
* Percentages were calculated based on 2005 Presidential Election results.
* Impact of JVP on UPFA was included on district basis.
* Impact of TNA on UPFA was included on district basis.
* War victory was included in favor of UPFA on district basis.
* Home town advantage was included for both candidates.
* Impact of Sivagilingam/Wickramabahu was factored in.

Retired Army Captain Upul Illangange, currently resident in Oklahoma, USA, yesterday claimed that Presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka`s son-in-law Danuna Tilakaratne had forged his signature and supplied arms to the Sri Lanka Army.

At a press conference in Colombo, the ex-soldier said that those transactions had been done with the full knowledge of the then Army Commander Gen. Fonseka and they were fraudulent. Fonseka had influenced certain officers in the army to purchase arms from his son in law`s company Hicorp International, Illangange said.

RIYADH: The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) is asking Riyadh to conduct a full inquiry into the murder of Balakrishnan Dharshani, 26, a maid from Kandy who was working in Hofuf, Eastern Province.

The events that led authorities to the body on Dec. 19 are unknown, but an anonymous official of the Lankan Embassy told Arab News on Saturday that the body had burn marks and that the sponsor is in custody.

We have to wait for the police and medical reports for the mission to issue a no-objection letter to clear the body for repatriation, said the official.

Our sources in the Ministry of Media reveled to us that there are at least five (05) media heads, who have obtained VISAs to Australia during the past few days. They are, Anusha Pelpita, Director of Information, Mahinda Abeysundara, Editor of Dinamina , Hudson Samarasinghe, Chairman, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Anura Siriwardene, Chairman, Independent Television Network and Sudharman Radaliyagoda, Programs Director of ITN.

By Hani Hazaimeh

AMMAN - When Ishara Hemanthi arrived in Jordan in November 2008, she hoped that she`d be able to save enough money to help her family in Sri Lanka. But in less than four months, her dreams turned into a nightmare when her employers started to abuse her physically.

She told her story as authorities were mulling tougher measures against abusing employers, including a ban on any future recruitment of domestic helpers.

[It looks like MR has no chance winning Galle and Matara districts according to my sources. MR will get Hambantota. Galle is certainly in the SF column and Matara leaning towards SF. Election is going to be interesting to say the least. ] - Dewey

[It looks like MR has no chance winning Galle and Matara districts according to my sources. MR will get Hambantota. Galle is certainly in the SF column and Matara leaning towards SF. Election is going to be interesting to say the least. ] - Dewey

Sorry, I can not post this Daily Mirror video...Check the link below to have a good laugh...:))

http://video.dailymirror.lk/videos/53/mervyn-silva-on-hot-seat


I thought Mervin would hit the poor girl during the interview...:))

(December 23, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) In countries where there is law, constructive dismissal is illegal and can be contested at a court of law or an industrial tribunal. Even if a person resigns a post he/she can still sue the employers on constructive dismissal if he/she believes that the resignation was unavoidable under undue pressure, harassment, discrimination or subtle construction of it. In this light, let us see whether Sangakkara is constructing Sanath Jayasuriya`s dismissal.

(Lanka-e-News 13.Dec.2009 8.30PM) Gen. Sarath Fonseka the common Presidential candidate said today (13) when addressing a Press briefing at the JAIC Hilton Hotel, that he did not state that Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse gave orders to kill those who LTTE ers who came to surrender during the last phase of the war.

The General told this when answering a question raised by a media personnel with reference to a news item appearing in today`s Sunday Leader newspaper.

Lot of people are confused and vaguely argue that SF made a mistake by entering into politics. After the war, MR did not have any political challenge and thought that next presidential election is going to be an easy walk in the park with Ranil plus had the potential for easy 2/3 majority in the parliament as well. But SF`s sudden emerge posed an unexpected challenge and shattered his dreams.

SF could easily retire and spend a quality life while keeping his so called `proud general` concept intact. By entering into politics, he was scolded and insulted by every `balu natta` in the country. Sometimes SF will not win the election, but so far he made a huge positive impact on SL political sphere.