யாழ் திரைகடலோடி

No “outside force”, including India, played any role in Sri Lankan presidential Elections that saw the defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa, says Chandrika Bandarnaike Kumaratunga. Ms. Kumaratunga, who is in India as the representative of the Sri Lankan government to attend the Hindu-Buddhist conclave held in Bodh Gaya also denied allegations by Mr. Rajapaksa and international agency reports that the RAW had supplied DRDO-made telephones to her in order to allow her to communicate with then-presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena. “We were using Viber. And the government didn’t know how to tap Viber. Sri Lanka didn’t have that technology, otherwise we would have all been …

United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPF) member of Parliament and Government Minister S B Dissanayake today blamed former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for the loss suffered by the UPFA at the last election. Dissanayake said that Rajapaksa should not have contested the Parliamentary election which the UPFA eventually lost by a slim margin. He noted that Rajapaksa failed to get the full support of the Muslims, Tamils and Catholics. The Minister, speaking to reporters in Kandy today, said that if President Maithripala Sirisena led the UPFA campaign instead of Rajapaksa the UPFA would have secured more votes and regained the votes it lost even at the Presidential election. …

Tigers as Spiders! Ex – LTTE Cadres Contesting as Independent Group in Jaffna D.B.S.Jeyaraj 6, 151 Candidates from 21 registered political parties and 201 independent groups are contesting the Sri Lankan Parliamentary elections scheduled for August 17th 2015. Of these 3, 653 are from the 21 parties and 2,498 from independent groups. Predictably the spotlight in general has been on the major political parties both nationally and regionally in g. However a particular group of independents contesting in the north has also attracted much attention. This is because the group comprises former members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). An assortment of ex – tig…

Linking the country’s high central mountains with the famous west coast fjords, the 108km Sognefjellet Road is one of Norway’s most spectacular drives. A country packed with beauty Norway’s mountains, fjords and forests are known the world over; their splendour is certainly no secret. But arguably, one of the most impressive ways to see them is by traversing the Sognefjellet Road (pictured), known as the ‘Road over the Roof of Norway’. One of the 18National Tourist Routes that showcase the country’s exceptional natural wonders, Sognefjellet Road traverses 108km of fertile valleys, piercing lumbering mountains and deep lakes, linking the country’s high central mountains …

From rags to riches: BILD.de documents the progress of Hamburg’s flagship entrepreneur, Ian Karan Kiru’s career, as he becomes Hamburg’s Economic Senator. Ian Kiru Karan who was born in Point Pedro in 1939, moved to Germany in 1970 after studying in the United Kingdom — where he went on to build one of the world’s biggest container leasing companies in Hamburg. He was recently sworn in as Senator for Economic Affairs in Hamburg. As an orphan from Sri Lanka, Ian Kiru Karan obtained a scholarship to study at the London School of Economics and later worked for the English branch of the logistics company, Schenker. Later, Karan moved to Hamburg in 1970, with no more than 3,0…

UNP creates broad front while UPFA leads a retreat to the past by Harim Peiris - on 07/14/2015 Photo courtesy Fatalnews As nominations closed earlier this week, the contours of the battle lines for the general election to Parliament became clear. The two major political formations in the country, the UNP and the UPFA are vying for a parliamentary majority and with it effective control of the next government. The UNP spent an useful weekend, creating a broad political front, styled the United National Front for Good Governance, (UNFGG) which will contest the elections under the UNP’s elephant symbol and be registered as a party after the elections. The UNFGG is a b…

12 surprisingly high-paying part-time jobs Making ends meet can be difficult, even with full-time work, particularly if you live in a big, expensive city like Toronto or Vancouver. Time magazine has just published a list of part time jobs “that pay lots of money,” something we have also done in the past, so we thought we would revisit the topic by sharing a couple from Time’s list (to be honest, some of their jobs don’t actually pay all that well) along with our own previous list, to give you a veritable cornucopia of part-time job options. Maybe your hours have been cut, or maybe your bills are already covered but you want more cash for vacations, shoes and ga…

தொப்பிக்கல அல்லது குடும்பி மலை எனப்படும் தென் தமிழீழத்தின் காடும் வயலும் சார்ந்த பிரதேசம்.. சிங்கள பெளத்தத்தின் புராதன இடமாம்.. ஆராய்ச்சி என்ற பெயரில்.. சிங்களம் அதனை உறுதி செய்து சிங்கள பெளத்தத்தின் திணிப்பை ஊக்குவிக்கிறது தென்னிலங்கையின் இனவாதப் பல்கலைக்கழகங்களில் ஒன்றான.. சிறீ ஜெயவர்த்தன புர பல்கலைக்கழகம். தெந்தமிழீழத்தில் சிங்கள.. இந்திய..ஆக்கிரமிப்பு விடுவிப்பில் குடும்பி மலை பெரும்பங்காற்றி இருந்தமை இங்கு குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. இதன் பூகோள கேந்திரம் அறிந்து அதனை தனது பாரம்பரிய பிரதேசமாக்கிக் கொள்ள நினைக்கிறது சிங்கள பெளத்த பேரினம். It also has some archaeologically important ruins of ancient Buddhist temple and a Pagoda http://www.sjp.ac.lk/news/present-…

University Medalist Radhika Kannan speaks at Commencement ccded4b0f9317d81dce1cc9b7dc9bb8f

A bloodied childhood in war-torn Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamil poet and journalist Theepachelvan Pratheepan shares the experiences of his petrified childhood days spent in the war-torn island nation withRediff.com’s Shobha Warrier. He was born when the ethnic conflict and the war broke out in 1983 in Sri Lanka. He grew up listening to fighter planes hovering over his head and watching men, women and children walking hundreds of kilometres in search of safety. There had to be an outpouring of the troubled mind that saw blood, gore, hatred and killings all around him. He became a poet, a journalist and an essayist. What he went through in life may not be understood by m…

Country Information and Guidance Sri Lanka :Tamil Separatism -2014 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/348268/CIG_Sri_Lanka_Tamil_Separatism_v1_0e.pdf இந்த அறிக்கைகளின் பிரகாரமே அதிகம் அகதிகள் விண்ணப்பத்துக்கான முடிவுகள் எட்டப்படுகின்றன. எங்களை விட பிரித்தானிய அதிகாரிகளுக்கு நீதிமன்றங்களுக்கு அதிகம் தெரிஞ்சிருக்குது..!! அதுதான் வெள்ளைக்காரன்.

US Seeks to Eventually Partition Sri Lanka. Humanitarian R2P Intervention Contemplated Interview with Tamara Kunanayakam By Global Research News Global Research, March 31, 2015 Ceylon Today The United States has no genuine interest in accountability or reconciliation in Sri Lanka, but is seeking a strategic military base in Asia, says Tamara Manimekhalai Kunanayakam, onetime Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Holy See. In a wide ranging interview with Ceylon Today, Kunanayakam said, the US would demand more concessions using the resolution as a tool and charged the UN Human Rights Commissi…

http://youtu.be/TzKAep8Ybb8 Normally all you get after falling for a prank is a sore ego and sprinkle of humiliation. However, one lucky woman ended up with a £25,000 BMW saloon. MORE: Rihanna gives Jimmy Kimmel a rude awakening with spectacular April Fool’s prank Tianna Marsh from Auckland in New Zealand had spotted the fake advert for a free BMW on the front page of the New Zealand Herald. It turned out to be a double bluff allowing her to handover her 15-year-old Nissan Avenir in return for the black car advertised. Woman gets brand new BMW for falling for April Fools' Day prank Let’s partay! Ms Marsh spoke of her experience: ‘We thought…

மன்னிக்கவும் தமிழில் மொழி பெயர்ப்பு செய்ய நேரம் போதவில்லை. “How Ceylon/Sri Lanka Mishandled the Tamils” in the words of Lee Kuan Yew he founding father of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew will be laid to rest today. He had first travelled to Sri Lanka in 1956and remembered his stay at the Galle Face Hotel in his autobiography ‘The Singapore Story’. During his stay in Colombo he had dined with S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and also played golf with Dudley Senanyake. He remembered interacting with Sirimavo Bandaranaike and described the world’s first woman Prime Minister as a tough person. Lee had also visited the University of Peradeniya and played golf in Nuwara Eliya staying at ‘Th…

INTERNATIONAL SEBASTIAN DERUNGS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Spy cables reveal Sri Lanka hyped up Tamil Tiger postwar threat Exclusive: Sri Lanka played up concerns of LTTE regrouping in South Africa despite contrary intelligence report by Jyoti Thottam In November 2010, a Sri Lankan member of Parliament expressed his dismay when a small statue of a leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was erected on private property in a Paris suburb. It was an alarming sign, said Sarath Weerasekara, a retired rear admiral in the Sri Lankan navy, that the LTTE, an armed separatist group that Sri Lanka defeated decisively in 2009, might be regrouping in oth…

GRAMMY AND ACADEMY AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN A.R. RAHMAN ANNOUNCES 2015 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES JBL Presents “A.R. Rahman: The Intimate Concert Tour” LOS ANGELES, CA, MARCH 2, 2015 – Internationally renowned musician and composer A.R. Rahman will embark on his 2015 North American tour, it was announced today. JBL Presents “A.R. Rahman: The Intimate Concert Tour” will kick off May 21, 2015 in Huntington, NY at The Paramount before traveling to major cities across the U.S. including the Beacon Theatre in New York City, Bass Concert Hall in Austin, The Auditorium Theatre in Chicago and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Marc…

சபேசினியின் குரல் 8fc349503f6878fcee18db59d5ae6f81

Supporters of former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa have their eyes set on the upcoming parliamentary elections, hoping to bring him back into Sri Lankan politics, a move that could pose a serious challenge to new President Maithripala Sirisena’s agenda for democratic reforms. Rajapaksa, who oversaw a military victory over Tamil Tiger guerrillas six years ago, but at the cost of the lives of more than 70,000 civilians, as the United Nations noted in a report, was dramatically defeated by his one-time ally, Sirisena, in last month’s presidential election. But Rajapaksa is not giving up yet. “What we are experiencing today is not a defeat but a result of a c…

பயங்கரவாதத்துக்கு மதங்கள் பொறுப்பல்ல . மக்கள் தான் வன்முறைக்கும் பயங்கரவாதத்துக்கும் பொறுப்பானவர்கள் - ஒபாமா 17c97e948be2f627a5ed53d045db863e http://bit.ly/1G4gvih

TGTE Wants UNHRC To Complete Its Mandate On Sri Lanka War Inquiry The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) Ministry of International Affairs has today written to all members of the UNHRC to strictly adhere to the mandate given to the OISL, stating that it is important that the March 2014 resolution for an international independent investigation is not compromised but completed and report presented to Council on 25 March 2015 as planned, with recommendations for further action and referral to the ICC with an action plan for implementation. Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran – PM – TGTE “On behalf of the victims of the Mullaivaikkal war and for the dependent…

OCCUPATION 101 http://youtu.be/dwpvI8rX72o Occupation 101 – Voices of the silenced majority என்பது பலஸ்தீனப் போராட்டம் பற்றியதொரு ஆவணப்படம். இப்படத்தின் உள்ளடக்கம் பற்றிப் பேசுவதற்கு முன்னால் அது பற்றியதொரு சிறிய அறிமுகம். சுபியான் ஒமைஸ் மற்றும் அப்துல்லாஹ் ஒமைஸின் தயாரிப்பு எழுத்து மற்றும் இயக்கத்தில் 2006ம் ஆண்டு வெளியானது. பாதிக்கப்பட்ட பலஸ்தீன மக்கள் தமது அனுபவங்களை பேச்சு அறபு மொழியில் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளும் போது அதற்கான ஆங்கில மொழி உபதலைப்பு வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. தவிர அனைத்து நேர்காணல்களும் ஆங்கில மொழியிலானது. பலஸ்தீன் மீதான இஸ்ரேலின் ஆக்கிரமிப்பினால் மேற்குக்கரை மற்றும் காஸாவில் ஏற்பட்ட பாதிப்புக்கள், அநியாயங்களை உலகுக்கு எடுத்துச்சொல்வதே இப்படத்தின் நோ…

Miss Universe Paulina Vega reveals her celebrity crush 051902511c4cdd9ed38adebe6d007578

By Nirmala Kannangara Controversy surrounds over how an owner of a small telecommunication centre became a millionaire within a short span of six years. Complaints have been lodged recently with the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption against the leader of the National Freedom Front and former Minister of Housing and Construction Wimal Weerawansa. After the complaint was lodged, startling revelations have come out how Weerawansa is enjoying a super luxury life and questions have been raised as to how the former minister accumulated such a vast wealth within no time when his sole income was the ministerial salary and the other perks a government minister is e…

New President in Sri Lanka Puts China’s Plans in Check NEW DELHI — On a Sunday four months ago, a vessel pulled unannounced intoSri Lanka’s Colombo harbor: the Chinese Navy submarine Great Wall No. 329, which is designed to carry torpedoes, a cruise missile and a 360-pound warhead. Sri Lanka’s defense minister shrugged it off as an “operational good-will visit.” But anxiety was already radiating as far as New Delhi, where the visit was seen as a clear declaration that China had arrived in India’s backyard — with the blessing of Sri Lanka’s president at the time, Mahinda Rajapaksa. Whatever China’s long-term plans were for strategically important Sr…