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Under SOFA, American troops need no passports or visas to enter Sri Lanka; its vessels or aircraft cannot be checked; not liable to taxes A draft copy of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), now under negotiation between the United States and Sri Lanka, obtained by the Sunday Times, reveals a number of Washington’s demands that would impinge on Sri Lanka’s sovereignty. The US is seeking that aircraft and vessels of the US Government to be free from boarding and inspection. This means none of the state security arms, like the Navy, Coast Guard or the Customs can board any US military vessel or aircraft when it is in a Sri Lankan airport or sea port — or even ve…

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the anniversary of the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka: “Today, on the 12th anniversary of the end of armed conflict in Sri Lanka, we remember all those who were killed, or injured, and all who were impacted by the many years of conflict, including during the last phase of the war in Mullivaikal. We also offer our deepest sympathies to the survivors and their families, and to everyone living with the pain and trauma caused by this conflict. “Twelve years later, the wounds and scars of this conflict linger as survivors and all those who faced adversity, suffered loss, and endured t…

Around 60 to 70 new cancer patients are being diagnosed daily in Sri Lanka and it is the second leading cause of death globally as well as in Sri Lanka. Globally, about 1 in 6 deaths is due to cancer, a seminar was told. Consultant Community Physician Dr. Nayana De Alwis said Oral cancer and breast cancer are the commonest cancers among males and females in Sri Lanka respectively. “About one-third of the cancers can be prevented and another one third can have better health outcomes if detected and treated early,” she added. Dr. De Alwis told media personnel at a seminar held to mark the ‘World Cancer Day’ under the theme “I am I will” for the media at the Heal…

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 BY DINITHA RATHNAYAKE 0 COMMENTS Allegedly makes LTTE suspects kneel at gunpoint Beauty queen among earlier Welikada revellers BY Dinitha Rathnayake State Minister of Prison Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Lohan Ratwatte who, as exclusively reported by The Morning on Monday (13) had allegedly forcibly entered the Welikada Prison premises with a group of his friends whilst under the influence of liquor, had allegedly similarly entered the Anuradhapura Prison on Sunday (12) evening. According to sources, the State Minister, who hails from an influential political family, had attempted to degrade and punish…

CLEAN YOUR KIDNEYS Years pass by and our kidneys are filtering the blood by removing salt, poison and any unwanted entering our body. With time, the salt accumulates and this needs to undergo cleaning treatments and how are we going to overcome this? It is very easy, first take a bunch of parsley or Cilantro ( Coriander Leaves ) and wash it clean Then cut it in small pieces and put it in a pot and pour clean water and boil it for ten minutes and let it cool down and then filter it and pour in a clean bottle and keep it inside refrigerator to cool. Drink one glass daily and you will notice all salt and other accumulated poison coming out of your kidney by urina…

"உல்லாசப் பறவை" சர்வதேச போட்டியில் இலங்கைக்கு எட்டுமா முதலிடம்! இன்று முழு உலகமும் உல்லாசப் பயணத்துறையை நினைவுகூர்கின்றது. இயந்திரம் போல கடுமையாக உழைத்து களைத்து, உற்சாகமாக சில வாரங்களைக் கழிப்போம் என்ற நோக்கோடு, விமானத்தில் பறந்தோ, கப்பலில் மிதந்தோ, ரயில் பயணங்களை மேற்கொண்டோ அல்லது தமது சொந்த வாகனங்களில் பயணித்தோ உல்லாசமாக இருந்து விட்டு வருவோர் தொகை நாளுக்கு நாள் அதிகரித்து வருவது நாம் அறியாத ஒன்றல்ல. பறவைகள் இடம்பெயர்ந்து பல்லாயிரக்கணக்கான மைல்கள் பயணித்துச் செல்வது போல, கூட்டம் கூட்டமாக காட்டுவிலங்குகள் புதிதாக பயிர்பச்சைகள் உள்ள இடங்கள் நாடிச் செல்வதுபோல, நாட்டுக்கு நாடு மக்கள் பயணித்து…

India’s opinionated feminist and her viral wedding ad Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi 2 hours ago Image caption, The wedding ad that has gone viral and also riled many Matrimonial advertisements in newspapers are not where Indian feminists generally go looking for a match. Most of them are classified according to religion and caste, they often carry details of physical attributes such as skin colour, height and shape of the face, and many boast of six-figure incomes, family wealth and properties. So, last week when an ad seeking "a non-farting, non-burp…

Open letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa S. V. Kirubaharan, France “Don’t trust too much. Don’t love too much. Don’t hope too much. Because that too much can hurt you so much” – Gautama Buddha Dear Mr President Gotabaya Rajapaksa - GR I doubt whether I need any introduction! In brief, I am still here to write this letter to you! Regarding your recent victory in becoming the Executive President of Sri Lanka, my conscience does not allow me to congratulate you - it is the same with many of my fellow Tamils. I am sure you must be aware that in July 2019, I predicted your victory. If you have not gone through my article, “Sa…

இந்த விவரணப்படத்தில் 97 வயதான Charlie Richardson, 1939 கறுப்பு வெள்ளி காட்டுதீ, 2009 கறுப்பு சனிக்கிழமை காட்டுத்தீ இரண்டிலும் தப்பியவர், அவர் கூறுகிறார் “ On a day like that, the nature will take over”.. உண்மைதானே..

US Dollar Faces A Rebellion China and Brazil have struck a deal to trade in their local currencies instead of the US dollar. Saudi Arabia has become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. It’s a security block led by China. What does this shift in West Asia mean? Palki Sharma explains

Chasing the ghosts of Sri Lanka’s disappeared I’m in seat 67, carriage B on the 0650 train from Colombo Fort station to Kilinochchi, the erstwhile rebel capital of the vanquished Tamil Tigers. My Channel 4 team are scattered around me. For the next six hours we’ll trundle north, crossing coffee-brown rivers, past villages set among clusters of coconut palms, past emerald rice paddies, wading water buffalo and egrets. We saw a long snake swimming across a drowned field. The doors and windows are open and there’s a good draft. Outside, it’s hotting up. Three rows in front, in seats 54 and 55, are the state intelligence agents – or, at least, the men we’re all p…

The final days of our war: Zero or 40,000 casualties? It is Monday 25 February 2020 as I hunt-and-peck my computer keyboard at Colombo International Airport Terminal 12 awaiting my flight to New York with my wife to attend a family funeral. I had been catching up on yesterday’s ‘The Sunday Times’. It announced that the Government, with cabinet approval, will withdraw from Resolution 30/1 of the UNHRC, solemnly co-signed by our Government in 2015. The UNP’s Sajith Premadasa has also promised to back the Government, following Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who promised during the presidential elections to protect soldiers who might be charged. I cringe in fear because t…

Ocean Lady migrants from Sri Lanka still struggling 5 years later Of the 76 men found on the Ocean Lady, 30 have been accepted as refugees Journalist Maran Nagarasa still recalls vividly the sense of elation aboard the Ocean Lady five years ago this week when he saw a plane flying overhead with a Canadian flag. “I was sure God had arrived to save us,” he said. But that feeling soon turned to fear as he and the 75 other Sri Lankan Tamils on board faced armed border guards and RCMP officers. On Oct. 17, 2009, they were arrested, jailed and interrogated. Eventually, most were released to await hearings before Canada’s refugee board. Nagarasa ope…

TORONTO—A member of the Tamil Tigers who was allegedly sent to Toronto to run the Sri Lankan guerrilla group’s Canadian front organization has been ordered deported for terrorism, according to documents filed in the Federal Court. The government has been trying to deport Manickavasagam Suresh since 1995, when he was first arrested in Toronto. The case was thought to have languished but last week the case reappeared on the court docket. The Immigration and Refugee Board declined to comment Tuesday. But in an application filed in Toronto on Oct. 5, Suresh asked Federal Court to overturn an IRB decision “in which Mr. Suresh was found inadmissible to Canada.” The decision …

Cabinet spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today accused '5 star' democracies of double standards by demanding freedom of assembly and speech and yet condemning a protest staged by an NGO earlier this week at an event attended by some western diplomats.Speaking at the weekly post cabinet press briefing today, the Minister noted that the British Government had allowed protests to take place against President Mahinda Rajapaksa when he had last visited Britain. However he says Britain and a few other countries had objected to the protest staged against a meeting held with the participation of families of the disappeared and some diplomats in Maradana this week. …

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Terrorist list is policy with a dash of politics: Analysts Federal government adds IRFAN, but rejects Sri Lanka’s listing of two Canadian groups. Embassy File Photo Tamil protesters in April 2009 demand the Canadian government pressure Sri Lanka to end military action at the time. Canada’s terrorist list is grounded in an “intensive” bureaucratic process, but one that is political nonetheless, security analysts say. Canada’s listing of the International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy, and rejection of Sri Lanka’s listing of two Canadian Tamil organizations as terrorist groups in the past few weeks, created a stir of controversy in Canada and …

Donald Trump to Visit Ethiopia to Commission Nile Dam Could Ethiopia become the first African country to host U.S. president, Donald Trump? The United States of America President, Donald Trump By Amenna Dayo. If news making the rounds is anything to go by, then President Donald Trump of the United States of America will step foot in the African continent for the first time soon. The U.S. president who is yet to visit an African country since his inauguration on November 9, 2016 has reportedly said he is interested in visiting Ethiopia to commission the Nile Dam projec…

DAKAR, Senegal — Gambia, the smallest country in continental Africa, took an unprecedented step this week in the realm of international justice: It filed a lawsuit at the United Nations’ top court accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya Muslims. The case at the International Court of Justice, which typically addresses disputes between states, raised eyebrows because Myanmar sits roughly 7,000 miles from Gambia, which lacks any tangible connection to the protracted crisis in Southeast Asia. But the story of why such a tiny player chose to tackle a distant conflict is personal. Abubacarr M. Tambadou, Gambia…

Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam speaking about Indian media allegations of a Pakistani diplomat in Colombo involved in spying India and planning attacks in Chennai, said that it is an effort to create a wedge between Pakistan and Sri Lanka as the two countries have excellent relations with fruitful discussions on strengthening bilateral relations and increasing economic ties. She termed 'irresponsible' the recent statement of India's new Army Chief threatening Pakistan of dire consequences of infiltration attempts. She said that terrorism is a common enemy afflicting entire region and concerted efforts must be made by all sides for combat…

ஒரு ஆசிரியரின் எண்ணத்தில் … ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும் பள்ளி ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு (முதன்மை / உயர்) அந்த வருடத்தில் அவர்கள் கற்பிக்க போகும் அவர்களது புதிய மாணவர்களின் பெயர்பட்டியல் வழங்கப்படுகிறது.. ஆரம்பத்தில் இது பெயர்களின் பட்டியல் மட்டுமே, ஆனால் வாரங்கள் மற்றும் மாதங்கள் செல்லும் பொழுது, அந்த பெயர்கள் மனிதர்களாகின்றனர், அவர்கள் ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும் ஒரு கதை இருக்கும். சில நேரங்களில், ஒரு மாணவர் அவர்களின் திறமை மற்றும் அவர் வழங்கிய வாக்குறுதிக்காக பிரகாசிக்கிறார். சில நேரங்களில் அவர்கள் வகுப்பறை கோமாளிகளாகவோ அல்லது வகுப்பறை/பாடசாலை மைதான ரவுடிகளாகவோ இருக்கிறார்கள், மற்றும் சில சமயங்களில் அவர்களின் குடும்பத்தின் பின்னணியில் இருக்கும் சில கொடூரமான அல்லது வெளியே கூறமுடியாத நி…

Former Chief justice Sarath N. Silva said today it was illegal and unconstitutional to grant one million US dollars to Palestine without following the proper procedure to do so. Mr. Silva said spending of one million US dollars by the Finance Ministry Secretary and the President as the Finance Minister had violated Section 148 of the Constitution. 'This amount of money had been spent outside budgetary allocations. If the government was spending any money beyond the budgetary allocations or appropriation Bill, they need to submit a special supplementary Bill in parliament. But in this instance the Finance ministry has not followed that procedure,' Mr. Silva said. …

New Delhi The day Sri Lanka backed out of the joint partnership with India and Japan for the much-hyped East Container Terminal (ECT) project at Colombo port, a move that shocked both New Delhi and Tokyo, Sri Lanka’s Central Bank (CBSL) also returned the US $400 million currency swap to India, foreclosing a key debt, IBN reported. Sri Lanka had availed this facility in July 2020 to meet some immediate expenses during the Covid-induced lockdown. However, both the nations kept quiet about it. After a section of the media and opposition politicians started talking about a “pissed off” India asking Sri Lanka to return its money, Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL)…

The Commonwealth Secretary-General opened talks with Sri Lanka on Sunday by pushing for judicial independence on the island, as Canada renewed calls to boycott the bloc's summit in Colombo later this year. Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma is holding talks with Sri Lankan leaders in Colombo on the rule of law and the separation of powers after the island defied international appeals and sacked its chief justice in January, the bloc said. Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma, opened talks with Sri Lanka on Sunday by pushing for judicial independence on the island. (Credit: ABC) Mr Sharma's four-day visit to Sri Lanka came as Ottawa urged others in the 54-m…