tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772359823489682032024-03-23T03:13:41.201-07:00Lanka News Reporter - News, PoliticsNews Updates from Lanka News Reporter.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-89677791058717425912010-09-01T09:52:00.001-07:002010-09-01T11:13:34.552-07:00Mervyn Silva not guilty !Controversial Srilankan deputy minister Mervyn Silva sacked from his deputy ministerial over tying a Government Servant to a tree, a few weeks ago. Country wide protests aroused over the incidence by various organizations and then President Mahinda Rajapaksha decided to cancel his ministerial position. Also SLFP suspended his membership with the party. <br /><br />Criticisms not only came from opposition but also from his own party and ministers condemned the Marvyn Silva's low standard actions. <br /><br />However yesterday 31st of August, the SLFP disciplinary committee decides to grant his party membership back to Mervyn Silva and also decides that Mervyn is not guilty over the incidence of tying a Samurdhi Officer in kalaniya.<br /><br />further SLFP disciplinary committee said that since Mervyn Silva is now removed from guilty, President Mahinda Rajapaksha will appointed back him as deputy minister of roads.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com329tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-51788649445745180972010-08-25T08:05:00.000-07:002010-08-25T09:15:46.781-07:00Munneswaram Kovil's Animal SacrificeMunneswaram Hindu Kovil is one of oldest devoting place for many ethnic groups in Srilanka. Munneswaram is an important place for the srilankan Buddhists too. However Annual animal Sacrifice in Munneswaram Kovil has been took place today despite the large protests of Buddhists and Srilankan Society.<br /><br />Around 300 goats and nearly 1000 chickens were killed today and sacrificed to Hindu Goads.<br /><br />A large number of Buddhist monks protested today on this animal killing at Chilaw (Puttalam). However Police stops the march of the Buddhist monks towards Munneswaram Kovil. Then monks then seated on the road and started to continue protest until stopping of animal sacrifice.<br /><br />National Buddhist Movement said that they have made numerous appeals to government officials to stop this animal sacrifice in the Hindu temple. However officials had not made any positive reactions against the killings.<br /><br />Munneswaram Hindu Temple's animal sacrifice stopped in 1977. However it has started again and said that it backed by government support.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRBKboBNMc6fACDxge5CvITItUjDW-kT0X4M4wwutj6vOFu8rBBZUMDXTRhxLAntQGoCt9taiQzYJxUNeNLaFQeSO984wNOOcajdSCarnpitfdsTiRKxXB5BwXc5-dt4mSgmrXkyY6CBj/s1600/animal-sacrificing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRBKboBNMc6fACDxge5CvITItUjDW-kT0X4M4wwutj6vOFu8rBBZUMDXTRhxLAntQGoCt9taiQzYJxUNeNLaFQeSO984wNOOcajdSCarnpitfdsTiRKxXB5BwXc5-dt4mSgmrXkyY6CBj/s400/animal-sacrificing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509381446610907714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBc3toWKIRsln2qwQ1Xu-eJG4fI_Yx9D3C0M7ZaKas8FKk8AYcDCYzmfYPj500GfdZkVx-_hxvJ3IuHg_HjjOwBQ0dMrHycVq357RAYcV8WDPKk-PSvba2-Im-7MadqPngHMHehYFBc3p/s1600/Munneswaram-Kovil-animal-sacrifice.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBc3toWKIRsln2qwQ1Xu-eJG4fI_Yx9D3C0M7ZaKas8FKk8AYcDCYzmfYPj500GfdZkVx-_hxvJ3IuHg_HjjOwBQ0dMrHycVq357RAYcV8WDPKk-PSvba2-Im-7MadqPngHMHehYFBc3p/s400/Munneswaram-Kovil-animal-sacrifice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509381441791712914" border="0" /></a>The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-51821860266247571032010-08-06T03:21:00.000-07:002010-08-06T03:59:13.137-07:00Sakvithi Ranasinghe ArrestedSakvithi Ranasinghe and his wife arrested in srilanka while being disguise. He pretended him self as a Tamil when arresting by Mirihana Police. Sakvithi returned from India two months ago and he arrested in Kaduwela,Nawagamuwa area. <br /><br />Sakvithi Ranasinghe is the biggest financial fraudster in Srilankan history. He was in financial business, collecting large sums of money by promising high returns and safe(Ponzi Scams). However in 2008 Sakvithi has vanished with all the money. Worth of the money was 9000m Rs collected from Srilankan people.<br /><br />Sakvithi and his wife have been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department to carry out further investigations.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-77545847003133150852010-02-25T01:09:00.000-08:002010-02-25T01:23:01.882-08:00Srilanka Parliament Polls beginsSrilanka parliament polls to be held on 8 April, 2010. So far many political parties have handed over their nominations for each district. However UNP and new JVP alliance (DNA) not yet finalise the nominations and will be expected to handle on the final day of handing over nominations.<br /><br />JVP and other political parties except UNP who were supported General Sarath Fonseka in the last Presidential polls entered in to a new alliance under the leadership of General Sarath Fonseka. Sarath Fonseka will be contested on Colombo District in this polls.<br /><br />Meanwhile UNP decided contest to the polls under their historical 'Elephant Symbol' and the leadership of Ranil Wickramasinghe. JVP and UNP discussions on contesting under one alliance have been failed and UNP not entered in to JVP alliance. Many UNP parliamentarians said that they should contest under UNP as UNP is the Srilanka's largest and oldest political party.<br /><br />Although JVP and UNP contested separately their main intention have not changed and will enter in to a new alliance after the polls.<br /><br />Meantime Government type says thay are in a stronger position after the winning of presidential polls by President Mahinda Rajapaksha. They also says that thay are expecting majority of seats of next parliament.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-80169205940160438662010-02-09T01:51:00.000-08:002010-02-09T02:15:06.366-08:00Sarath Fonseka Arrested<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqWatL4SiV6M3U75IU6Y0UdeQ9MEENX2l61M4SvHeky1S4WkJ76DktLSpL13UhnyiSbt8n38KnnsHM8ybymrLrMWVfZouatFieAPWXYoh5N9HvEWVfBXurn0NJ4fQwNxpNDlfy37RwZfi/s400/Sarath_fonseka.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqWatL4SiV6M3U75IU6Y0UdeQ9MEENX2l61M4SvHeky1S4WkJ76DktLSpL13UhnyiSbt8n38KnnsHM8ybymrLrMWVfZouatFieAPWXYoh5N9HvEWVfBXurn0NJ4fQwNxpNDlfy37RwZfi/s400/Sarath_fonseka.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Srilankan war hero General Sarath Fonseka arrested by Srilankan Government on Monday Feb, 2010 at his media office in Colombo. Sarath Fonseka arrested by a group of military personals when he was having a discussion with several top political leaders, Somawansa Amarasinghe the leader of JVP, Sunil Handunneththi, Mano Ganeshan the leader of Western People’s Front and the Leader of SLMC Rauff Hakeem. They were just concluded a press confereence at Fonseka's media office in colombo<br /><br />It is said that ARMY personals are forcefully entered in to the general's office and arrested him. Several other groups of ARMY encircled the General's office before the abduct of General Fonseka.<br /><br />Sarath Fonsek'a Private secretary Dr. Senaka de Silva also arrested by CID on Tuesday.Sources says that Senaka de Silva was questioning at the moment by CID officers.<br /><br />Media personal who were at the general's office while he was arresting not allowed to record the incidence. All media equipments seized by ARMY and handed over them after clearing the tapes and records of arrest.<br /><br />Several organisations of srilanka highly condemned this arrest and violence against the parties who work for the country's democracy.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-86018052981619883872010-01-29T00:39:00.000-08:002010-01-29T00:51:54.235-08:00Sarath Fonseka seeking asylumAfter the defeat of Presidential polls by a margin of 1.8 million votes Sri lanka governemt called back the security staff of General Sarath Fonseka. Sarath Fonseka says that this is unlawful and there are possible threats against his life.<br /><br />General Sarath Fonseka is the main forrce behind the winning war against LTTE by ending 30 year LTTE terrorism from Sri lanka.<br /><br />Sarath Fonseka said that he is planning to seeking for asylum from foreign countries. In this manner he mostly preferred to have political asylum in Australia. However he has not yet contacted the Australian embassy on the matter. He also said that government will make every attempt to arrest him on fake alleges and stop his leave from sri lanka.<br /><br />Sarath Fonseka has owned American Green card lottery and he can consider asylum in America. Fonseka not revealed anything about asylum in America but he concentrate on going to Australia or England.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-54855907037530326742010-01-29T00:29:00.000-08:002010-01-29T00:39:06.587-08:00Sri lanka Parliament will dissolve in next weekTop minister of SLFP government declared that they are going to dissolve the Parliament in next week. Srilanka government previously announced that they are going to held the election before the April.<br /><br />Sri lanka government decided to dissolve Parliament under the hot condition of politics and they seeks victory for the SLFP governing types by defeating UNP and JVP.<br /><br />However People says that SLFP government will not be able to win the election by such a margin of votes received by Mahinda Rajapaksha. Because government minsters not proved that they can develop Sri lanka's Economy and overall development.<br /><br />What thing they are specialized is making rumors against opposition parties mainly against Ranil Wickramasinghe using State owned medias. People needs the development and not just kiddies words against opposition.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-68389964307298311012010-01-29T00:14:00.000-08:002010-01-29T00:29:09.258-08:00Mahinda wins srilanka electionMahinda Rajapaksha won the presidential election by defeating his main opoosition candidate Sarath Fonseka. Mahinda wins by 1.8 million votes margin than Fonseka.<br />Mahinda Rajapaksha can retain another 08 year duration in presidential position.<br /><br />However Sarath Fonseka and his supporting parties says they can noit accept the results because election results are computer manipulated. JVP leader Somwansa Amarasinghe said that Computer Manipulation is not a new thing to Mahinda rajapaksha. During a previous election Mahinda Rajapaksha manipulated computer results to increase his voting counts and he said that by his own.<br /><br />However Mahinda became the president of srilanka once again and he needs to concentrate on Srilanka Economy and Development rather slinging muds to opposition parties. <br /><br />We hopes he will get supports from opposition parties and will make a real attempt on stopping the corruption and violence.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-56669811763151945622010-01-07T10:11:00.000-08:002010-01-07T10:38:36.733-08:00Srilanka Tamil Terrorist killing video, UN findingsAfter the victory of war by Srilankan troops against Tamill terrorists International organizations claimed that Srilanka was engaging in such activities called 'War Crimes' during the war time. There were many unsuccessful attempts and materials presented by them to destroy the Srilanka's reputation among international community.<br /><br />A one most discussed such issue was a Video footage released by Channel 4, which provided the video by a group called Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka in last August. after a long time silence this video footage story comes back to the light through the United Nations.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OEr3p9y-yuTyVIS_xqF-eA7op9Kc9Jv_ibJiZTDHVx7uNWp4Xn0N9HvyEVdwxdwsxJEeKPe2MvP1skyDCSQpix-6kS3AN2TbakBHryh44Uu0lJRnIRkL9E-V8esg10tVD_52ZlhOzH9o/s1600-h/Philip-Alston.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OEr3p9y-yuTyVIS_xqF-eA7op9Kc9Jv_ibJiZTDHVx7uNWp4Xn0N9HvyEVdwxdwsxJEeKPe2MvP1skyDCSQpix-6kS3AN2TbakBHryh44Uu0lJRnIRkL9E-V8esg10tVD_52ZlhOzH9o/s400/Philip-Alston.jpg" border="0" alt="Philip Alston" title="Philip Alston" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424068517754339826" /></a><br />Today <span style="font-weight:bold;">united Nations (UN) released the findings about the Channel 4 killing video footage</span>. United Nations's Special Rapporteur Philip Alston raised following quotes in the UN report.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />"Since the video's release, the government of Sri Lanka has claimed that the video is a fake.<br /><br />"Over the past four months, I have been engaged in a series of communications with the government about this video, in which I requested it to conduct an independent investigation.<br /><br />"While the Government initially refused to do so, on 7 September 2009, it issued a response stating that it had commissioned four separate investigations, and that they 'have now scientifically established beyond any doubt that this video is a fake'.<br /><br />"At the time, I expressed concern about the objectivity of the investigations, in part because two of the 'independent experts' worked for the Sri Lankan armed forces.<br /><br />"Some of the reports seemed more impressionistic than scientific, and I have never been provided the full version of the reports.<br /><br />"I decided that it was incumbent upon me to commission independent and impartial evaluations of the videotape.<br /><br />"I retained three experts: in forensic pathology (Dr Spitz), forensic video analysis (Mr Spivack), and firearm evidence (Mr Diaczuk).<br /><br />"Together, the reports by these experts strongly suggest that the video is authentic.<br /><br />"A Sri Lankan expert stated that there was no recoil or movement of the weapon discharged.<br /><br />"However, Mr Spivack and Mr Diaczuk described the recoil visible on the video, and the way in which the movement was consistent with firing live ammunition.<br /><br />"A Sri Lankan expert stated that the lack of audio synchronization with the video indicated manipulation. However, Mr Spivack stated that the video/audio synchronization in the video was well within acceptable limits, and that audio can be ahead or behind video, subject to various variables.<br /><br />"A Sri Lankan expert stated that the movement of the second victim after being shot was not consistent with the normal expected reaction. However, Mr Spitz stated that the movement was entirely consistent with the manner in which the individual was apparently shot.<br /><br />"A Sri Lankan expert stated that while wind could be heard on the audio, it was not evident in the video.<br /><br />"Mr Spivack however described multiple places in the video where there is clear evidence of wind. <br /><br />"Sri Lanka’s experts argued that the footage was likely recorded on a digital camcorder, and not a mobile phone.<br /><br />"Mr Spivack concluded that the metadata he retrieved from the video was entirely consistent with multimedia files produced by mobile phones with video recording capability, and that it would have been very difficult to alter the metadata."</span>The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-77346096244386743652010-01-02T20:26:00.000-08:002010-01-02T20:39:45.891-08:00Sarath Fonseka visits JaffnaSarath Fonseka started his first election campaigns of year 2010 in Jaffna. Majority of Srilankan Tamils living in Jaffna and one of the main source of Tamil Terrorism. However Srilankan Forces with the leadership of Sarath Fonseka as the ARMY commander wiped out terrorism from North and killed the LTTE leader Prabhakaran.<br /><br />Last time sarath Fonseka visited Jaffna to declare the win of the war against Terrorists. Majority of Tamils in Jaffna hails the Win against terrorism. This time General Fonseka visited Jaffna to secure the Tamil votes in next presidential election.<br /><br />Saturday, Jan 2010 Sarath Fonseka accompanied by UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe and JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe with several other politicians visited Jaffna to attend election campaign rallies and meet the Tamil Societies in Jaffna.<br /><br />The Jaffna tour is on an invitation by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). However TNA has not yet officially declared that to whom they will support in the next presidential elections.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-90791771843466958882009-12-24T21:36:00.000-08:002009-12-24T21:44:57.665-08:00Sarath Fonseka Fired it upDuring an exclusive interview with Sirasa TV Gen. Sarath Fonseka revealed that all dealings by President Mahinda Rajapaksha nd Sec. of Security Gotabhaya Rajapaksha.<br />Sarath fonseka has done few controversial revelation against government and Mahinda.<br /><br />In this respect Sarath Fonseka Fired up the turbulent political perspective in Srilanka. We will see some strong arguments for and against by various political parties and personnel on Fonseka's comments.<br /><br />During the interview Sarath Fonseka directly accused to the Gotabhaya Rajapaksha and Mahinda rajapaksha on possible theft of funds and corruptions. He said that there is a large theft of funds of "API WENUWEN API FUND".<br /><a href="http://politicmax.blogspot.com/"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Read More at Politic Max.</span></a>The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-38749981927244500832009-12-15T08:58:00.000-08:002009-12-15T10:02:06.660-08:00Rupavahini and ITN heavily slinging mud towards Sarath FonsekaThis is an abuse of state run media by government. State owned Rupavahini, ITN TV channels and SLBC heavily engaging in slinging mud and publishing evil false reports against Sarath Fonseka. These State medias are properties of people of srilanka. Not private properties of government Ministers or President Mahinda. They abuse srilankans money collected as tax. <br /><br />Srilankans even blue blooded SLFP supporters are not accept such a crudeness and abuse by State run medias. They should understand that they exhibit such a wild behavior against a world renowned War Hero who committed the life to save our country from bloody terrorists, LTTE.<br /><br />In addition Sate run Medias such as Rupavahini, ITN, SLBC and Lake House are the free source of advertising for president mahinda Rajapaksha and his beloved son Namal rajapaksha. Namal Rajapaksh'a Tharunyata Hetak organisation greatly engaging in the canvasing of president father.<br /><br />Finally we should say that people are not anymore accept the government behavior against a War Hero. People of Srilanka kindly asks from government to stop the crude behavior of State owned media and allow people to take fair decisions on each presidential candidate.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-75361543825557100572009-12-08T09:12:00.000-08:002009-12-08T09:36:23.292-08:00Elakiri and Lankanewsweb blocked by government<table border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXAqZQuuZmUxg5f9fBZKuVFvLx8QqJGMz534jk-tlhevSGAFLoapW1R81f_coVzFQcBSJru8CQzfsnb0FkTvrnb3bge5YRWsUBWMJX4QUGsF1XwDRb5kgQYXuNlqfvdg8EU4YoTgOcKDv/s1600-h/Logo+Swarnawahini.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXAqZQuuZmUxg5f9fBZKuVFvLx8QqJGMz534jk-tlhevSGAFLoapW1R81f_coVzFQcBSJru8CQzfsnb0FkTvrnb3bge5YRWsUBWMJX4QUGsF1XwDRb5kgQYXuNlqfvdg8EU4YoTgOcKDv/s400/Logo+Swarnawahini.gif" alt="swarnavahini logo" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412918866384812274" border="0" /></a><br /></td><td align="center"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OE4M7IZdzYgL8OFzmzjftpYXMHS5QhyphenhyphenP27soAHPns_lsgMUcDRo2oAbm5r1AWW1yPzEvLJM4VQJS1eQk3b1ixn4ksIfk5oL0K1IxQUWtcEO3SejQlXaAswQq92VElul9sVFzYGBC_HJE/s1600-h/Basil-Rajapaksa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_OE4M7IZdzYgL8OFzmzjftpYXMHS5QhyphenhyphenP27soAHPns_lsgMUcDRo2oAbm5r1AWW1yPzEvLJM4VQJS1eQk3b1ixn4ksIfk5oL0K1IxQUWtcEO3SejQlXaAswQq92VElul9sVFzYGBC_HJE/s400/Basil-Rajapaksa.jpg" alt="Basil-Rajapaksa" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412918860265208050" border="0" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsiF4HOg0tS-D3Bw8UH0VzKf3wABn3sgpbX0NYcULfSjBEkDexJ3vbD5BUXavjFQbP0BkSvT_0KzovrZRtYk9QC_ufde0YOAP-mMeiBelqJAs9fSDMRwzQUxiJgtcGcCrbVPyMP8wEIzUa/s1600-h/jeewaka_edirisinghe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsiF4HOg0tS-D3Bw8UH0VzKf3wABn3sgpbX0NYcULfSjBEkDexJ3vbD5BUXavjFQbP0BkSvT_0KzovrZRtYk9QC_ufde0YOAP-mMeiBelqJAs9fSDMRwzQUxiJgtcGcCrbVPyMP8wEIzUa/s400/jeewaka_edirisinghe.jpg" alt="Jeewaka Edirisinghe" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412918850655022242" border="0" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Today one of leading Srilankan news web site has published a news saying that Swarnawahini(Swarnavahini TV) sold to Mahinda Rajapaksha's Brother Basil rajapaksha.<br />After this news it has republished by a member of Elakiri forums.<br /><br />Swarnavahini on their live@8 news program rejects this news and they said they have not sold swarnavahini to Basil. Further Swarnavahini said that they are going to take action against web sites that published the original news.<br /><br />After few hours (right now) when I browsing both sites they were suddenly shuts down.<br />Both web sites shut down at the same time. It is sure that srilankan government ordered Srilanka telecom and other ISPs to block the elakiri.com and lankanewsweb.com.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-18188568916055411572009-12-03T09:15:00.000-08:002009-12-03T10:20:24.526-08:00Sarath Fonseka For presidency<table style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; float: none;" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqWatL4SiV6M3U75IU6Y0UdeQ9MEENX2l61M4SvHeky1S4WkJ76DktLSpL13UhnyiSbt8n38KnnsHM8ybymrLrMWVfZouatFieAPWXYoh5N9HvEWVfBXurn0NJ4fQwNxpNDlfy37RwZfi/s1600-h/Sarath_fonseka.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqWatL4SiV6M3U75IU6Y0UdeQ9MEENX2l61M4SvHeky1S4WkJ76DktLSpL13UhnyiSbt8n38KnnsHM8ybymrLrMWVfZouatFieAPWXYoh5N9HvEWVfBXurn0NJ4fQwNxpNDlfy37RwZfi/s400/Sarath_fonseka.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411074383270288018" border="0" /></a></td><td><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzwjGYFqAuC7jv0LQxUA6fg8p1sZmzgFITvdOJWBskU3vP3Mt9GRHM-JvMoAirKqEc6wySjOXUyWjWDF-htLHzHyGZktDSWuU__Sa4DAQOXfRTf7bGQsI4zoAyPsG9o9C-p1Ciw1M21U2/s1600-h/mahinda.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzwjGYFqAuC7jv0LQxUA6fg8p1sZmzgFITvdOJWBskU3vP3Mt9GRHM-JvMoAirKqEc6wySjOXUyWjWDF-htLHzHyGZktDSWuU__Sa4DAQOXfRTf7bGQsI4zoAyPsG9o9C-p1Ciw1M21U2/s400/mahinda.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411074375042827842" border="0" /></a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />After a long time break we begun to update our blog again with the recent development stories of Srilanka and mainly srilanka politics. Why politics so important?<br />Politics is inevitably important for most people despite even in the absence of elections and polls.<br /><br />However the situation has changed in the srilanka. Srilankans now forwarding towards a major poll. Actually it is the main poll in srilankan politics, which is the Presidential Election. Presidential Election was declared by existing president Mahinda rajapaksha before two weeks ago, despite of the fact that he has the full legal power to act as the executive president for next two years.<br /><br />The new and most talking political face of the srilanka that is going to present to the presidential polls is General Sarath Fonseka. Sarath Fonseka was the head of the Srilanka ARMY who lead the ARMY towards victory by destroying LTTE terrorists and it's leaders from Srilankan soil.<br /><br />The attempt taken by General Sarath Fonseka and his followers during the times of bloody wars between LTTE and Srilanka government is really great. ARMY wouldn't won the war if there were no Sarath Fonseka and his courage to win. Political leadership during that times provide great support in order to take courage decisions.<br /><br />Right after the war President Mahinda Rajapaksha made few adjustments to the ARMY and other security forces. As a consequence General Sarath Fonseka and NAVY and SL Air Force heads were retired and new leader appointed.<br /><br />After being silent for few months President Mahinda unofficially declared his wish to held a presidential election. No one knows the underlying reasons for such a decision. Government saying the reason behind the fact is 'people asked for a presidential election'. But opposition parties who now joined hands with Sarath Fonseka said that 'President Mahinda knows that he won't win in an election held after two years, so he decided to held the polls little time after the Win of the War.<br /><br />Now all are prepared for the next presidential polls. Two main presidential candidates are current President Mahinda Rajapaksha and Retired ARMY leader Gen. Sarath Fonseka. Who will win the Presidential War ? No one could tell it before the polls. President says he somehow win the polls and Also Sarath Fonseka and opposition said that they have already won the election. OK we will see who wins the election.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-20674258187066117512009-09-29T23:09:00.000-07:002009-09-29T23:34:02.313-07:00P.B Jayasundara to Play the Drama Again...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17l_LYFEuPRiQxFSEbIykw8kLGXnOgZXo7Q3huxkwIQTi-grvtJxQAuHzvJIZmd1tvY2FMK4SJuPfHE6PaegEICFY-GG2vCPOGB6UsN2c96WRnfcaECkWaCbZBilXiS8HqL9TBfflZyeK/s1600-h/p.b.jayasundara.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17l_LYFEuPRiQxFSEbIykw8kLGXnOgZXo7Q3huxkwIQTi-grvtJxQAuHzvJIZmd1tvY2FMK4SJuPfHE6PaegEICFY-GG2vCPOGB6UsN2c96WRnfcaECkWaCbZBilXiS8HqL9TBfflZyeK/s400/p.b.jayasundara.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387144851254356450" border="0" /></a>P.B Jayasundara the ex-Treasury Secretary, after a few months back appointed again as the Srilanka Treasury Secretary. P.B. Jayasundara recently appealed the high court to remove the ban of assuming any government posts, that is imposed by ex chief justice Mr. Sarath N. Silva due to dishonest practice by P.B.<br /><br />However Srilanka president has requested from P.B to assume the duties once again as the Treasury Secretary. Then P.B. accepted the request and appealed the high Court to remove his ban. Current Chief Justice Asoka De Silva has removed the P.B's Ban and allowed to him to assume duties of Treasury.<br /><br />After assuming duties by the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, P.B. Jayasundara called a special meeting with executive officers of the Treasury to discuss the new strategies of the Secretary.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-32199351890214468252009-09-24T23:48:00.000-07:002009-09-25T00:02:21.861-07:00Asian Tribune Printed Tabloid paper from NovemberOne of the leading Online news paper operated from Colombo, Srilanka, Asian Tribune going to launch their New Printed tabloid Paper from next November. It will be an all color 12-page English tabloid printed and distributed from Colombo once a week.<br /><br />Asian Tribune authors also hopes to circulate the paper around the world, but initially it will start from Colombo. And the Good news is Asian Tribune printed Paper is come to you for free of charge. Free paper will funded by advertisement and and other one way funds.<br /><br />Asian tribune or AT claims that they the tabloid will not be an Anti-Government or Political. <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"Like AT, the AT Tabloid will be in the forefront of criticizing the authority not with a sense of venom or to settle scores at the personal and institutional level but as a watchdog of people’s interests and national concerns."</span><br /><br />We are also wish Good Luck the AT's move to the Printed form.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-62955007799618080852009-09-24T23:32:00.000-07:002009-09-24T23:46:21.456-07:00Honda launched a new robot for easy personal mobilityHonda Motor Co Yesterday Launched a new robot ("U3-X") that enables people to move around easily to any direction. The U3-X, equipped with the world's first omni-directional driving system, makes it possible to adjust speed and move, turn and stop an all directions when rider leans the upper body to shift body weight, Honda said.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUWCjhw1LcfHoNh1SIVjbcFjHPgK_04WrAqDR4n5LNdINI4iyz_ymcQn__ySq22h8cW9UI7V7-3vAu-yIm96W_FLVM3vKHOiyXJ5kBLNzVrhTsApSNmicrJSLyf5KKnl3M-69laM2NaYe/s1600-h/honda2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUWCjhw1LcfHoNh1SIVjbcFjHPgK_04WrAqDR4n5LNdINI4iyz_ymcQn__ySq22h8cW9UI7V7-3vAu-yIm96W_FLVM3vKHOiyXJ5kBLNzVrhTsApSNmicrJSLyf5KKnl3M-69laM2NaYe/s320/honda2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385292457464882018" /></a><br /><br/><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwviaW00q1li-Y-CaBpkHaKk9L9I14v5K0cYVGxBqOhF-04K9sO34KYH5YdvKVhLtsruCMLreHbt1jKwFH_9frJ_R8Rw3VGkIf8zode8KO8ZIjemSLPKfcHYOLbyNss-p0upyyPkg8fw9/s1600-h/honda-mobility.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwviaW00q1li-Y-CaBpkHaKk9L9I14v5K0cYVGxBqOhF-04K9sO34KYH5YdvKVhLtsruCMLreHbt1jKwFH_9frJ_R8Rw3VGkIf8zode8KO8ZIjemSLPKfcHYOLbyNss-p0upyyPkg8fw9/s320/honda-mobility.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385292456179529058" /></a><br /><br />Pics: ReutersThe Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-4778503734946205592009-09-15T00:20:00.000-07:002009-09-15T00:30:14.626-07:00Find news fast with Google fast flipIf you are a News hunter you may want to find out news all over the world very quickly.<br />But one of main problem is slow speed of loading pages and time consuming to find out recent news.<br /><br />However Google recently developed and launched an attractive and modern news finder.<br />It's called <a href="http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/">Google fast Flip</a>: http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/ <br />That lets you browse news pages without loading the actual page.<br />it flips the screenshots of news pages around the world and bring them in to an one page.<br /><br />It also have a mobile version and this lets people who uses mobile internet to view news items very speedily and select the one that they really wants.<br />Mobile version of Google Flips: http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/mobileThe Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-74182940639641893182009-08-25T03:01:00.000-07:002009-08-25T03:11:30.664-07:00LTTE's Nuclear access exposedSelvarasa Pathmanadan alias KP revealed to Srilankan security authorities that LTTE planned to buy nuclear weapons from West.<br />KP before becoming the leader of the LTTE after the death of Prabakaran, has acted as head of LTTE's International affairs and Fund controller.<br /><br />LTTE is the first ever Terrorist organization that heading to obtain nuclear weapons.<br />Srilankan authorities has also obtained more info from KP which some of them not published yet.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-13730960458192453292009-08-25T02:49:00.000-07:002009-08-25T03:00:17.791-07:00Mobitel to spend over $30 million to cover North and EastSrilanka Telecom Mobitel says they are heading to North and East by providing mobile communication facilities to those areas. Mobitel the mobile wing of Srilanka Telecom Ltd. is a leading mobile network in Srilanka. <br /><br />Mobitel says they will spend about $30m to upgrade Mobitel network in post war zone.<br />Initially Mobitel will cover up Kandy-Jaffna A9 road spending about $5m. <br /><br />Chief executive Suren Amarasekera said they are expecting to cover Northen area before the end year 2009.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-34325273614332197332009-08-11T23:16:00.000-07:002009-08-12T00:03:50.421-07:00Facebook challenging to Google and Twitter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://friendfeed.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 40px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSO0_w60B-hwG_yHuI67QqUSB_yvybaT6yYLIs_rJ2xMkr30Q4jdCASwfkSTb1xQjQYCCB8TrFlpf-yEGYRNWc5EDuQPpwsyfhBE0DaJZZ9J8X3d7Dz7NdC5kyotnS6GNV4F-Pd_iLvkvn/s400/friendfeed-logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368966615538371346" border="0" /></a> Recently Facebook the giant of social networking has taken over 'Friendfeed' that was previously acquired by Google.<br /><br />You may also know about what is Facebook and Google.<br />next, <span style="font-weight: bold;">what is Friendfeed</span> and what it can do ?<br /><br />In simple terms Friendfeed is an aggregater of all of your social networking, blog, and other RSS updates. So that people can have all their RSS and other social networking like Facebook, Youtube, Twitter updates in one place.<br />And also people can subscribes to others updates and news.<br /><br />So <span style="font-weight: bold;">why Facebook bought Friendfeed</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">?</span><br />One key reason is to become a real time search engine rather than Google's regular search.<br />another may be Facebook wanted to expand it's services over other social networks.<br />Also they need to became the leader in community networking.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How it affects to Twiiter ?</span><br />Twitter is considered as the leader in real time news updates.<br />With Twitter people can post what just happenning here and there and others can search these updates.Freindfeed is also has a similar feature which people can do real time updates and searches like twitter.<br />previously Facebook wanted to bought Twitter but the deal did not continue as Twitter is not for sale at that time.<br /><br />So we can come to an conclusion that Facebook wants to develop a real time search engine that is similar to Twitter. Hence it may affects the Twitter. On the other hand currently people messed up with Google's regular search and they needs to have a real time searches. Friendfeed will do that with challenging to google.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-63351740122560742742009-08-07T01:42:00.000-07:002009-08-07T01:58:18.947-07:00KP new LTTE leader arrested in Bangkok<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXTJJMZtff_F0gvTMIcOAruBf1VRan_MZOnDP1OmcvTtChb7SQtaIDTqDd_jldtuP74iNI_b0gK3c58EUMtCaVc_GMiZ-PiN6GGBoo-yR3FYIMJASXVs0X0uG7lSvvuGynCf2I38id0CZ/s1600-h/kumaran-pathmanadan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXTJJMZtff_F0gvTMIcOAruBf1VRan_MZOnDP1OmcvTtChb7SQtaIDTqDd_jldtuP74iNI_b0gK3c58EUMtCaVc_GMiZ-PiN6GGBoo-yR3FYIMJASXVs0X0uG7lSvvuGynCf2I38id0CZ/s400/kumaran-pathmanadan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367143417307353074" border="0" /></a>KP, Kumaran Padmanadan or Selvarasa Pathmanadan has arrested by Srilankan Intelligence in Bangkok, Wednesday. KP was the LTTE's International smuggle head at the late prbha's time. After the death of the LTTE leader Prabakaran, KP appointed as the new leader of LTTE.<br /><br />It's said that KP is the person who fulfilled LTTE's arms requirement for years and he also managed all international funds collected by LTTE, worth billions of dollars.<br /><br />KP was the most wanted LTTE leader after the killing of former leader V. Prabakaran.<br />This is another successful achievement by Srilanka government in wiping out terrorism from the Island.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-85439300042435316022009-07-30T01:28:00.000-07:002009-07-30T01:35:38.562-07:00Airtel exceeded one million customers in SrilankaA leading mobile network in Asia Bharti Airtel has announced that they have exceeded one million customers in srilanka. Airtel achieved this milestone in just 171 days.<br />In srilanka the competition in mobile networks are really high.However Airtel has able to face the competition successfully and grow their network.<br /><br />In srilanka leading mobile phone network operators are Mobitel, Dialog, Tigo, Hutch and Airtel. Recently Mobitel has reduced their call time into 2.50 Rs. per miniute to any network in srilanka. following dialog also has reduced their price levels.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-53511020084626703552009-06-26T21:25:00.000-07:002009-06-26T22:20:13.261-07:00Chandrasiri Bandara astrologer arrested<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMKVICrGl72-87I0m5A8x7IaQDqWTRssIhZMFZuttUwBGT0tD3U19O7R0ZMGPSNOmTBW_H_sa-yaVlxGg2mSfIyDEvrZyk29hypBnlNtDuKYeiiAOPnIq-7A_GUv-5jaKdhT-r2xqenYs/s1600-h/Chandrasiri_Bandara.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMKVICrGl72-87I0m5A8x7IaQDqWTRssIhZMFZuttUwBGT0tD3U19O7R0ZMGPSNOmTBW_H_sa-yaVlxGg2mSfIyDEvrZyk29hypBnlNtDuKYeiiAOPnIq-7A_GUv-5jaKdhT-r2xqenYs/s400/Chandrasiri_Bandara.gif" border="0" alt="Chandrasiri Bandara"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351872366678356386" /></a><br />A Popular astrologer of Srilanka Mr. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chandrasiri Bandara</span> arrested by Srilanka Police due to Publicly predicting of President Mahinda Rajapaksa's immediate ouster from office. Police says that they want to investigate the source of information for his prediction police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekera said. <br /><br />Police said that Mr Bandara told an opposition meeting that the prime minister would take over as president on 9 September and the opposition leader would become prime minister.<br /><br />United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Tissa Attanayake says that Srilanka heading towards a dictatorship, the only crime Chandrasiri Bandara commited was presenting information that are adverse to the government. <br /><br />Chandrasiri Bandara is currently conducting a Srilanka's popular TV program "Para Kiyana Tharuka" on Derana TV.The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577235982348968203.post-12063707597456229862009-06-21T11:13:00.000-07:002009-06-21T11:34:51.131-07:00Pakistan won the ICC T20 world cup against Srilanka, at LordsPakistan today won the final cricket match of ICC T20 world cup, against Srilanka. Srilanka were 138 for 6 wickets and Pakistan achieved the 139 by losing only 2 wickets.<br />man of the match - Shahid Afridi with 54 not out from 40 balls.<br /><br />Srilanka won the toss and chosen to bat first, however top level batsman were failed in their inning. T.M Dilshan who became a star in the ICC T20 world cup series, has managed to go back to the waiting room without runs.<br /><br />In their srilanka innings Kumar Sangakkara scored 64 not out and Angelo Mathews showing an all rounder way managed to play with couple of fours and sixes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2AFGxLFpiJgzf6t8aelzzwKShGqXMYmiQNWEIaffn-NinXxV6RfxwzMPpjeqp8A2jqHriN5T1i5ssQvAvusr4gKqnjKO7ZgInznKf1KOj5Pm8dOMzgZccSZNCnLmLGznSm2cAkTO6VkR/s1600-h/shahid-afrid.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2AFGxLFpiJgzf6t8aelzzwKShGqXMYmiQNWEIaffn-NinXxV6RfxwzMPpjeqp8A2jqHriN5T1i5ssQvAvusr4gKqnjKO7ZgInznKf1KOj5Pm8dOMzgZccSZNCnLmLGznSm2cAkTO6VkR/s400/shahid-afrid.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349851061766144626" /></a>The Lanka Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589857202671757056noreply@blogger.com0