Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
May 18, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his Vesak Day message yesterday said his "hope is to bequeath a prosperous country....
Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Muslims in Kaaththaankudi on Saturday observed a protest shut down against the decision by the Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa in appointing the chief minister for the Eastern Province. Shops were shut down and mosques remained closed expressing support for M.L.A.M. Hizbullah, the Muslim candidate for the Chief Minister portfolio, despite requests to keep the mosques open for...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
COLOMBO: The selection of the chief ministerial candidate of the United People’s Freedom Alliance to the newly constituted Eastern Provincial Council has been delayed. President Mahinda Rajapaksa is in the process of reconciling ...
Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka, in a special interview to Thinakkural, a Colombo based Tamil daily, on Friday, claimed that the Indian government had given "full blessings" to the government of Mahinda Rajapaksa to "eliminate the LTTE." Mr. Wickramanayaka further proclaimed that there was no "ethnic conflict" in Sri Lanka. "The LTTE should lay their arms down if they...
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
May 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said the LTTE has once again demonstrated to the world its total commitment to violence and terror to achieve its separatist goals and its absolute contempt for democracy and human rights.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday said his government was ready for talks with the LTTE, provided the latter is ready to give up arms and demonstrate “genuine intent” to evolve a political ...
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
May 14, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressed the Oxford union yesterday (13th) evening in London.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
May 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in London yesterday (12) on an invitation from the Oxford Union and the Sri Lanka Society of Oxford University. President is due to address the Oxford Union this evening.
Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to address Oxford Union in the United Kingdom Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., sources in London told TamilNet. Meanwhile, sources at the SL Presidential Secretariat in Colombo confirmed Mr. Rajapaksa's mission to London and said it comes on the invitation of the Oxford Union and the Sri Lanka Society of Oxford University.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) obtained a majority of seats in Sri Lanka’s first ever Eastern Provincial Council in elections held yesterday (May 10). The UPFA led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa won a majority of electorates in the Batticaloa and Digamadulla Districts, while the Opposition United National Party won a majority in the Trincomalee [...]
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
May 11, Colombo: A new garment factory will be established under President Mahinda Rajapaksa's "Negenahira Navodaya" (Eastern Awakening) programme to develop the Eastern province.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
May 11, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on his official inauguration as Head of state.
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
The ruling Sri Lankan coalition Sunday won 20 seats in debut elections in the country's eastern provinces amid claims of fraud and intimidation, officials said.Official results show a coalition of the United People's Freedom Alliance, led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and the Tamil Tiger break-away party Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal, won 20 seats on the 37-member provincial council,...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
By P. Karunakharan Colombo, May 11 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa Sunday hailed his coalition's victory in the maiden eastern provincial council poll as “a mandate” for his government's approach “to achieve peace through defeat of terrorism”. “I note that the people of the East have given a clear mandate for peace through the defeat [...]
News & Information (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
(Kyodo) _ Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s party and its ally won an election for a key regional council in the island's restive east amid allegations of vote fraud made by……Read more
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abdulruff | 05/10/2008
Iran ’s President on South Asia Tour: Focus on Sri Lanka Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a two-day state visit from April 28 to Sri Lanka on an invitation from President Mahinda Rajapaksa. This is the Iranian president’s first visit to Sri Lanka . Ahmadinejad was accompanied by a high-powered delegation, including Foreign Minister Manouchehir Mottaki and Commerce Minister Mir Kazema and...
