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Third Presidential candidate Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 11 days ago
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Vickramabahu Karunaratne has been nominated as the Left Front Candidate for the coming presidential elections. He has been invited to stand for the elections by Leftist organisations not aligned with the government, several people’s organizations and...
Tags: Mahinda Regime, Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne, global powers, Mahinda Chinthanaya, Sarath Fonseka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, general sarath, presidential candidate, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lankan people, Politics, D. A. Rajapaksa, Sinhalese people, War Conflict
Challenge to president
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 12 days ago
Credibility The country’s ex-military chief has said he plans to run for the presidency in January elections in a bid to unseat his former boss Mahinda Rajapakse. Sarath Fonseka is considered a war hero for having crushed Tamil Tiger rebels who had waged a nearly...
Tags: general sarath fonseka, Sarath Fonseka, swan, sri lankan, India, general sarath, Sri Lanka, army chief, military chief, underworld criminals, Colombo, Politics, Sri Lankan people, Sinhalese people, Mahinda Rajapaksa, War Conflict, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Year of birth missing, D. A. Rajapaksa, Tamil Eelam, Eelam War IV, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan Civil War, Military of Sri Lanka, Barabati Stadium, allnews, TamilNet, United National Party, Commander of the Army, Honey, Beehive
S Lanka opposition backs general
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 15 days ago
Credibility The United National Party says it will back the general as a way of dislodging President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brothers from power. Gen Fonseka, who recently retired, has yet to confirm he will stand. He and the president are both Sinhalese nationalists...
Tags: Sarath Fonseka, Fonseka Colombo, Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, president mahinda, general sarath, sri lankan, lanka opposition, common candidate, national parties, Colombo, Politics, Sri Lankan people, Sinhalese people, War Conflict, United National Party, D. A. Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremasinghe, Year of birth missing, Social Issues, Jathika Hela Urumaya, Tamil people, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Freedom Party, New Left Front, Mano Ganesan, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Rana Sura Padakkama, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Mangala Samaraweera
Fonseka must accept 10-point policy as Opposition candidate
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 21 days ago
Credibility Retired General Sarath Fonseka’s candidature for presidency as a consensus Opposition contender from the newly United National Front (UNF) was subject to his accepting a 10-point policy statement of the Front, Opposition leader and former PM, Ranil Wickremesinghe...
Tags: Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka, Muslim, sri lankan, muslim political, S.Lanka, general sarath, presidential elections, political parties, Colombo, Military of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Chief of the Defence Staff, Sinhalese people, Sri Lankan people, Year of birth missing, Politics, D. A. Rajapaksa, Tamil Eelam, United National Party, War Conflict, Ganesan, Western People's Front, Tamil people, Tamil Sri Lankans, Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, Mano Ganesan, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan presidential election, Ranil Wickremasinghe
History Teaches Us Many Lessons
London :: United Kingdom | 22 days ago
Credibility When I wrote the article ‘United we stand divided we fall’ I could see trouble brewing ahead with an effort by vested interests to divide the nationalistic forces. It is now fast reaching the boiling point with the resignation of General Sarath Fonseka...
Tags: Mahasena, Kandyan, general sarath, Sarath Fonseka, Sinhala Army, Mahanasena, Mahanayake Theras, British Army, vested interests, best friend, United Kingdom, London, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Radala, Kandian Wars, Kingdom of Kandy, Kandyan Convention
Sri Lankan general aims for politics
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 28 days ago
Credibility THE Sri Lankan military chief who masterminded the defeat of the Tamil Tigers, General Sarath Fonseka, has resigned his post and is expected to run for president. The general's abrupt retirement, just months after the military triumph, has sent shockwaves...
Tags: Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lankan, president mahinda, Mahinda Rajapaksa, general sarath, political prisoners, army chiefs, Colombo, Mr. Rajapaksa, tamil political, Sri Lanka, D. A. Rajapaksa, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Sinhalese people, Sri Lankan people, Year of birth missing, Politics, War Conflict, Chief of the Defence Staff, Military of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremasinghe, United National Party, United People's Freedom Alliance, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Pakistan Air Force, Rao Qamar Suleman, Chief of Air Staff, Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed, Tamil Eelam, Sri Lanka Army, Eelam War IV, Internally displaced person, Sri Lankan Civil War, Vaharai Bombing, Politics of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Chief of Staff resigned from his post
Sri Lankan Chief of staff, former army commander Genarl Sarath Fonseka has handed over a letter of resignation today on 12 November amidst the rumours that he will contest the next presidential election against to the present Sri Lankan president Mahinda...
Tags: General Sarath Fonseka, Army commander, Chief of Staff, Resignation, Sri Lanka, President of Sri Lanka, Genaral Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka Army, general sarath, War Conflict, sri lankan, Politics, president mahinda, Mahina Rajapakshe, Mahinda Rajapakshe, Gotabaya Rajapakshe, lankan chief, Sarath Fonseka, allnews, Sinhalese people, Colombo, Sri Lankan people, Genarl Sarath Fonseka, Office of the Chief of Defence Staff
General Fonseka arrived in Sri Lanka ending a furore
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | about 1 month ago
Credibility Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka arrived in Colombo this morning at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo. According to an airport source, he was immediately driven away under tight security. Earlier, Sri Lanka’s US Embassy in a...
Tags: Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka, General Fonseka, Reuters Fonseka, Colombo, general sarath, Rohitha Bogollagama, fonseka returns, fonseka arrived
Sri Lanka urges US Homeland Securities to desist from the planned interview with General Sarath Fonseka under oath
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | about 1 month ago
Credibility Sri Lanka urges US Homeland Securities to desist from the planned interview with General Sarath Fonseka under oath. It is further learnt that the Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka has agreed to be Sri Lanka Government strongly opposes moves...
Tags: Sri Lanka Army, Sarath Fonseka, general sarath, Tamil Tigers, tamils tigers, Rohitha Bogollagama, U.S, US Homeland Securities Department, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
US 'to quiz Sri Lanka army chief'
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Sri Lankan government has told the BBC that it objects to American plans to interview General Sarath Fonseka, who is currently on a visit to the US. The American State Department published a recent report outlining allegations of human rights abuses...
Tags: Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka, war crimes, sri lankan, general sarath, trades union
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