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Colombo, Nov. 24: Sri Lanka’s former military chief, General Sarath Fonseka, will challenge his ex-boss President Mahinda Rajapakse in elections next year, a key leftist Opposition party announced on Tuesday. The JVP, or People’s Liberation Front, which...
Tags: Sarath Fonseka, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, JVP, Mr Rajapakse, Pakistan, Islamabad, Army, War on Terrorism, Politics, Al-Qaeda, War in Afghanistan, Year of birth missing, War Conflict
Mano Ganesan MP has decided to skip today’s meeting arranged with General (retd.) Saratah Fonseka. Leader of the Western People's Front earlier told that his party is keeping their options open on the presidential election, but he said today that he will...
Tags: Mano Ganesan MP, Asian Tribune, TNA, presidential election, Sarath Fonseka, Sarath Foneska, various options, Saratah Fonseka, R. Sampanthar MP, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Tamil Sri Lankans, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ganesan, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Sri Lankan people, Sinhalese people, Year of birth missing, Politics
On Monday 23rd, the President had sent a proclamation to the Commissioner of Elections to seek a fresh mandate. And this was a much awaited declaration for the Opposition Front. Then on Tuesday, there were reports that the dispute between the UNP and...
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CID questions JVP weekly editor [TamilNet, Monday, 23 November 2009, 18:44 GMT] Chandana Sirimalwatte, editor of Sinhala weekly �Lanka� was questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department of Sri Lanka Police Monday for about two and a half hours over...
Tags: CID, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Irregular military, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka Police Service, Sarath Fonseka, Sinhalese people, Sri Lankan people, Year of birth missing, War Conflict, Law Crime
President Mahinda Rajapaksa proclaimed that he will seek a fresh mandate as per constitutional provision and this has been duly gazetted (Gazette Notification No...According to the Constitution, an incumbent President, if he/she so wishes, can opt to...
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa will make a special announcement tomorrow (Monday) about elections. According to Basil Rajapaksa MP and the Special Advisor to the President, initially the presidential elections will be held followed by the parliamentary general...
Tags: Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, TNA Members of Parliament, TNA Parliament, Zurich Meeting Varathakumar, Asian Tribune, muslims leaders, announce tomorrow, Rauff Hakeem MP, presidential elections, Sri Lanka, Jaffna, Year of birth missing, Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, Tamil National Alliance, Tamil United Liberation Front, Tamil Eelam, Sri Lankan people, Sinhalese people, Politics
Fonseka, who quit following differences with Rajapaksa, is upset over being denied a larger security cover as also on being ordered to vacate his official bungalow. General (retd) Fonseka will file a fundamental rights case this week requesting for more...
Tags: Sarath Fonseka, security personnel, India, Mumbai, Sri Lanka Army, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment, Year of birth missing, Politics, Sinhalese people, Military of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan people
A Tamil Canadian protester chokes back tears as she recalls a cellphone conversation she had several days ago with a cousin detained in a Sri Lankan camp holding Tamils displaced during the country's civil war. "She doesn't know where her husband is.
Tags: Sri Lanka, Mannaar-Jaffna, sri lankan, Jaffna Sinhala Mahavidyalaya, internment camps, bus services, Colombo, services resumed, tamils tigers, tamils civilians, Jaffna, War Conflict, Politics, Sri Lankan people, Sinhalese people, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Tamil Eelam, D. A. Rajapaksa, Internally displaced person, Sri Lankan Civil War, TamilNet, Eelam War IV, Social Issues, Year of birth missing, Jaffna District, Politics of Sri Lanka, Tamil people, Operation Unceasing Waves III, Northern Province Sri Lanka, Sarath Fonseka
Companies registered by Danuna Tilakaratne (son-in-law of General Sarath Fonseka and son of retired Brigadier Tilakaratne) in Oklahoma, USA, had submitted false evidence to win tenders they had submitted in Sri Lanka to the Army, Navy, Air force and the...
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Former Army Commander and Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka has rented out a house in the most luxurious location in front of Royal College, Colombo, almost next to the Chinese restaurant. General Sarath Fonseka continued to reside in his...
Tags: General Fonseka, Sarath Fonseka, Army Headquarters, China, Shanghai, Mahinda Rajapaksa, D. A. Rajapaksa, Sinhalese people, Sri Lankan people, Year of birth missing, Politics