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Fonseka’s 2nd court martial postponed indefinitely
Fonseka’s 2nd court martial postponed indefinitely

Colombo, March 17 (PTI): Sri Lanka’s former army chief Sarath Fonseka today faced another court martial in connection with alleged contravention of military procurement procedures during his tenure, but its proceedings were put off indefinitely over the composition of its panel. READ MORE....

Manjula bags Silver at Commonwealth Boxing C’ship
Manjula bags Silver at Commonwealth Boxing C’ship

Manjula D.K. Wanniarachchi of Sri Lanka has won the Silver medal a short while ago at the 5th Commonwealth Boxing Championships being held in India. READ MORE...

VIDEO: The CoL is the responsibility of the Finance Minister - Bandula
VIDEO: The CoL is the responsibility of the Finance Minister - Bandula

The cost of living and the price of goods is completely the responsibility of the Finance Minister, Minister of Trade and consumer affairs Bandula Gunawardena said today. Even though it is the responsibility of the Finance Minister I took it upon myself, he added. MORE...

VIDEO: Ranil to re-negotiate with IMF to strike new deal
VIDEO: Ranil to re-negotiate with IMF to strike new deal

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today said that if elected he would would re-negotiate the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement and strike a new deal. He added that a standby agreement is not of any importance to the country unlike a loan for poverty reduction and development. MORE...

Fonseka’s second Court Martial conducted – Military spokesman
Fonseka’s second Court Martial conducted – Military spokesman

The second Court Martial on Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka was conducted today at the Navy Headquarters, Military spokesman Maj. Gen. Prasad Samarasinghe told Ada Derana. He added that Fonseka has appeared for the Court Martial with his lawyers. MORE...

Danuna is in Sri Lanka – CID tells court
Danuna is in Sri Lanka – CID tells court

The CID told court today that information has been received that Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka’s son-in-law Danuna Thilakarathne is still in Sri Lanka. This was revealed at a hearing when the Hicorp arms deals case was taken up at the Fort Magistrate Courts. MORE...

Expert panel will not infringe on sovereignty of Sri Lanka – Ban
Expert panel will not infringe on sovereignty of Sri Lanka – Ban

The panel of experts being set up by the United Nations as part of an accountability process following the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka will not infringe on the country’s sovereignty, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. MORE...

EU in talks with Sri Lanka on maintaining trade privileges
EU in talks with Sri Lanka on maintaining trade privileges

The European Union (EU) wants to work with Colombo to avoid the withdrawal of Sri Lanka’s trade privileges with the bloc, under threat due to rights concerns, an official said Tuesday. MORE...

Fonseka: ‘I will never give up’, claims Channel 4
Fonseka: ‘I will never give up’, claims Channel 4

Exclusive: Former army commander General Sarath Fonseka tells Channel 4 News from his Sri Lanka prison cell that he is being set up, and claims the charges he faces in a military court are bogus. READ MORE...

Lanka’s UN human rights advisory body may be delayed
Lanka’s UN human rights advisory body may be delayed

United Nations, Mar 16 (PTI): The United Nation’s proposal to form a panel on human right violations in Sri Lanka may be delayed as the world body chief is still considering its terms of references. READ MORE...

AUDIO: Fonseka appears for first Court Martial
AUDIO: Fonseka appears for first Court Martial

Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka today appeared for his first Court Martial with his lawyers. Next session of the first Court Martial has been scheduled for April 6th, Military Spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe told Ada Derana. MORE...

UN raises Fonseka arrest with President
UN raises Fonseka arrest with President

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon raised the arrest of a defeated Sri Lankan opposition candidate with its president and expressed concern about events in the Asian nation, the United Nations said on Wednesday. MORE...

Sri Lanka: Secret list reveals government’s media hit list, claims AI
Sri Lanka: Secret list reveals government’s media hit list, claims AI

A leaked list – believed to be compiled by the Sri Lankan intelligence unit – has revealed the names of 35 leading journalists and NGO officers of interest to the country’s secret services. READ MORE....

USD 20m demand to release Saudi tanker with Lankan crew members
USD 20m demand to release Saudi tanker with Lankan crew members

Somali Pirates demand USD 20 million to release the Saudi oil tanker with thirteen Sri Lankan crew members, says Sri Lankan consul general in Jeddah. Saudi tanker Al Nisr Al Saudi was captured by Somali pirates two weeks ago. READ MORE....

Authorship of “Computer Jilmaart” changes
Authorship of “Computer Jilmaart” changes

The phrase ‘computer jilmaart’ is not my original phrase. It was first stated by Mahinda Rajapaksa himself after the 2004 General Elections, says Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Somawansa Amarasinghe during the Adaderana 360 discussion a short while ago. READ MORE....

TNA manifesto seeks to involve India, IC if Tamils are ignored after polls
TNA manifesto seeks to involve India, IC if Tamils are ignored after polls

If the government continues to ignore the democratic verdict of our people as in the past, we will directly take these concerns to India and the International Community, states the election manifesto of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). READ MORE....

Sri Lanka slams U.S. rights report
Sri Lanka slams U.S. rights report

Sri Lanka dismissed a U.S. State Department report on Monday accusing it of violating citizens’ rights, saying the allegations were unsubstantiated and based on reports by unnamed sources. MORE...

Removing all cutouts, posters a near impossible task, says IGP
Removing all cutouts, posters a near impossible task, says IGP

The Police are unable to completely remove all posters, cutouts and banners put up by candidates for the upcoming General Elections, said Inspector General of Police Mahinda Balasuriya, addressing the media a short while ago. READ MORE...

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Pedalling his way to parliament…

Pedalling his way to parliament…

Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, who is contesting the parliamentary elections from the Colombo District under the People’s Alliance ticket, today stared a campaign to promote his preference number. While promoting his preference number Ranawaka also tied up activities to commemorate the International Year of Biodiversity. He attended 17 places, planted 17 varieties of saplings in 17 places in Colombo, carried out a programme with 17 cyclists(pictured above) to the parliament grounds and seeked blessings from 17 Buddhist monks. Pic by Pramodh Hinsara

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DNA speaks on Court Martial...

DNA speaks on Court Martial...

JVP MP and national list candidate of DNA, Anura Kunara Dissanaya speaks to media on regarding the Court martial on Sarath Fonseka today evening. Leader of JVP Somawansa Amarasinghe looks on. Pic by Sanjaya Nallaperuma

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Tell Sanath...

Tell Sanath...

This week we are featuring Cricketing legend cum politician Sanath Jayasuriya on the Ada Derana forum. Post your comments on what you think of him entering politics, his future in cricket etc; We will take them to Sanath Jayasuriya.

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SLIIT partners with Virtusa to offer the  “Certified Software Quality Assurance Associate” course
SLIIT partners with Virtusa to offer the “Certified Software Quality Assurance Associate” course

The ‘Virtusa head start’ programme, launched in Sri Lanka acts as the perfect platform giving the pool of I.T potential in the country the head start they need to make it big in an ever evolving, ever developing, ever growing I.T world. MORE...

‘Indian Education Expo’ on 27 & 28 March in Colombo
‘Indian Education Expo’ on 27 & 28 March in Colombo

‘Indian Education Expo’, a massive endeavour to promote Indian education to Sri Lankan students will be held on 27 and 28 March 2010 at the Sri Lankan Exhibition and Convention Centre (SLECC).

CDB rewards award-winning staff with Thailand Tour
CDB rewards award-winning staff with Thailand Tour

Citizens Development Business Finance (CDB) recently rewarded the winners of its CDB RRT ‘100 million Rupee Round Table’ with an all-expenses paid tour to Thailand.

Sri Lankan wins Gold for the first time at world’s leading Photography Awards
Sri Lankan wins Gold for the first time at world’s leading Photography Awards

The Al Thani Awards for Photography 2009, one of the world’s leading competitions for photography organized by FIAP (Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique)on an annual basis, saw Sri Lanka emerge victorious in the International Award in colour photography category when Priyankara Gamage won Gold.

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The CoL is the responsibility of the Finance Minister - Bandula

Ranil to re-negotiate with IMF to strike new deal...

A legal perspective…

Fire raging at Naththandiya coconut fibre factory

Under the husband’s gaze…

Fonseka Court Martial on March 16 at Navy HQ

Some officers were penalized personally by Fonseka - Hulugalla

“Engaging the Tamil Tigers: Lessons from a Failed Peace Process”

FM’s reaction to the Ban’s advisors

Geetha wants to become Highways Minister

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Current Affairs

Where are we headed?

(Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka) Seeing it comin’: Will the Tamils silently celebrate and the Sinhalese secretly curse the day that Prabhakaran died? With his secessionist fundamentalism and ghastly terrorism, he was the biggest obstacle to achievable autonomy for Tamils.. MORE ...

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Entertainment Feature

Award winning award

There are numerous Industries & Service providers in the world which are spread in the every nook & corner of the planet. They provide us with various kinds of things which changes our lives for better or for worse. MORE... ...

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Environment

Vital rule of forest in climate change

(Minister Champika Ranawaka) A special session on climate change was held in United Nations Headquarters in New York in 2008. Representing Sri Lanka, I officiated the meeting which was attended by many world leaders and leading environmentalists. MORE... ...

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General Elections 2010 Info.

Parliamentary Elections - 2010

Parliament was dissolved through a proclamation by the President at midnight on February 9, 2010 under a Gazette Extraordinary 1640/16 and a General Election was called for on April 8, 2010. Click for more information.... ...

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Letters to the Editor

The destruction of Wilpattu National Park

The nation has now been purged of the terrorism which affected it for thirty years. The way is clear for resuming development, democracy and normalcy in civilian life. MORE... ...

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Misc

Secret book of success

History runs back more than six decades back. It was the final stages of World War II. As at present, in 1945 also American Dictatorship & Terrorism was clearly proven with some examples. MORE... ...

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Point of View

Get this: you are who you elect!

(By Malinda Seneviratne) :: Imagine today is April 10, 2010. The Elections Commissioner, Dayananda Dissanayake has announced that this party got this number of seats, that one got this amount and that the loudest mouthed party was humbled.... ...

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Politics

The trouble with the TNA

(Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka) The sin of the Tamil National Alliance in the post-war period and the current electoral context is that of omission rather than commission. It has failed to qualify and de-limit its use of the concept of ‘self determination’ and thereby signal its full separation from separatism. MORE... ...

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Gamya Wijayadasa (Gamya Prasadini Waidurya Wijayadasa) is a Sri Lankan beauty pageant titleholder who won Derana Veet Miss Sri Lanka 2009 and represented Sri Lanka in Miss World 2009 on December 12, 2
 

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