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The people in Sri Lanka stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people for their right to freedom and justice, co-chairperson of the Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine Imthiasz Bakeer Markar in a message to mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People said.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Trinidad and Tobago yesterday, November 29 agreed unanimously for Sri Lanka to host the CHOGM in 2013.

If General Sarath Fonseka contesting the Presidential election with the support of the JVP and UNP was going to accept the economic advice of the UNP it means the return of the Regaining Sri Lanka policy, JNP leader Wimal Weerawansa said.

(Lanka-e-News, Nov.29, 2009, 10.00PM) Hereunder are the answers furnished by the General Sarath Fonseka to questions posed by the media at todays’ press conference….

A group of world leaders directly appeal to Sri Lankan president to protect the rights of the IDPs.

Sri Lanka Police sources said all operations launched against underworld criminals have been suspended on the orders from superiors. With the end of the war against the LTTE the police launched an operation to eradicate underworld criminals. Over one hundred under world criminals were killed in the campaign. But some of them, including notorious criminal [...]

Nov 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said now it is clear to everyone that General Sarath Fonseka had been plotted against the government for a long time, while he was secretly engaged in politics before he retired from the Army.

TM Dilshan wins Best Cricketer at CEAT Awards in India short while ago, while Ajantha Mendis & Mahela Jayawardena receive special awards-JNW

Nov 29, Colombo: Senior geologist Dr Wilbert Kehelpannala warned people in Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya and Badulla of risk of possible landslides due to the present inter monsoon rains and the North East monsoon rains expected in late December.

The engagement of Professor Francis A. Boyle, an eminent American expert in international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, during the last years of Sri Lanka’s conflict is traced in a forthcoming book published by Clarity Press of Atlanta. Titled “The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka: The Global Failure to Protect Tamil [...]

Nov 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake has invited four international observers for monitoring missions of next presidential election scheduled on 26 January 2010.

Nov 29, Colombo: Remaining Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the welfare villages of North will be free to move from their centers from Tuesday…

Resettled IDPS in Vavuniya call on the authorities to provide them with adequate facilities or allow them back into camps.

Nov 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s first Labour Museum will be unveiled by President Mahinda Rajapaksa…

Nov 29, Colombo: General Secretary of the Ceylon Workers’ Congress, Minister Arumugm Thondaman assured that the estate workers in the country are always with the President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Nov 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa greeted the players of the Carlton 7’s Rugby Tournament 2009 at Temple Trees on Thursday evening.

(Lanka-e-News, Nov.29, 2009, 6.00PM) The foundation stone for the second International airport was laid by the President Rajapakse on 27th…

(Lanka-e-News, Nov.29, 2009, 6.00PM) It is reported that the TMVP (Makkal Viduthalai makkal puligal), the main political party of the East, and an ally of the ruling UPFA has decided…

(Lanka-e-News, Nov.29, 2009, 6.00PM) Presidential common candidate General Fonseka said, he did not come to politics removing his uniform with the aim of…

(Lanka-e-News, Nov.29, 2009, 6.00PM) Dununa Tilakaratne has forwarded two separate letters of demand through his Lawyer Charitha N. Galhena on 27th Nov. against Asian Tribune website for its…

Former Sri Lanka Army Commander General (retd) Sarath Fonseka, the common opposition candidate for the Sri Lankan presidential election, which is scheduled to be held on January 26 is to contest on the symbol swan and on the ticket of a newly registered political party. He held the first press briefing Sunday morning at Jaica [...]

A group of supporters said to be from the ruling United Peoples
Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Saturday morning attacked a group of activists
of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) when the latter were putting up
posters in connection with the rally supporting the opposition common
presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka in Maradana in Colombo,
according to a press release by the JVP.

Gen Fonseka says he could not leave the country, “in the hands of a tin-pot dictator” and pledges war crimes probe if needed.

(Lanka-e-News, Nov.29, 2009, 3.10PM) The common candidate General Fonseka at his first media briefing today (29) to announce his election manifesto stated that his election symbol is…

Colombo, Nov.29 : Sri Lanka’s former Chief of Defence Staff and army chief General (retired) Sarath Fonseka on Sunday announced that he will be the opposition contestant in the January 26, 2010 presidential polls.

MUMBAI – Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan will not extend his international career until the 2011 World Cup unless he is completely satisfied with his fitness, the world-record breaking off-spinner has said.

COLOMBO -Sri Lanka’s ex-military chief Sarath Fonseka on Sunday formally announced he would challenge his former boss President Mahinda Rajapakse in January 26 elections. Read more…

Sri Lanka’s former army chief announced Sunday he will run for president as head of a coalition of opposition parties, challenging President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an electoral battle that will pit the two war heroes against each other.

Nov 29, Colombo: A member of the main opposition United national Party who was sacked from its Working Committee this week by the Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe says he is to campaign against the retired General Sarath Fonseka’s presidential bid.

Three leading Commonwealth nations – Britain, Canada and New Zealand — are spearheading a move to deny Colombo the privilege of hosting the next summit. They have raised strong objections on the grounds that civilians were affected during the final stages of the military campaign against Tiger guerrillas.

Four International Observers have been invited by Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake to monitor the January 26 presidential elections.

Education Ministry officials present at the meeting to review the closure of schools in the Central Province have expressed their displeasure at the move which was taken by the Central Provincial Council (CPC) without consulting the Ministry.

The allocation of land for the new Trincomalee Tourism Zone, which was to begin from January may now have to be put off in view of the scheduled Presidential election and President Rajapaksa’s directive to halt all alienations of state land pending the conclusion of the election.

Troubled state oil utility – Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is faced with a major crisis and a loss of nearly Rs. 1 billion with the Attorney General ruling out litigation against alleged contaminated fuel oil supplier – Vitol Asia Ltd of Singapore.

Nov 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former top ranking Army leader and Presidential hopeful General Sarath Fonseka said he wants to eliminate corruption and restore democracy in the country if he was elected.

Sri Lanka’s former top general, General Sarath Fonseka, prays at a Buddhist temple before announcing his resignation in Colombo November 12, 2009. Fonseka, who oversaw the end of 25 years of civil war said on Sunday he will contest the presidential election in January against President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Sri Lanka’s ex-military chief Sarath Fonseka on Sunday formally announced he would challenge his former boss President Mahinda Rajapakse in January 26 elections.

Sri Lanka’s ex-military chief Sarath Fonseka on Sunday formally announced his bid to challenge his former boss President Mahinda Rajapakse in January 26 elections.

The Sri Lankan general who oversaw the end of 25 years of war said on Sunday he will run for president, pitting himself against the man who also takes credit for the victory against Tamil Tiger rebels.

Source: Reuters (Writes through)

By Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez

COLOMBO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan general who oversaw the end of 25 years of war said on Sunday he will run for president, pitting …

Several dozen protesters carried placards in front of the Gap and Banana Republic stores on Wisconsin Avenue, Maryland, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, urging ethical U.S. shoppers to boycott garments produced in Sri Lanka, sources in Washington D.C. said. Shoppers were told that the protesters have no issues with consumers shopping in [...]

Gen Sarath Fonseka says will contest presidential elections under the ‘Swan’ symbol in a registered political party-JNW

Nov 29, Colombo: Australia has been selected as the venue to host the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in 2011 Australian reports said.

Sri Lanka Masters made amends for their loss in the opening match of the Cricket Legends of Barbados Cup against West Indies Masters, by beating South Africa Masters by four runs in Bridgetown

Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan general who oversaw the end of 25 years of civil war said on Sunday he will contest the presidential election in January against President Mahinda Rajapaksa …

Nov 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka has appointed a four-member team to investigate crash of the Air Force MI-24 helicopter gunship on last Friday afternoon that killed all the four occupants on board.

Around 20,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) brought to Jaffna from Vavuniyaa camps and handed over to their relatives are experiencing hardships as they are unable to make a living on their own due to lack of funds and government restrictions, civil society sources in Jaffna said. The local and international Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Jaffna [...]

The strategy to defeat the LTTE in the Wanni battlefront was not a simple one, like the way it was d..

The Welfare General Committee (WGC) of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Jaffna demands the speedy resettlement of IGPs in their own places occupied by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in its High Security Zones (HSZs) in Jaffna peninsula before the Presidential elections, WGC sources said. WGC has decided to present its request directly to Sri Lanka [...]

A fourteen minutes blitz by Sri Lanka brought down a fancied South Korean outfit as the Lankans entered the quarter finals with a 22 points (1 goal, 3 tries) to 12 (1 goal, 1 try) win at the Carlton International Rugby 7’s 2009 Asia Pool `Cup’ match at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday.

The Chinese government is positively considering to support the reconstruction efforts of the North and East said the first secretary of the Chinese Embassy Sun Lee Dong reading out a message sent by the Chinese Ambassador Yang Xiuping at the National Business Excellence Awards organized by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL).

On the subject of hosting CHOGM on 2011 in Colombo, Sri Lanka received the support of 45 countries out of the total of 51 member states who participated in the Commonwealth Ministers’ Meeting on Wednesday held in Trinidad & Tobago.On the other hand United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada did not support the holding of [...]

Gen . Fonseka when discussing with an English newspaper recently categorically stated that the Govt..

General Sarath Fonseka will formally announce his candidature today Sunday, November 29, at a press ..

At least five candidates including NSSP leader Dr. Wickremabahu Karunaratne and United Socialist..

Gordon Brown does not want to reward Colombo after military repression against Tamil population Britain wants to block Sri Lanka from hosting the next Commonwealth heads of government meeting in 2011 in protest at Colombo’s military repression against the Tamil population earlier this year. Speaking at the opening of a summit in Trinidad and Tobago [...]

(Lanka-e-News, Nov.27, 2009, 7.35PM) The leaders of the UNF alliance at a meeting held this morning (27) at the SLMC Headquarters decided unanimously to appoint…

Thousands of British Tamils carrying red roses, gloriosa lilies (Karthikaipoo: Tamil Eelam national flower) and lamps, are filing into the main venue, at the Excel Centre in East London, where large cut-outs of Tamil Eelam were displayed on either side of the stage.

Retired Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka in an exclusive interview with Daily Mirror on..