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Responding to criticism that the Sri Lankan government
had jeopardised relations with China by turning away a ship carrying a
consignment of armaments ordered by the Army soon after the war ended in
May, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on Saturday (Dec 26), said
that he had no option but to refuse the cargo as that particular
purchase was not required in the post-LTTE era. In a brief interview with The Island, the Defence
Secretary said that had he accepted the..
Who can come between them?
President Mahinda Rajapaksa
shares a light moment with his younger brother Basil at a propaganda
rally at Kalpitiya on Saturday.
Pic Kamal Wanniarachchi
Lanka appreciates
US-Singapore co-operation in terror probe
Welcoming the handing over of a politician allegedly
involved with the LTTE to the US by Singapore, the Sri Lankan government
yesterday said that the ongoing US investigation could shed light on
clandestine links among the...
Plan to destroy minorities’
political power, Hakeem says
SLMC leader Rauf Hakeem charged that President Mahinda
Rajapaksa’s government was systematically destroying the political power
of minorities. Addressing a recent press conference in Kalmunai, he
alleged that the...
The mutiny
in the TNA
One of the more significant developments that
has resulted from the presidential...
