Month: July 2019

lasantha In April this year, Ahimsa Wickrematunge filed a lawsuit against former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the District Court of Central California, alleging his involvement in her father Lasantha Wickrematunge’s 2009 assassination. In response, on 27 June, a petition was filed on behalf of Rajapaksa before the District Court, requesting a dismissal of Ahimsa Wickrematunge’s civil suit. In an… Continue reading "“I filed a Case Against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the USA Because he Seems to be Enjoying Unique Impunity in Sri Lankan Courts” – Lasantha Wickrematunge’s Daughter Ahimsa in Interview"

In late April, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a former defence secretary and the brother of a past president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, announced that he would contest the presidential election that is due to be held in late 2019. The Economist Intelligence Unit believes that he is likely to win that contest, and in this article we look at what the political and policy… Continue reading "What Would a Gotabaya Rajapaksa Presidency in Sri Lanka Look Like? – An Analysis by “The Economist” Intelligence Unit"

At a time when the nation is debating Ram Mandir, BJP and Congress in Madhya Pradesh have locked horns over construction of ‘Sita Mata temple’ in Sri Lanka – a promise of former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan that never went beyond the planning stage. On Monday, MP minister for religious trusts and endowments, P C Sharma, alleged that the Chouhan… Continue reading "BJP, Cong in epic battle over Sita Mata temple in Lanka"

Representatives of Sri Lankan Tamils met BJP state president Tamilisai Soundararajan and other senior party leaders like Pon Radhakrishnan, L Ganeshan and Vanathi Srinivasan to discuss the prevailing situation in the island nation and the welfare and housing schemes implemented by the Narendra Modi government for the Lankan Tamils. The meeting was held at the party state headquarters. Tamilisai told… Continue reading "Representatives of Sri Lankan Tamils meet BJP leaders"

(Lanka-e-News – 15.July.2019, 10.30AM) A magistrate in the northeastern town of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, acquitted all 13 defendants in the execution of five ethnic Tamil students on January 2, 2006, known as the “Trinco Five” case, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said last week. On July 3, 2019, the magistrate acquitted 12 members of the police Special Task Force… Continue reading "No Justice for ‘Trinco 5 Tamil Students killed’ ; Magistrate Acquits 13 Police for ‘Lack of Evidence’"