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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Seeman withdraws plea to quash charge sheet filed in 2010 inflammatory speech case

Naam Tamilar Katchi chief coordinator S. Seeman on Thursday withdrew a petition in the Madras High Court in 2021 challenging a charge sheet filed against him by the Greater Chennai City Police for reportedly speaking in favour of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and issuing threats targeting Sinhalese students in Tamil Nadu in 2010. Subramaniam and M. Jothiraman, …

Sri Lanka Indian Charge Sheet Seeman Inflammatory Speech

1 month, 1 week ago

Sinhalese-majority alliance captures Tamil fort on its own

New Indian Express

While everyone expected the National People’s Power to win the Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, the party’s spectacular scale of victory in the results declared on Friday has surprised many. However, more importantly, this is the first time in the country’s history that a Sinhalese-majority formation, without the support of any established Tamil entity, has emerged as the leading party in …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Landslide win for Sri Lanka’s leftist coalition in snap general elections

Al Jazeera

President Dissanayake now has the mandate he needs to tackle corruption and recover stolen assets after financial crash. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition has achieved a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections, delivering the self-described Marxist leader a powerful mandate to fight poverty and corruption in the crisis-stricken nation. The Election Commission of Sri Lanka said on …

Sri Lanka Coalition Power Vote President Dissanayake Npp

1 month, 1 week ago

Sri Lankan president's NPP secures majority in parliamentary elections

New Indian Express

COLOMBO: The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday, providing a solid mandate for his program for economic revival. Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won at least 123 of the 225 seats in parliament, according to partial results released by the Elections Commission. The Samagi …

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1 month, 1 week ago

What does Sri Lankan President's promise to return state-occupied land mean for the Tamils?

New Indian Express

According to California-based think tank 'The Oakland Institute', the land grabs strategically targetted the most densely Tamil and Muslim populated areas "to erase their history and culture while destroying their claim to a unified homeland." Even if the politicians want, the military will not give up the control of the land," explained Dr Paul Newman, associate professor of History at …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

In Sri Lanka’s hill country, expectations low ahead of presidential polls

The Hindu

“There is little to look forward to in Sri Lanka,” says Kathir*, who will board a plane to Dubai later this month for an electrical maintenance job, leaving behind his parents, wife and two children. Enduring deprivation Families like his, living in the towns of Sri Lanka’s hill country, may still be relatively better off, compared to those working and …

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4 months ago

Dinush Kurera says he suffered from memory loss while allegedly murdering wife Nelomie Perera

ABC

An accused murderer says he can't remember how many times he swung an axe at his wife, blaming his memory loss on the fear he was experiencing. Dinush Kurera said he was acting in self-defence when he killed his estranged wife Nelomie Perera on December 3, 2022, at her house in Sandhurst, in Melbourne's south-east. Crown Prosecutor Mark Gibson said …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Heir apparent to Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa family will run in September’s presidential election

Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election in September, his political party said Wednesday, in an apparent bid to regain his family’s lost power after a humiliating setback two years ago during an unprecedented economic crisis in the Indian ocean island nation. …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Rajapaksas to launch political comeback bid in Sri Lanka

Deccan Chronicle

Sri Lanka's powerful Rajapaksa clan, which suffered political battering due to the country's worst economic crisis in 2022, will launch its political comeback bid on Sunday by targeting the impending elections. Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ex-prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa were ousted from power during anti-government protests following the crippling financial and political crisis in …

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7 months ago

A poverty of hope among Sri Lankan Tamils

The Hindu

When Antony Jesurathnam Mariapushparani, 62, recalls the horrific final days of Sri Lanka’s civil war in striking detail, it is hard to believe it has been 15 years since its end. I saw the destruction with my own eyes,” she says of the time when tens of thousands of Tamils, including women, children, and infants, were killed in the Sri …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Sri Lanka’s Tamils face arrest as they remember the dead

The Hindu

The recent arrest of four Tamils in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province — when they commemorated their loved ones killed in the final phases of the civil war in 2009 — has put Tamils’ right to memorialise in sharp focus yet again. The police said the arrests were based on magistrate court orders that ruled against holding such commemorative events, citing …

Sri Lanka Sri Arrest Remember Tamils Ltte Eastern Province

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Afghanistan announce squad for one-off Test against Ireland; Rahmanullah Gurbaz in line for potential debut

India TV News

Afghanistan Cricket Board announced a strong squad for the one-off Test match against Ireland on Monday, February 26. The star wicketkeeper batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz is included in the team for his potential debut in red-ball cricket but the ace spin bowler Rashid Khan continues to miss out due to injury. We have thoroughly monitored the proceedings and have picked the …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Sri Lankans are squabbling over monuments

Hindustan Times

On a wooded hill edged by rice fields in Sri Lanka’s northern Mullaitivu district sit the ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery. For Sinhalese nationalists such as Ellawala Medhananda, a Buddhist monk and author of a popular book on the Buddhist heritage of Sri Lanka’s north and east, such ruins serve a keen political purpose. At the heart of the …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Mathews, Chandimal slam tons to hand Sri Lanka 212-run lead vs Afghanistan

Hindustan Times

Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal scored centuries and shared 232 runs for the fourth wicket to take Sri Lanka to a strong position in the one-off Test against Afghanistan on Saturday. Dinesh Chandimal celebrates after scoring a century with Angelo Mathews during Day 2 of the one-off Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Their 232-run partnership took 380 …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Angelo Mathews disturbs own timber in attempt to smash half-tracker from Qais Ahmed l WATCH

India TV News

Sri Lanka posted a huge total on Day 2 of the only Test match against Afghanistan to stretch their first innings lead to 212 on Saturday. Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal registered impressive centuries at Sinhalese Sports Club but Afghanistan made a comeback with three late wickets. Mathews scored 141 off 259 with the help of 14 fours and three …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghanistan announce squad for one-off Test vs Sri Lanka, Rashid Khan still injured

India TV News

Afghanistan have announced their squad for the one-off Test match against Sri Lanka that will be played from February 2 to February 6 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo. The squad has been picked after the players underwent two-week preparation camp in Nangarhar followed by a 10-day conditioning camp in Abu Dhabi. We have thoroughly monitored the …

Cricket Sri Lanka Test Squad

1 year, 4 months ago

How China's absence in Sri Lanka's economic meltdown creates strategic opening for India

Firstpost

China, not quite an iron brother of Sri Lanka’s like Pakistan, surprisingly stayed in the wings during Colombo’s economic meltdown last year, creating strategic space for New Delhi. During Sri Lanka’s first sovereign default in April 2022, approaching IMF for bailout of $3 billion and the rescue efforts including debt treatment China preferred to stay out allowing India to take …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lankan President plans to implement 13th Amendment: How is it significant for India? Know about it

India TV News

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is planning to press ahead with his quest for the full implementation of the 13th Amendment as part of his reconciliation efforts with the nation’s minority Tamil community, officials said. The Tamil minority community in Sri Lanka has been demanding the implementation of the 13th Amendment that provides for the devolution of power to it. …

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1 year, 4 months ago

40 years since ‘Black July’, little space in Sri Lanka to remember the dead

The Hindu

When a handful of individuals convened near the Borella Cemetery in Colombo on July 23, to mark the 40th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s anti-Tamil pogrom in 1983, a few angry young men disrupted the proceedings despite heavy police presence. “I couldn’t follow everything at the time, but I understood that the Tamils were in danger.” And very soon, the danger …

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1 year, 4 months ago

SL vs PAK, 2nd Test: Pakistan takes 12-run lead over Sri Lanka at stumps in rain-hit day 2

The Hindu

Pakistan took a 12-run lead over Sri Lanka in the second Test on Tuesday with eight first-innings wickets left after only 10 overs were bowled on the rain-hit second day. Members of ground staff cover the pitch as the rain stops the second-day play of the second and final cricket Test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese …

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1 year, 5 months ago

SL vs PAK 2nd Test, Dream11 Prediction: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Predicted XI, Fantasy Tips, Full Squads

The Hindu

The second Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan will begin from Monday at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo. SL VS PAK 2ND TEST PREDICTED XI SRI LANKA PREDICTED XI Nishan Madushka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando/Kasun Rajitha, Asitha Fernando. PAKISTAN PREDICTED XI Abdullah Shafique, …

Sri Lanka Test Pak 2Nd Test Vs Pak 2Nd Pakistan Predicted

1 year, 5 months ago

ACC Men's Emerging Cup 2023 Live Streaming in India: When and where to watch IND-A vs UAE-A on TV and online?

India TV News

India A will kick off their ACC Men's Emerging Cup 2023 campaign with a Group B match against United Arab Emirates A at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club on Friday, July 14. India A vs UAE A match will be played at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club Where can you watch IND-A vs UAE-A match on TV in India? Fans from India …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Sports Events In July 2023: Wimbledon, FIFA Women’s World Cup, Ashes, And More

ABP News

Sports Events in July 2023: The month of July promises a feast for sports lovers with several high-profile sporting tournaments scheduled in this month. These include the Ashes 2023, Wimbledon, FIFA Womens World Cup, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers and the Tour de France among others. There are other sports event also lined up, for instance, three chapters of the …

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1 year, 5 months ago

40 Years Since Black July, No Change, No Justice in Sri Lanka

The Diplomat

To date, no government official, politician, or civilian has been held accountable for the violence against Tamils seen during Black July. Speaking to an interviewer with the London Daily Telegraph in the midst of the devastation of Sri Lanka’s Black July, then-Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene stated: “Really, if I starve the Tamil people out, the Sinhala people will …

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Seeman withdraws plea to quash charge sheet filed in 2010 inflammatory speech case

Sinhalese-majority alliance captures Tamil fort on its own

Landslide win for Sri Lanka’s leftist coalition in snap general elections

Sri Lankan president's NPP secures majority in parliamentary elections

What does Sri Lankan President's promise to return state-occupied land mean for the Tamils?

In Sri Lanka’s hill country, expectations low ahead of presidential polls

Dinush Kurera says he suffered from memory loss while allegedly murdering wife Nelomie Perera

Heir apparent to Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa family will run in September’s presidential election

Rajapaksas to launch political comeback bid in Sri Lanka

A poverty of hope among Sri Lankan Tamils

Sri Lanka’s Tamils face arrest as they remember the dead

Afghanistan announce squad for one-off Test against Ireland; Rahmanullah Gurbaz in line for potential debut

Sri Lankans are squabbling over monuments

Mathews, Chandimal slam tons to hand Sri Lanka 212-run lead vs Afghanistan

Angelo Mathews disturbs own timber in attempt to smash half-tracker from Qais Ahmed l WATCH

Afghanistan announce squad for one-off Test vs Sri Lanka, Rashid Khan still injured

How China's absence in Sri Lanka's economic meltdown creates strategic opening for India

Sri Lankan President plans to implement 13th Amendment: How is it significant for India? Know about it

40 years since ‘Black July’, little space in Sri Lanka to remember the dead

SL vs PAK, 2nd Test: Pakistan takes 12-run lead over Sri Lanka at stumps in rain-hit day 2

SL vs PAK 2nd Test, Dream11 Prediction: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Predicted XI, Fantasy Tips, Full Squads

ACC Men's Emerging Cup 2023 Live Streaming in India: When and where to watch IND-A vs UAE-A on TV and online?

Sports Events In July 2023: Wimbledon, FIFA Women’s World Cup, Ashes, And More

40 Years Since Black July, No Change, No Justice in Sri Lanka