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Sarath Fonseka

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Name: Sarath Fonseka

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

TNA’s strategy for NPC elections & CHoGM

When looking at the UNP’s new list of electoral organisers, we see that General Sarath Fonseka has once again been left high and dry. Two of the three UNP parliamentarians who had pledged their support to Fonseka and were even planning to field a separate ... [Published LankaWeb - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Elections, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sarath Fonseka, Colombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Protests against electricity tariff hike strengthen people’s power

The country’s political arena became heated last week, with protests against the government’s controversial electricity tariff hike taking centre stage. Opposition parties and trade unions held a massive protest march in Colombo on Wednesday (15), as ... [Published The Nation.lk - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Sarath Fonseka, Wimal Weerawansa, Elections, Suresh Premachandran

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka's Fonseka says 2005 bomb attack was a conspiracy

Sri Lanka’s Democratic Party leader General Sarath Fonseka yesterday told the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that the April 2005 attempt to assassinate him within Army Headquarters could have been a bigger conspiracy. Fonseka is former commander ... [Published Asia News Network - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka, Conspiracy, Bomb

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 3 reports

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

CID questions SF 7 years after he survived bomb attack

Democratic Party leader General Sarath Fonseka yesterday told the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that the April 2005 attempt to assassinate him within Army Headquarters could have been a bigger conspiracy.Having blamed the LTTE for the suicide ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 16 2013]

Entities: Sarath Fonseka, Bomb, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Criminal Investigation Department, Party Leader

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Former Sri Lanka army chief questioned on 2006 attack

COLOMBO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Former Sri Lankan army commander Sarath Fonseka was questioned on Thursday by the police regarding a 2006 assassination attempt on his life.A spokesman for Fonseka said that officers of the Criminal Investigations Department ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 16 2013]

Entities: Sarath Fonseka, Mahinda Rajapakse, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Suicide Attack

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ranil, SF on one stage, lambaste Government

Protest against new power tariff formula:UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and Democratic Party (DP) leader, former army commander General Sarath Fonseka yesterday lambasted the government for heaping burdens on those struggling to make ends meet.Addressing ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 16 2013]

Entities: Sarath Fonseka, C. B. Ratnayake, National List, Ranil Wickremesinghe

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Mahinda Rajapakse

A New Political Regime Post-2010 in Sri Lanka: A Hybrid Regime

Image courtesy Brisbane Times by Laksiri Jayasuriya , University of Western Australia Introduction The 2010 Sri Lankan Presidential and Parliamentary elections that took place shortly after the end of a debilitating 25 year-old civil war ... [Published groundviews - May 15 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse, Sarath Fonseka, Civil War

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Polls chief launches project to attract more voters

Shanty dwellers, affluent class show no interest in votingIn the wake of growing voter apathy, the Election Secretariat has launched a special project to attract more Lankans to exercise their franchise.Polls Chief Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday said that ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 15 2013]

Entities: Sarath Fonseka, Elections, Apathy, Displaced People, Sri Lanka

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Cost of blind plunges

When Leader of Sri Lanka’s Muslim-Tamil Alliance Azath Salley was arrested recently under the much-dreaded Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), we were told by the government spokesmen that he was a threat to national security as he was inciting the Muslims ... [Published Asia News Network - May 13 2013]

Entities: Wimal Weerawansa, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Affidavit, Sri Lanka

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Jogging tracks, parks reason for flooding-SF

Democratic National Alliance Leader Sarath Fonseka said today that the recent flash floods in Colombo and Gampaha was due to the incorrectly-built jogging tracks and parks.“The jogging tracks and parks built by the authorities are not up to proper standards ... [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - May 10 2013]

Entities: Gampaha (Sri Lanka), Sarath Fonseka, Democratic National Alliance, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Queen Elizabeth II

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka's former Army Commander says government is protecting terrorist leaders

* Apr 25, Colombo: Former Army Commander of Sri Lanka and Leader of the Democratic Party (DP) Sarath Fonseka says the government is protecting terrorist leaders.Fonseka said the government is protecting separatist, terrorist leaders and preventing them ... [Published Colombo Page - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Terrorists, Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka's former Army Commander begins organizing his new party

* Apr 21, Colombo: Sri Lanka's former Army Commander, Sarath Fonseka has called application for membership and organizer positions in his new political party.In an advertisement published in Sunday newspapers, the 2010 presidential candidate of the common ... [Published Colombo Page - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka, Organism, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

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TNA’s strategy for NPC elections & CHoGM [Published LankaWeb - 6 hours ago]
Protests against electricity tariff hike streng... [Published The Nation.lk - 10 hours ago]
Reconciliation, Rights & Freedom: Four year... [Published groundviews - May 18 2013]
Sri Lanka's Fonseka says 2005 bomb attack was a... [Published Asia News Network - May 17 2013]
CID questions SF 7 years after he survived bomb... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 16 2013]
CID grills Fonseka [Published Sunday Observer - May 16 2013]
Former Sri Lanka army chief questioned on 2006 ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 16 2013]
CID records statement from SF [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - May 16 2013]
Ranil, SF on one stage, lambaste Government [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 16 2013]
A New Political Regime Post-2010 in Sri Lanka: ... [Published groundviews - May 15 2013]
Polls chief launches project to attract more vo... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 15 2013]
New & old knowledge about the 13-A death-trap [Published LankaWeb - May 15 2013]
Cost of blind plunges [Published Asia News Network - May 13 2013]
Jogging tracks, parks reason for flooding-SF [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - May 10 2013]
Pressure builds up on Sri Lankan government ove... [Published Colombo Page - May 07 2013]
Island in the storm: a trip to Sri Lanka [Published Observer - May 05 2013]
Is the Tamil Diaspora Against Unity in Sri Lanka? [Published groundviews - May 04 2013]
NZ's reputation at stake over summit venue [Published Dominion Post - May 02 2013]
FUTA delivers leaflets, except at NFF, govt. Ma... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 01 2013]
Daya Master: the Tiger leader turned politico [Published Haveeru Daily Online - May 01 2013]
Electricity tariff hike can be rallying point f... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Apr 30 2013]
Ranil controlled by President Shiral "They have... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Apr 30 2013]
Losing The Plot – Game, Set And Match? [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - Apr 28 2013]
May Day rallies: [Published Sunday Observer - Apr 28 2013]
Sri Lanka's former Army Commander says governme... [Published Colombo Page - Apr 25 2013]
A commemorative event was held at the JRJ Cente... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Apr 24 2013]
Gen. Fonsekas DP May Day rally at Pelawatte [Published Sri Lanka Island - Apr 22 2013]
Sri Lanka's former Army Commander begins organi... [Published Colombo Page - Apr 21 2013]
Pointing fingers [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - Apr 21 2013]
Musharraf may be worlds first army chief to be ... [Published The News International - Apr 19 2013]

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Reconciliation, Rights & Freedom: Four year... [Published groundviews - May 18 2013] Image courtesy The Telegraph It is now 4 years after the end of the war. The way we Sri Lankans will remember the end of the war is likely to demonstrate once again how divided we are, as North and South, as Sinhalese and Tamils. Some Tamil ...
A New Political Regime Post-2010 in Sri Lanka: ... [Published groundviews - May 15 2013] Image courtesy Brisbane Times by Laksiri Jayasuriya , University of Western Australia Introduction The 2010 Sri Lankan Presidential and Parliamentary elections that took place shortly after the end of a debilitating 25 year-old civil war ...
Is the Tamil Diaspora Against Unity in Sri Lanka? [Published groundviews - May 04 2013] “The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes The Tamil Diaspora is a diverse ethnic group. Amongst it, the majority are strongly connected to their kith and kin in the ...
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Are you listening? [Published groundviews - Apr 16 2013] Image from Lanka Standard After nearly 7 years of postgraduate education and independent research experience abroad, I returned to Sri Lanka in mid 2003, to work in my mother country Sri Lanka that gave me free education all the way upto university ...
A Missing Person in Sri Lanka: Heartfelt Issues... [Published groundviews - Mar 28 2013] Image courtesy Salon / AP Photo by Eranga Jayawardena When I was in Sri Lanka from mid-April to early June 2009 I was on holiday with my wife and not able to pursue investigations in any depth. In contrast my sojourn in May-June 2010 focused on ...