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Colombo – Thursday: JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe  confirming that the party had quit the coalition government over the tsunami aid sharing proposal. The Alliance government’s key coalition partner says its will sit in the opposition as an independent party. The Marxist JVP quit the coalition government effective from midnight Wednesday as an ultimatum to the […]

Colombo – Thursday: JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe confirming that the party had quit the coalition government over the tsunami aid sharing proposal. The Alliance government’s key coalition partner says its will sit in the opposition as an independent party. The Marxist JVP quit the coalition government effective from midnight Wednesday as an ultimatum to the […]

Colombo – Thursday: JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva says the President carried out a propaganda campaign using the governments official seal. Silva seen here holding up a document the JVP claims was circulated in public, promoting the joint mechanism over which it quit the coalition government from midnight Wednesday. The party on Thursday sent an […]

Colombo – Thursday: JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva says the President carried out a propaganda campaign using the governments official seal. Silva seen here holding up a document the JVP claims was circulated in public, promoting the joint mechanism over which it quit the coalition government from midnight Wednesday. The party on Thursday sent an […]

Top British officials say Sri Lanka’s reconstruction targets are optimistic at best, and urges setting up a controversial joint mechanism to share aid in rebel held areas of the North.Top British officials say Sri Lanka’s reconstruction targets are optimistic at best, and urges setting up a controversial joint mechanism to share aid in rebel held […]

Top British officials say Sri Lanka’s reconstruction targets are optimistic at best, and urges setting up a controversial joint mechanism to share aid in rebel held areas of the North.Top British officials say Sri Lanka’s reconstruction targets are optimistic at best, and urges setting up a controversial joint mechanism to share aid in rebel held […]

COLOMBO (AFP) – The main Marxist coalition partner quit Sri Lanka’s government in protest against President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s plans to share tsunami aid with Tamil Tiger rebels, a party spokesman said.COLOMBO (AFP) – The main Marxist coalition partner quit Sri Lanka’s government in protest against President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s plans to share tsunami aid with Tamil […]

Colombo – Tuesday: The Alliance government’s key coalition partner the JVP on Tuesday said it would raise a fresh alliance to defeat President Chandrika Kumaratunga and the opposition United National Party if it broke away from the government on Wednesday. The JVP has given the President an Wednesday midnight ultimatum to withdraw a proposal to […]

Colombo – Tuesday: This street hawker selling pineapples and many other like her mingle among JVP supporters gathered at the Lipton Circus on Tuesday protesting the proposed tsunami aid sharing proposal. The vendors who make an average Rs.500 a day say festivals, carnivals and protests are best for business, with sales more than doubling from […]

Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. (AFP) Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga braced Wednesday for the departure from government of a key coalition partner over plans for a tsunami aid sharing deal with Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said. […]

Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. The monk was protesting government plans to enter into an aid sharing deal with Tamil Tiger rebels. Amila is supported by the government’s main coalition partner, the Marxist JVP, which has vowed […]

A top meeting of donors in Washington on Monday took a shot at Sri Lanka’s fragile peace, whacking both the government and Tamil rebels for ceasefire violations.A top meeting of donors in Washington on Monday took a shot at Sri Lanka’s fragile peace, whacking both the government and Tamil rebels for ceasefire violations. Co-chairs of […]