1. lkdood

    Ban Ki-moon gets second term

    UN General Assembly unanimously re-elects Ban Ki-moon for a second five-year term starting Jan. 1, 2012.
  2. lkdood

    Government orders probe into TNA attack

    The Sri Lankan government today ordered an extensive probe into allegations that the military had stormed a meeting of Sri Lanka's main Tamil party TNA and assaulted lawmakers and their supporters in the northern Jaffna peninsula last week. Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse ordered the...
  3. lkdood

    ICC to kick out SLC unless elections held

    Sri Lanka will lose its ICC membership from the year 2012 if the proposed changes to the constitution are adopted at the Executive Committee of the ICC to be held in Hong Kong from 26th to 30th July. The new amendments are intended to strengthen the ICC constitution and are aimed at...
  4. lkdood

    Underground pictures

    Underground pictures ++ add rep if you like the post :D Tourists visit the Kuha Karuhas pavilion located inside the Phraya Nakhon cave, in the Khao Sam Roi Yot national park, some 300 km south of Bangkok, Thailand. The pavillon was built in 1890 on the occasion of a visit to the cave by...
  5. lkdood

    US court calls President

    A United States Federal Court has issued summons on President Mahinda Rajapaksa in connection with three civil cases filed under the Hague Convention claiming monetary damages under US Torture Victims Protection Act (TVPA) over alleged extra-judicial killings, the Justice Ministry sources...
  6. lkdood

    Peugeot new cars in Sri Lanka

    (3008) (508) The all new Peugeot 508 saloon and 3008 crossover are equipped with a 1.6 litre low pressure turbo engine developed in collaboration with BMW. Both vehicles get a six speed tip tronic gear box, while the 508 has a paddle shift option as well. The 508 basic model would cost...
  7. lkdood

    TNA meeting attacked in Jaffna

    The first election meeting of the Tamil National Alliance at Alaveddi, Jaffna came under attack this evening by a group of persons dressed in army uniforms, reports from the area said, At least ten persons had been injured in the attack. Two hours after the incident Military spokesman Major...
  8. lkdood

    SL offers combat aircraft to UN

    Sri Lanka has offered to supply the United Nations with three Mi-24 attack helicopters and a pair of fixed wing aircraft, a pledge that would help the UN meet a severe a shortfall in lethal combat equipment in places like the Congo and Sudan and help protect civilians, UN based officials...
  9. lkdood

    China vs Philippines

    Philippine navy deploys its flagship BRP Rajah Humabon & other ships to the Spratly Islands. US says its fully supporting the Philippines, US ships deployed in the area US & Philippines have a defence treaty Attack on the Philippines is an attack on the United States :shocked: China deploys...
  10. lkdood

    Army arresting deserters

    The Sri Lankan military has launched a massive operation throughout the country to rope in an estimated 40,000 army deserters, a senior official said today. Military spokesperson Major General Ubaya Mediwala said several special teams had already been deployed, and arrests of the...
  11. lkdood

    England tour of Sri Lanka ?

    Former England cricket captain Mike Atherton has questioned whether England's cricketers should still tour Sri Lanka, in light of alleged war crimes evidence made public by Channel 4 in Sri Lanka's Killing Fields Mike Atherton has said questions will "likely" now be asked over England's planned...
  12. lkdood

    UNP: Moon endorsed by government

    The main opposition UNP yesterday questioned as to why the Sri Lankan government had endorsed the second term of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. UNP National Organizer and Colombo District MP Ravi Karunanayake told a news conference yesterday that the government had followed...
  13. lkdood

    SL calls channel 4 terrorist & rejects UK request

    Sri Lankan government has rejected a UK government request for an independent investigation of the war. http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1147867 Sri Lanka's defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said today that channel 4 is getting money from LTTE terrorists. :shocked: Channel...
  14. lkdood

    UNP: Don’t approve CEPA as at present

    The main opposition United National Party (UNP) today urged the government to transform the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India into a win-win situation for both countries and not to approve the Agreement it in its present form. UNP General Secretary...
  15. lkdood

    Yogaranjan warns government, calls PSC a ploy

    PSC on political solution a government ploy The government decision to appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee to work out a political solution to the national question is a ploy adopted to overcome international pressure, UNP parliamentarian R. Yogaranjan charged today. He said...
  16. lkdood

    Libya War Weapons

    Libya War Weapons ++ add rep if you like the post :D Weapons used by anti Gaddafi forces At a weapon workshop in Misrata, a Libyan volunteer fixes a UB-32 rocket launcher pod, attached to the back of a pickup truck on May 28, 2011. The UB-32, a launcher designed to fire Russian S-5...
  17. lkdood

    Sri Lanka rejects channel 4 film, call for investigation

    Sri Lanka on Wednesday denied it targeted civilians while crushing Tamil Tiger rebels but said action would be taken if any allegations of atrocities were proved to be true. The Sri Lankan High Commission in London said images shown in a documentary by Britain’s Channel 4 on Tuesday night...
  18. lkdood

    UNP: Government Needs To Be More Diplomatic

    The UNP has called on the government to act diplomatically and not cause any rifts between India and Sri Lanka. UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake told a press conference that the government needed to be diplomatic when dealing with the international community. He said the issues between...
  19. lkdood

    UK warns Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka must investigate allegations of atrocities committed during its civil war after more video footage was aired claiming to show "horrific scenes" of bound prisoners being executed, Britain said on Wednesday. British Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said a failure to probe the...
  20. lkdood

    Channel 4 to air film on SL

    A BRITISH film documenting the final bloody weeks of Sri Lanka's civil war, which it claims provides evidence of war crimes committed by government forces, will be broadcast on television on Tuesday. The Channel 4 film uses mobile phone, official army and Tamil...

    No contents