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SUNIL JAYASIRI

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Sunil Jayasiri is an experienced journalist with over 20 years in the field, focusing on defense reporting, human rights, socio-political issues and international relations. After serving as a former defense correspondent for Daily Mirror, Sunil now holds the position of Associate Editor at Daily Mirror-Sri Lanka

Maithri’s father arrested over shooting incident

05 Oct 2013

19

Herman Gunaratne, the father of UNP’s Southern Provincial Councilor Maithri Gunaratne, was arrested by the police in connection with the shooting incident in Matara today, where seven persons were injured, police said.

World's worst passports: SL rank in top 10

05 Oct 2013

67

Even as some of the world’s most troubled hotspots have countries maintain a year-round travel advisory for its citizens, several Dubai-based Asian expats claimed surprise that Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan made it to the list of the worst passports to travel with in a recent study.

TELO Leader resigns

05 Oct 2013

7

Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) leader, Selvam Adaikkalanathan has decided to resign from the post.

SL wants Nepal to stop screening three films

03 Oct 2013

10

The Sri Lankan Government has pressurised the Nepali authorities to stop the screening of all three documentaries from Sri Lanka selected for the Film Southasia (FSA) 2013.

Police on lookout for Africans

02 Oct 2013

15

Police are on the lookout for a large number of Africans alleged to be overstaying in Sri Lanka, following arrests made in the Katunayake, Negombo and Seeduwa areas recently.

Disneyland tour for first in scholarship exam

02 Oct 2013

25

The Education Minister of the Southern Provincial Council on Wednesday promised that the student who had obtained the highest marks in the island at the grade 5 scholarship examination would be sent on a trip to Disneyland in the United States.

I couldn’t meet MR due to the time factor-Indian PM

02 Oct 2013

21

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he couldn’t meet Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in New York as the dates given were not convenient to him, India Times reported.

US-2015 Green Card Lottery begins

30 Sep 2013

21

The US Embassy Colombo announced today that the 2015 Diversity Visa Lottery Program, also known as the ‘Green Card Lottery,’ will start accepting online applications from 9:30PM (SL time) on October 1, 2013, until 9:30PM on November 2, 2013

Miss Philippines crowned Miss World 2013

28 Sep 2013

1

Megan Young from Philippines has been crowned as the Miss World 2013 by last year's winner Wenxia Yu from The Peoples Republic of China.

TNA to study SC judgement before taking decisIon

28 Sep 2013

16

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan said the party would ‘carefully study the Supreme Court judgement’ on the issue of land and the powers of Provincial Councils pertaining to land, before deciding on the next course of action.

SL becomes an expensive tourist destination-report

28 Sep 2013

8

The sun-kissed Indonesian island of Bali has toppled Sri Lanka from the top spot as the ‘best value’ long-haul travel option in a new list of popular holiday destinations.

Video: MR says Pillay's report highly prejudiced

28 Sep 2013

49

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the people of Sri Lanka believe that UN Rights Chief Navi Pillay had written her report even before she visited Sri Lanka.

41 TN fishermen held by SL return home

28 Sep 2013

2

Forty-one Tamil Nadu fishermen, arrested by Sri Lankan Navy on charges of crossing the International Boundary Line, arrived Rameswaran, Tamil Nadu on Saturday, after a court in the island nation ordered their release few days back.

Video: TNA’s victory will lead to reconciliation-Thisara

28 Sep 2013

5

Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Australia Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe said the Tamil National Alliance’s victory in the recently concluded provincial council elections will lead to the reconciliation in Sri Lanka ???

UNHR Council divided over SL

28 Sep 2013

20

The statement made by UN Rights Chief Navinetham Pillay on Sri Lanka’s human rights issues at the UN Human Rights Council last Thursday has drawn mixed reactions.

Lankans in court over cash machine frauds in UK

27 Sep 2013

6

Four men have appeared in court in connection with a series of cash machine scams around Gloucestershire in UK.

Canadian faces 15-year sentence in US for helping LTTE

27 Sep 2013

7

Prosecutors in the U.S. are asking for a Canadian man to serve the maximum sentence of 15 years after he admitted to helping a terrorist group in Sri Lanka.

SL rejects Pillay’s assertion

25 Sep 2013

22

While strongly repudiating UN Human Rights Chief Navinethem Pillay's assertion that if certain concerns are not comprehensively addressed, she believes ‘the international community will have a duty to establish its own inquiry mechanisms’, Sri Lanka said that she has no mandate to make such a claim.

First families…

25 Sep 2013

41

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa pose for a photo with US President Barack Obama and First Lady, Michelle Obama during the United Nations General Assembly reception at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on Tuesday.(Pic Courtesy-The White House)

Japanese warships in Colombo

25 Sep 2013

9

Three Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) ships, Kashima TV-3508, Shirayuki TV-3517 and Isoyuki DD-127, arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit on Tuesday, the Navy Headquarters said.

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