September 2009
394 posts
Majority Air India pilots call off strike; Delhi... →
By Gopal Ethiraj, Chennai
Chennai, , 29 September (Asiantribune.com):
Although the Air India management on Sunday agreed to look into the grievances of the striking pilots,…
Controversies behind Sri Lanka’s IDPs →
By Shenali Waduge
It is amazing how people who do not know any of these “IDPs”, people who have not even come to Sri Lanka, people who have so far not even sent a cent or contributed any…
World Tamil meet put off to June-July next →
From S Murari, Chennai
Chennai, 29 Sept(Asiantribune.com):
The Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday decided to put off to June-July next year the ninth World Tamil Conference…
UNDP and Hayleys join hands to support resettled... →
Colombo, 29 September, (Asiantribune.com):
An agreement was signed yesterday, (28 September), between Hayleys and the Akkaraipattu Seed Paddy Producers Society in Ampara.
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Dr. P.B. Jayasundara Reappointed as Secretary to... →
Anjana Jayashan reporting from Colombo
Colombo, 28 September, (Asiantribune.com):
Dr. P.B. Jayasundara was reappointed as the Secretary to the Treasury with…
Sanctions imposed on Myanmar ‘have no moral basis... →
New York, 29 September, (Asiantribune.com):
Sanctions imposed on Myanmar have no moral basis and create an obstacle to development and economic growth, the South East Asian country’s…
U.S. Government trains local officials in the... →
Colombo, 29 September, (Asiantribune.com):
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the development agency of the U.S. Government, sponsored two training programs…
Nepal: PM returns home, terms UN visit... →
By Kosh R. Koirala reporting from Nepal
Kathmandu, 29 September, (Asiantribune.com):
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Monday returned home after participating in…
Nagapattinam fishermen allege attack by Lankan... →
From S Murari, Chennai
Chennai, 29 September, (Asiantribune.com):
Fishermen from Nagapattinam have lodged a police complaint on Monday, alleging that six of their…
Sri Lanka: Initiatives for tourist attraction! →
By Manjari Peiris
Colombo, 29 September, (Asiantribune.com):
It is for the first time in the history of Sri Lanka that a tourism week was initiated. The whole idea…
Ragging in Sri Lankan Universities - 'Chinese... →
Dr.P.A.Samaraweera in China
In a letter to an English Daily on 26th Sept., titled ‘Ragging in universities’, a subscriber observes, “…Ragging in universities must stop. The perverts…
Maldives media fraternity raps President Nasheed... →
Male, 29 September, (Asiantribune.com):
One time champion of a free media and a journalist himself, President Mohamed Nasheed has now come under fire by the fraternity of Maldives’…
Ten Lankan fishermen arrested off Chennai in... →
By Gopal Ethiraj, Chennai
Chennai, 29 September (Asiantribune.com):
Ten Sri Lankan fishermen, who were poaching in two trawlers, near Ramayyapattinam in Tamil Nadu-Andhra…
Exposed: Ploy to provide LTTE remnants with... →
Chennai, 29 September, (Asiantribune.com):
Move to grant citizenship to Sri Lankan refugees is a ploy alleges Dr. Subramanian Swamy.
The Soft State Syndrome →
By Atul Cowshish - Syndicate Features
Despite all the brave and sometimes boastful talk heard in the country for over two decades, India has only enhanced its dubious reputation as being…
21 Rameshwaram fishermen released with their boats →
By Gopal Ethiraj, Chennai
Chennai, 28 September (Asiantribune.com):
Twenty-one Rameswaram fishermen who were held by the Sri Lankan navy for allegedly straying into Sri…
Is America A Sovereign Nation? →
A Commentary By L. Jayasooriya
A well researched report by Daya Gamage that appeared in the Asian tribune on 27.09.2009 under the title “Report of Mass Atrocities in Sri Lanka: U.S….
U.S. accusing others of War Crimes: a hypocritical... →
Comments by Bandu de Silva
At a time the government of Sri Lanka is facing increasing pressure from the U.S. and other Western interests including some officials in the U.N. system…
Kuwaiti Journalists undertakes a promotional tour... →
Kuwat, 28 September, (Asiantribune.com):
A 13-member group of Journalists representing both print and electronic media will be in Sri Lanka from 28th Sept. to 05th Oct. on a…
RAW is a rogue and terrorist outfit →
By Asif Haroon Raja
India has a contaminated history of interfering into the internal affairs of all its neighbours. Driven by its hegemonic mindset to emerge as the unchallenged…
India Moonwalks On Lunar Waters →
By MMK Sheela* - Syndicate Features
It’s a confirmed ‘discovery’ now! Water on Moon exists and it’s India who’s done the world proud. After nearly five decades of lunar explorations by…
Is stress always a bad thing? →
By Manjari Peiris
Colombo, 28 September, (Asiantribune.com):
Stress is not always a bad thing; it is how we deal with those results in positive or negative outcomes. We all…
Ruchira Gupta of India receives Clinton Global... →
By M Rama Rao, India Editor, Asian Tribune
New Delhi, 28 September (Asiantribune.com):
Ruchira Gupta, President, Apne Aap Women Worldwide, has received the Third…
Sri Lanka: Return of the Evil Forces – The TNA →
By Lenin Benedict - Toronto
After the defeat of the LTTE, an all powerful voice of the Government of Sri Lanka openly declared that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians who…
Air India to restore incentives cut; a panel to... →
By Gopal Ethiraj, Chennai
Chennai, 28 September (Asiantribune.com):
Air India has decided to set up a committee to look into concerns of pilots, who are on a strike…
Lethal grenade out of every day chilly...? →
by M Rama Rao, India Editor, Asian Tribune
New Delhi, 28 September (asiantibune.com):
Lethal grenade from every day Indian scientists has turned the everyday chilly into a…
Tourism Week Inaugural Ceremony at Marine Drive,... →
Colombo, 28 September, (Asiantribune.com):
The World Tourism Day which was on 27 September, was celebrated with a host of activities at the Mt. Lavinia Beach and the Marine…
International Forces on a Conspiracy against Sri... →
Anjana Jayashan reporting from Colombo
Colombo, 28 September, (Asiantribune.com):
Some International forces which were against the Sri Lankan government’s brave…
India “continues to remain concerned” about Lankan... →
Colombo, 28 September, (Asiantribune.com):
India “continued to remain concerned about the welfare of the IDP” in Northern Sri Lanka, High Commissioner in Colombo Alok Prasad has…
Sri Lanka PM assures resettlement of IDPs ... →
United Nations, 27 September, (Asiantribune.com):
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake said his country has now entered the post-conflict phase, in the aftermath…
Offer citizenship to Tamil refugees, DMK tells... →
From S Murari, Chennai
Chennai, 27 September,(Asiantribune.com):
In a significant move, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday asked the Central Government to…
Letter from America: the UN General Assembly... →
By Habib Siddiqui
With the opening of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly last Wednesday, September 23, the UN building and the entire New York City seemed to be abuzz…
AIADMK’s protest rally against Centre’s... →
By Gopal Ethiraj, Chennai
Chennai, , 27 September (Asiantribune.com):
Following a massive demonstration at Rameshwaram on Friday, the AIADMK held a protest near…
Eelamists in TN clutch at straw →
From S Murari, Chennai
Chennai, 26 September,( Asiantribune.com):
The armed struggle for an independent Tamil Eelam may have come to an end with the Sri Lankan Government…
Israel: The Nation that has violated more UN... →
By Raj Gonsalkorale
Some members of the West have taken a firm stand against Iran for a possible violation of agreed IAEA conditions about development of nuclear enrichment. Notably,…
Will New U.S. Policy on Burma be helpful? →
By Zin Linn
Burma’s military regime has recently announced that for the emergence of a peaceful, modern discipline-flourishing democratic nation it terminated the prison terms of 7,114…
World Heart Day :Labour Relations and Manpower... →
By Manjari Peiris
Colombo, 27 September, (Asiantribune.com):
The Ministry of Labour Relations and Manpower has the access to 75% of the total workplaces in this country,…
A Post-mortem on UNESCO Director- General Election →
By Bandu de Silva
Post-mortems on elections of Director-General of UNESCO are common happenings at UNESCO. There is no harm if observers too engage in post-mortems in order to analyse…
Gilgit-Baltistan rightly belongs to India →
By JN Raina - Syndicate Features
Pakistan has played another fraud and hoodwinked the people of Kashmir, by granting ‘political autonomy’ to Northern Areas, the erstwhile Gilgit Agency…
Obama Stuck between Wars on Iraq, Afghanistan →
By Nicola Nasser
It was extraordinarily questionable why U.S. President Barak Obama chose not to credit the War on Afghanistan with a separate paragraph in his speech to the General…
Sri Lanka’s Judicial Network To Expand With New 50... →
Anjana Jayashan reporting from Colombo
Colombo, 27 September, (Asiantribune.com):
The Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms plans to expand the country’s judicial network…
Sri Lanka: Major initiatives to flourish tourism →
By Manjari Peiris
Colombo, 27 September, (Asiantribune.com):
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse targets to achieve 2.5 million tourists arriving in Sri Lanka by 2016 to…
The Formula 2 in Motor Racing: Victory = Fake... →
Hemantha Abeywardena writes from London…
We know that there is a formula one in motor racing, the world’s most financially-vibrant sport, that attracts an audience of over 600…
Of Conspiracies and Kings →
By Tisaranee Gunasekara
“One of the first arguments used to start a war or set persecution in motion is that we must stop a plot hatched against us, against our group, country or…
10 people killed in bomb blast in northwest... →
By Farzana Shah-Asian Tribune Correspondent in Pakistan
Peshawar, 27 September, (Asiantribune.com):
At least 10 people were killed and over 100 injured in a…
Visiting Maldives Opposition Movement blames... →
By Poorna Rodrigo
Colombo, 27 September, (Asiantribune.com):
The visiting Maldives Opposition Movement today lambasted the Nasheed administration over a host of…
Thousands throng Tirunallar as Shani transits to... →
By Gopal Ethiraj, Chennai
Chennai, 27 September (Asiantribune.com):
Thousands of devotees and pilgrims from various parts of the country on Saturday converged at…
Chandrayaan's rover spotted water on moon in... →
From S Murari, Chennai
Chennai, 26 Sept( Asiantribune.com):
India’s Chandrayaan-I spotted traces of water on the moon within two days of flying round it last November,…
Sporting Demotion in Punjab →
By Ramu Sharma - Syndicate Features
A news item earlier in the month dealt with sportspersons in Punjab Police facing demotion because of a court order. This has caused considerable…
U.S. to engage with Burmese junta to seek... →
Daya Gamage – US National Correspondent Asian Tribune
Washington, D.C. 26 September (Asiantribune.com):
In a clear departure from the policy of the previous Bush…