Sunday, September 18, 2011
Lanka to import uncertified drugs from Japan
The Sunday Leader learnt that a major scam has come to light where the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine is attempting to import and distribute drugs manufactured in Japan which claim to cure cancer, despite them not being certified by the Japanese government.
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President at Cabinet meeting makes insinuations against Major General Shavendra Silva

(Lanka-e-News -17.Sep.2011, 11.55P.M.) The President at the last Cabinet meeting had blamed that that those who are in the Sri Lanka Foreign missions are pursuing their personal agendas without the knowledge of the Foreign Ministry .
He had added that these individuals are acting according to their own views and to achieve their personal goals.
What discussions each of them has is not known to the SL foreign Minister or his Secretary , which is an absolute violation of the rules and regulations of the foreign diplomatic service.
On the 10th , Lanka e news published an article of ‘Soldadu unnehe’ where we revealed that Major General Shavendra Silva the SL's deputy UN permanent representative in America has had discussions with Rudrakumaran , who is considered the leader of the present Eelam transnational Govt. ; and as Shavendra is in possession of a plethora of evidence and information against the Rajapakse regime , the latter has got cold feet and panic stricken.
Meanwhile , Shavendra has contacted the media Institutions in SL which are his friends and requested their columnists on defense news to write supportive of him against the Lanka e news report and protect him. When these columnists have asked from Gotabaya whether to comply with Shavendra’s request , he has advised them not to. These columnists have then conveyed to Shavendra , ‘ Aney Sir, Defense Secretary told us not to safeguard you’
UK Sets Deadline For Sri Lanka

By Easwaran Rutnam
The British government has set a deadline for Sri Lanka to show progress in addressing concerns of human rights violations committed during the war. British Foreign Secretary William Hague has told the British Foreign Affairs Committee that Sri Lanka has been told it needs to show progress by the end of this year or Britain will support the international community in revisiting all options available to press the Sri Lankan government to fulfill its obligations.
The Foreign Affairs Committee had criticized the British Foreign office over its failure to press for the setting up of an international war crimes inquiry to investigate allegations of atrocities carried out by both sides in the Sri Lankan civil war. William Hague had late last week handed over a response to the concerns raised by the Committee.
Read More »The Foreign Affairs Committee had criticized the British Foreign office over its failure to press for the setting up of an international war crimes inquiry to investigate allegations of atrocities carried out by both sides in the Sri Lankan civil war. William Hague had late last week handed over a response to the concerns raised by the Committee.