Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe met with Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs for Meta (Facebook), in New York on the side-lines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), and highlighted the government’s new initiatives to combat online hate speech and the spread of fake news.  He emphasized that the proposed bill will […]

Courtesy Adaderana The draft of the Bill on ‘Online Safety’ was published, by way of a gazette notification, on Monday (18 Sep.), by the Ministry of Public Security. Accordingly, the relevant Bills aims to prohibit online communication of certain statements within the country, prevent the use of online accounts, both authentic and inauthentic, for the […]

by Rajan Philips Courtesy The Island Channel 4 has resurrected Easter and divided the political waters. Like Moses leading the Israelis through the divided waters of the Red Sea, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith is leading his faithful through the divided political waters of the country. Without taking a position on the Channe 4 documentary, the Cardinal […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, MP, yesterday (15) asked whether a comprehensive international investigation into accountability issues here could be conducted unless India, too, was subjected to the same. The former Public Security Minister was responding to the Global Tamil […]

By Ranga Jayasuriya/Daily Mirror Colombo, September 13: Channel 4’s latest documentary on the Easter Sunday attack is way too depressing for any Sri Lankan, more so for the survivors and relatives who live with the memories of the slaughter of innocents. But, after a 47-minute-long documentary, all that emerges is a ghastly piece of clickbait […]

by a special correspondent Courtesy Ceylon Today In recent years, if there’s been an event that has sent shockwaves through our nation, akin to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is undeniably the Easter attack. Regrettably, many individuals have exploited this tragedy for political gain, seemingly oblivious to the harrowing truth that lies beneath. Sri Lanka finds […]

By A Special Correspondent Courtesy Ceylon Today Last year, a Sri Lankan individual stood resolutely before the special Bench of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, enduring five days of intense scrutiny from the organisation’s officials. During this period, he revealed a trove of State secrets, all while his life hung perilously in […]

By Special Correspondent Courtesy Ceylon Today A few days ago, this writer posed a critical question to an Islamic scholar of Sri Lankan heritage, now residing in Australia, regarding the Easter attacks: Was it a sinister political conspiracy? The response was unequivocal—there was no political conspiracy lurking behind the gruesome event. However, what unfolded was […]

By Divya Chandrababu Courtesy The Hindustan Times The Sri Lankan convicts have been lodged in the foreigners’ detention camp in Tamil Nadu’s Trichy until their deportation Chennai: The Union government has informed the Madras high court that it has taken steps to deport all the four Sri Lankans, convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, […]

Courtesy the Leader බොදුබල සේනා සංවිධානයේ මහ ලේකම් පුජ්‍ය ගලගොඩ අත්තේ ඥාණසාර හිමි ඝාතනය කිරීමේ සුදානමක් තිබු බව වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුවේ රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයකු වන පිල්ලෙයාන් හෙවත් සිවනේසතුරෙයි චන්ද්‍රකාන්තන් විසින් අනාවරණය කර තිබේ.  පිල්ලෙයාන් අමාත්‍යවරයා තමන් වහන්සේට දුරකථන ඇමතුමක් ලබාදෙමින්, රිමාන්ඩ් භාරයේ සිටි සමයේ දැනගත් කරුණු කරනා රැසක් පසුගියදා අනාවරණය කරසිටි බවත්, ඒ අනුව තමන්වහන්සේ ඝාතනය කිරීමේ […]

lanka C news සිරස මාධ්‍ය ජාලයේ හාර්ඩ් ටෝක් වැඩසටහන සිදුකරන ෆරාෂ් ෂවුකද් අලි චැනල් ෆෝ නාළිකාව පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් සකස් කළ වැඩසටහන සඳහා සම්පත් දායකයන් ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධීකරණය කර ඇති බව හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රි මෙන්ම හිටපු රාජ්‍යතාන්ත්‍රික නිලධාරියකු වන ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ සරත් කෝන්ගහගේ පැවසීය. කොළඹදී මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් පවත්වමින් ඔහු මේ බව ඊයේ (12 වැනිදා) කියා සිටියේය. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In the wake of Channel 4 Dispatches, State Minister of Rural Road Development Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan, who faces allegations, responds to questions from Daily Mirror about his alleged involvement in atrocious acts. As one time Chief Minister of the Eastern Province, he also shares his views on the 13th Amendment. Excerpts:   […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror On behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Defence has categorically refuted the allegations by the UK’s Chanel 4 over the Easter Sunday attacks and reiterates the government’s unwavering commitment to the truth, justice, and the well-being of the nation, said a statement by Sri Lanka’s Ministry of […]

K.K.S.Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror While there’s no denying that the Rajapaksas gained politically from the atmosphere of fear following the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, it’s crucial to emphasize that benefiting from such circumstances doesn’t automatically implicate them in planning or executing those attacks The Channel 4 episode presents itself as an intricately created work […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Sri Lankan Parliament should decide on the nature of the probe into the allegations by the recent Channel 4 video on the Easter Sunday attacks, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha said today. President Ranil Wickremesinghe proposed an international probe on the Easter Sunday attacks as soon as he was sworn […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to appoint a committee, chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge, to investigate the allegations made by the UK’s Channel 4 regarding the Easter Sunday bombings. The President’s Media Division said that the government plans to establish a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate the allegations made […]

Courtesy AdaDerana Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs & Constitutional Reforms Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has asserted that the government stands ready to conduct an international investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. Despite his emphasis that the relevant investigation would be an international probe and not a domestic one, the Minister opined skepticism pertaining to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara has revealed that a new inquiry will be conducted into the recent allegations made by UK’s ‘Channel 4’ pertaining to the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. Addressing Parliament this morning (05 Sep.), Nanayakkara stated that a special Parliamentary Committee will be appointed for this purpose, […]

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Courtesy Adaderana UK’s ‘Channel 4’ has announced that it will broadcast a new documentary, which will allegedly uncover shocking revelations on Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday attacks, on Tuesday (Sep 05). Channel 4 claims that the new documentary titled Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings – Dispatches,” contains shocking new revelations about Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter bombings of […]

Lanka Lead News වයස අවුරුදු 18 – 20ත් අතර තරුණයන්ට පුහුණුවක් ලබාදී සිවුරු පොරවා දේශපාලන අරමුණු වෙනුවෙන් යොදාගැනීමේ සූක්ෂ්ම වැඩ පිළිවෙළක් ක්‍රියාත්මක කොට ඇති බවට රාජ්‍ය බුද්ධ අංශ තොරතුරු අනාවරණය කරගෙන ඇති බව ජාතික පුවත්පතක් වාර්තා කර තිබේ. එසේ මේ වන විට 500කට ආසන්න පිරිසත් එසේ පුහුණු කර භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලා ලෙස යොදාගෙන තිබෙන බවට බුද්ධි […]

Courtesy WION STORY HIGHLIGHTS Constable R. M. D. Dayaratne was deployed to help protect the colonial-era residence on the day it was taken over by protesters who forced then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country. Instead, he sat at a grand piano in the compound and played a song to the crowd streaming through its rooms […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested the suspect behind the torching of an army bus during a protest staged in front of former President Gotabaya Rajapakse’s residence in Pengiriwatte, Mirihana on 31 March 2022. The arrest was made on Friday night (01 Sep.) in the Mahiyangana area, based on a tip-off received […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Since Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malclom Ranjith had slammed the government authorities to name the group which supported the Easter Sunday bombers, Minister of Public security Tiran Allas invited him and the Church to go through the investigations and outline any shortcomings. We have already informed the Church authorities to go […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Local intelligence services have identified a Catholic was behind the unrest situation that has been created in Kurundi, State Minister of Defense Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said yesterday. He told parliament that international intelligence services had not issued any warnings to the government on possible racial and religious unrest in the country […]

Lanka Lead News යම් අයෙකු නීතිය අතට ගෙන ක්‍රියා කරන්නේ නම් හෝ එවැනි තත්ත්වයක් ඇති කිරීම සඳහා අනුබල දෙන්නේ නම් එවැනි ඕනෑම පුද්ගලයෙකුට හෝ සංවිධානයකට එරෙහිව තරාතිරම නොබලා නීතිය දැඩිව ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන බව මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් මහතා පවසයි. මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් මහතා නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් මේ බව සඳහන් කර ඇත. එම […]

Courtesy The Telegraph Online President appoints retired Major General-led team to shape contemporary security policies Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremeshinghe President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday highlighted the need for a comprehensive review of Sri Lanka’s national security strategy to chart a course devoid of entanglement in the emerging international rivalries and maintain neutrality in the […]

JYOTI MALHOTRA Courtesy The Print A complete lack of trust between the Sinhala elite and Tamil minority is apparent across Sri Lanka, which seems unable to even begin laying some of its ghosts to rest. Forty years ago this July, back in 1983, Sri Lanka was devastated by an anti-Tamil pogrom in which several hundred people […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A tense situation arose when a group led by Tamil National People’s Front leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam entered the Kurundi temple and conducted a Pongal Pooja, Mullaitivu police said. Police said however the situation was brought under control. According to a court order obtained from the Mullaitivu Court, a group, including MP […]

සිවිල් ආරක්‍ෂක දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව අධ්‍යක්‍ෂ  මාධ්‍ය කාර්යාලය ජය මාවත, කටුබැද්ද, මොරටුව සිවිල් ආරක්‍ෂක දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ 10 වන අධ්‍යක්‍ෂ ජනරාල් ලෙස පත්වීම් ලැබූ එයාර් වයිස් මාර්ෂල් ආර්එස් බියන්විල වීඑස්වී, යූඑස්පී, එම්බීඒ (එක්සත් රාජධානිය), එන්ඩීසී (ඉන්දියාව), පීඑස්සී ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ නිලධාරි 2023 අගෝස්තු මස 16 වන දින සිවිල් ආරක්‍ෂක දෙපාර්තමේන්තු මූලස්ථාන පරිශ්‍රයේදී සුභ මොහොතින් නව තනතුරේ රාජකාරී භාර ගන්නා ලදි.            […]