Archive for September, 2018

Alleged plot; serious than we thought- Samarasinghe

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe today said that alleged assassination plot on President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, ‘is serious than we think as several individuals have been involved in it and called on the CID to investigate it thoroughly.’ Addressing the media the Minister also said that the CID […]

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Mahinda slams Mangala for criticizing Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith (English)

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

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Indian who revealed alleged assassination plot a mental patient?

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

By Charunya Rajakaruna Courtesy Adaderana A spokesman for the Indian High Commission for Sri Lanka has stated that the Indian national arrested at Namal Kumara’s house has had a history of mental disturbance. An Indian national while at Director Operations of Anti Corruption Force Namal Kumara’s home has revealed that he was aware of a plot to […]

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මහින්ද ඇතුළු පවුලේ අයත් ඝාතන ලැයිස්තුවේ අත්අඩංගුවට පත් ඉන්දියානුවා හෙළිකරයි

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

අමිල අබේරත්න, කවින්ධ්‍යා පෙරේරා උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ජනපති මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන සහ හිටපු ආරක්ෂක ලේකම් ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහත්වරුන්ට අමතරව හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඇතුළු පවුලේ අයද ඝාතනය කිරීමට සැලසුමක් ඇති බැව් ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන, හිටපු ආරක්ෂක ලේකම් ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ යන මහත්වරුන් පාතාල නායක “මාකඳුරේ මධුෂ්” ලවා ඝාතනය කිරීමට ත්‍රස්ත විමර්ශන කොට්ඨාසයේ හිටපු අධ්‍යක්ෂ නියෝජ්‍ය පොලිස්පති නාලක ද […]

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අපේ රණවිරුවන්ට යුද අපරාධ චෝදනා නගද්දී අපේ රජයේ නියෝජිතයන් මුනිවත රකිනවා

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

ඉෂාරා සිල්වා උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ලංකාවේ රණවිරුවන් යුද අපරාධකරුවන් බවට විදේශ රටවල් හා රාජ්‍ය නොවන සංවිධාන පරසක්වළ ගසන විට මානව හිමිකම් පිළිබඳ කවුන්සිලයේ 39 වැනි සැසිවාරය සඳහා සහභාගි වූ ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය නියෝජනය කරන නිලධාරීන් මුනිවත රකිමින් සිටීම කනගාටුවට කරුණක් බව මවුබිම වෙනුවෙන් රණවිරුවෝ සංවිධානයේ කැඳවුම්කරු නීතිඥ මේජර් අජිත් ප්‍රසන්න පවසයි. ආණ්ඩුව සිදුකරන මෙම අසාධාරණ ක්‍රියාව පිළිබඳ […]

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AIADMK wants international probe against DMK,Cong for ‘war crimes’ against Sri Lankan Tamils

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

 K Palaniswami PTI Courtesy DNA Updated: Sep 25, 2018, 11:18 PM IST Chief Minister K Palaniswami Tuesday demanded an international probe against DMK and ally Congress for “war crimes” against Tamils in the 2009 Sri Lankan civil conflict when UPA was in power, as the ruling AIADMK staged a state wide protest over the issue. Addressing a […]

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Sri Lanka’s Pidurangala Rock: Bare bums stir trouble

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

Courtesy BBC Sri Lankan police have arrested three men who were among a group who took semi-nude photos of themselves at an ancient sacred site. The young Sri Lankan men posted the images of themselves at Pidurangala Rock on Facebook. It prompted an angry reaction from people who considered them a religious insult, reports BBC […]

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Sri Lankan rupee hits fresh low; cenbank intervention caps fall

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

COLOMBO, Sept 26 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee hit a fresh low of 169.05 on Wednesday on importer dollar demand, while intervention by the central bank limited the fall, market sources said. Sri Lanka’s finance minister urged its people to buy local products and shun unnecessary imports in order to reduce the trade deficit […]

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Major bummer: Sri Lanka police crack down on social media mooners

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

Courtesy Mail on line The trio were accused of desecrating a Buddhist site after they pulled down their pants for a cheeky picture against the backdrop of the famous Sigiriya rock, a UNESCO site set in the middle of a jungle in central Sri Lanka Three men who exposed themselves near a Sri Lankan temple […]

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Give us space to resolve our problems, Sirisena appeals to international community

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu  The Sri Lankan President’s statement comes weeks after TNA leader Sumanthiran sought an international element in probing wartime excesses Sri Lanka does not want any foreign power exerting influence, President Maithripala Sirisena has said, while appealing to the international community for room to resolve” the country’s problems. Mr. Sirisena made the remarks […]

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Sri Lanka seeks investment, but China questions linger

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

 Courtesy Deutsche Welle A decade after the Sri Lankan Civil War, the country’s economy is growing fast. The government has big plans, but high debt levels — and high levels of Chinese influence — cast a cloud as the country seeks investors. You don’t need to be an expert on international trade routes to look […]

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University of Birmingham receives £1.9 million for global heart research in China, Brazil and Sri Lanka

Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham has been awarded £1.9 million through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research (GHR) Program to fund world class research into a common heart condition in disadvantaged populations in China, Brazil and Sri Lanka. The University’s NIHR Global Health Research Group on Atrial Fibrillation will […]

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Where’s the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission report: 3,830 LTTE violations & 356 GOSL violations

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

On 22 February 2002 the then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe & LTTE facilitated by the Norwegian Government signed what is known as the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) thereafter on 18 March 2002 the Norwegian Government & the GOSL signed a status of mission agreement to establish the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission to which both GOSL […]

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Collapse of the Rupee and the yahapalana govt.’s economic mismanagement

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

MEDIA RELEASE Mahinda Rajapaksa Former President of Sri Lanka  The Rupee has depreciated steadily against the US Dollar ever since the yahapalana government came into power – a trend which has now accelerated alarmingly. The value of the US Dollar which was Rs. 131 at the end of 2014 when I left office is now over Rs.170 […]

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රුපියලේ බිඳවැටීම හා යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුවේ ආර්ථික අවපාලනය

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ හිටපු ජනාධිපති යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුව බලයට පැමිණි දා සිට ඇමරිකානු ඩොලරයට සාපේක්‍ෂව රුපියලේ අගය පහත වැටීමේ ප්‍රවනතාවයක් පැවතුණි. එය අද වන විට  භයානක නාය යෑමක් දක්වා වර්ධනය  වී ඇත. 2014 අවසානයේදී රුපියල් 131 ක් වූ ඩොලරයේ මිල අද රුපියල් 170 ඉක්මවා ගොස් දිනපතාම තවදුරටත් අවප්‍රමාණය වෙමින්  පවතී. රුපියලේ වටිනාකම මේ ආකාරයට […]

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The Unsaved World

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

(Published in New York Times in Aug 2013) By PAUL KRUGMAN The rupiah is falling! Head for the hills! On second thought, keep calm and carry on. In case you’re wondering, the rupiah is the national currency of Indonesia, and, like many other emerging-market currencies, it has fallen a lot over the past few months. The […]

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Law and order – Where are we heading?

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

S.Akurugoda A police force of any sovereign state is empowered to enforce the law, to protect people and property, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Is it happening in this country? After working and living in four countries over 25 years, other than my own country (including two developing countries which are poorer than […]

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Right to reply …. Going Loco in Colombo!

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

  Dr Sarath Obeysekera September 24, 2018, Opinion in Daily   Island ………… http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=191715 I get in to a bus and tender my fare and stretch out my hand for the bus ticket, and the bus conductor ignores me and goes to collect the fare from the other passengers! And this is despite the fact […]

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The Prime Minister with his Royal buddies is destroying the country and the Sinhala Nation

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

 A HELPLESS PATRIOT 1The Prime Minister with his Royal buddies is destroying the country and the Sinhala Nation 2The Speaker is destroying the Parliament and its traditions and all democratic  values by not listening to the Opposition views 3 The President is in a deep slumber The Parliament, governance and law and order have disappeared […]

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එළියකන්ද වද කඳවුර යනු සමාජ විකෘතියක් – රෝහිත මුණසිංහ

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

සාකච්ඡා කලේ වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග රෝහිත මුණසිංහ යනු එළියකන්ද වධ කඳවුර පිළිබඳව මුල් වරට තතු හෙළි කල පුද්ගලයාය. ඔහු එළියකන්ද වධ කඳවුරේ සිටි වින්දිතයෙකි. පසුකාලීනව ඔහු  එළියකන්ද වධ කඳවුර නමින් පොතක් ලිවීය.   2003 වසරේදී මනෝ ප්‍රතිකාරයන් සඳහා මනෝවෛද්‍ය නීල් ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා මට හමුදා සෙබලෙකු යොමු කරන අතර ඔහු එළියකන්ද වධ කඳවුරේ සිටි  රැකවලෙකි. ඒ […]

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Indian alleges plot to kill Prez, R’paksa family CID revelation in Court:

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

By A.J.A. Abeynayake Courtesy The Island An Indian national with alleged links to a plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had said there had been a conspiracy to kill the entire Rajapaksa family and President Maithripala Sirisena, the CID informed Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne, yesterday. CID Chief Inspector Ranjith Munasinghe […]

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Everything from matchbox to coffin is imported – JO

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

By Charunya Rajakaruna Courtesy Adaderana The current government has arrived at a point where they influence on what the public should consume, says the Joint Opposition. MP Shehan Semasinghe stated this at a press conference held in Colombo today (25). A statement made by the Prime Minister recently, it was confirmed that the incumbent government doesn’t have […]

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WPLF expresses displeasure at SL diplomats’ conduct in Geneva

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

By Charunya Rajakaruna Courtesy Adaderana World Patriotic Lankan Forum (WPLF) has handed over a letter to the Sri Lankan Consulate General in Geneva expressing their displeasure at the conduct of the Sri Lankan diplomatic agents there. While stating that diplomats had not supported the activities of the forum, they accuse them of hosting a dinner to members […]

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Arrested Indian reveals alleged plot to kill President, ex-President and family

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

By Charunya Rajakaruna Courtesy Adaderana The Indian national arrested while at Namal Kumara’s home has revealed that he was aware of a plot to kill the President Maithripala Sirisena, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has informed the court on this revelation.

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පොලිස් නිල ඇඳුමේ පැල්ලම්

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

තරිඳු ජයවර්ධන  උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප පොලිස්පති පූජිත් ජයසුන්දර මහතාට එල්ල වන චෝදනා සම්බන්ධයෙන් සොයා බැලීමට පරීක්ෂණ මණ්ඩලයක් පත් කළ බව පසුගිය සතියේ මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කළේය. රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන, කළමනාකරණ සහ නීතිය හා සාමය  අමාත්‍යංශයේ පරිපාලන නිලධාරීහු තිදෙනෙක් එහි සාමාජිකයන් ලෙස පත් කරනු ලැබ සිටිති. පූජිත් ජයසුන්දර මහතාට පෙර පොලිස්පතිවරයකු එල්ල වූ චෝදනා සම්බන්ධයෙන්  අමාත්‍යංශ මට්ටමින් පරීක්ෂණයක් පැවැත්වූයේ හිටපු […]

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මෛත්‍රි – ගෝඨා කුමන්ත්‍රණයේ සුලමුල සොයා ගන්න මේ පොලිස්පති සිටිනතුරු බෑ

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

 උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ජනාධිපති සහ හිටපු ආරක්ෂක ලේකම් ඝාතන කුමන්ත්‍රණය පිළිබඳ සත්‍ය තොරතුරු සොයා ගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය නම් ඊට අදාළ විමර්ශන අවසන් වන තුරු පොලිස්පති පූජිත් ජයසුන්දර එම ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් කළ යුතු බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ සභාපති මහාචාර්ය ජී.එල්. පීරිස් පවසයි. පොලිස්පතිවරයාට තිබෙන බලය මත මෙම විමර්ශනය ඔහු ධුරයේ සිටින තෙක් අපක්ෂපාතීව සිදු කිරීමට නොහැකි බවද […]

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මෛත්‍රි-ගෝඨා ඝාතන සැලැසුම පිටුපස මහේන්ද්‍රන් සිටිනවා දැයි සැකයි

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

අනුරාධා හේරත්  උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ජනාධිපතිවරයා හා හිටපු ආරක්ෂක ලේකම්වරයා ඝාතන සැලසුමට අදාළ සිද්ධිය පිටුපස හිටපු මහ බැංකු අධිපති අර්ජුන මහේන්ද්‍රන් සිටිනවා දැයි සැකයක් පවතින බව සත්‍ය ගවේෂකයෝ සංවිධානයේ කැඳවුම්කරු නීතිඥ ප්‍රේම්නාත් ‍ෙදාළවත්ත පවසයි. ඔහු පැවසුවේ බැඳුම්කර වංචාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් දැවැන්ත මූල්‍ය චෝදනාවට ලක්ව සිටින අර්ජුන මහේන්ද්‍රන්ට තිබෙන එකම ආරක්ෂාව අගමැති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ බැවින් ඔහු රටේ නායකයා කිරීමේ […]

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Scotland Yard Training?

Monday, September 24th, 2018

By Garvin Karunaratne Scotland Yard is no more what it was a few decades ago, when there was hardly any criminal activity in Britain. The situation is getting worse by the day. Last week a criminal gang closed down a major road in Wimbledon Village, the home of millionaires, chased away everyone in sight at […]

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“THATHTHA” TELEDRAMA

Monday, September 24th, 2018

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Sirasa TV just concluded 30 part  Thaththa teledrama.  In it there were no highly paid well known actors or actresses.  The theme of the story itself renders value to us. It is a well established norm that Mothers feel the pain of children (DARU KEKKUMA), seldom the value of a […]

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Disbanding Wild Boar Slaughter!

Monday, September 24th, 2018

King Tissa from Heavens – All beings on earth deserve the right to live and nature will take care of balance, but humans are not authorized to do so- Excerpts from Buddha’s teaching – In a surprise move on the 20th Sept. the GOSL removed the ban on slaughter of Wild boar, transport and sale of […]

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