Courtesy Adaderana Fifty-one women have lodged complaints at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital as of today (27), stating that they have been unable conceive after getting their caesarean sections performed by Dr. Mohamed Shafi. MP Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero had arrived at the hospital premises to discuss the incident with the Director of Kurunegala Teaching Hospital […]

Indika Ramanayake Courtesy The Daily Mirror Director of Kurunegala Teaching Hospital, Dr.Sarath Weerabandara, requested from the women to complain immediately to the hospital authorities if they feel that they had been subjected to unlawful sterilisation after caesarean operations performed by the controversial doctor. He made this request at a media briefing held at the Kurunegala […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health will inquire into the activities of Dr. Mohamed Shafi of Kurunegala Hospital, who is currently under arrest over assets earned through suspicious means. Accordingly, a special tri-member committee will be appointed for the purpose, Minister of Health Rajitha Senaratne stated. The committee will comprise of 3 doctors who specialize […]

Courtesy Adaderana The media would not have paid attention to the situation regarding Dr. Mohamed Shafi, if it concerned a Sinhalese surgeon, says Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr. Rajitha Senaratne. The minister stated this addressing a press conference held at the Temple Trees this evening (27). Minister Senaratne further commented that it […]

Courtesy Adaderana UNP parliamentarian S. M. Marikkar says that the President has the responsibility to carry out a formal investigation against Minister Rishad Bathiudeen. Marikkar pointed out that the doctor attached to the Kurunegala Hospital was arrested over the suspicious nature in which he had amassed wealth and that, if the said the doctor had […]

Courtesy Adaderana Do not influence investigations against Dr. Shafi, warns Rathana Thero

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Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to UN Geneva The Sri Lanka delegation, presenting the country’s first report under the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, briefed the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the panoply of laws and executive and policy measures adopted by Sri Lanka […]

By Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Ceylon Today The first commitment in the President’s 100-Day Manifesto with regard to February, within a month of his election, was that on Monday, 2 February An Ethical Code of Conduct will be introduced legally for all representatives of the people.” Nothing however was heard about this and I thought […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today Foreign companies are not satisfied with the security provided by the Government and have resorted to bringing down security personnel from their own countries, claimed Chairman of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Professor G.L. Peiris. Speaking at a Media briefing, held at Party Headquarters, today (27), he said, Some foreign companies […]

By Nirmala Kannangara/Courtesy Daily Mirror US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz in her first interview with the print media after the Easter Sunday attack exclusively told theDaily Mirror how the United States is committed to aid Sri Lanka to combat and defeat terrorism on the request of the Sri Lankan Government and how President Donald […]

Courtesy The Daily News The Court of Appeal (CA) yesterday issued notice with summons on National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) Convener Prof. Sarath Wijesuriya to appear in Court on June 21 to show cause as to why he should not be punished by court for committing the offence of Contempt of Court. The Court […]

Sudath Gunasekara No Sharia Universities and Madrasa schools of any kind should be allowed to be started in any part of this Country of the land of the Sinhala Buddhist. Those who want them should go back to Iraq, Syria or any other Arab country from where they have come. Precisely because their main aim […]

Dilrook Kannangara What happens in Sri Lanka is a story straight from hell. Indian and Arabic minorities are holding the nation hostage. To an outside onlooker it is strange and comical but this is serious. It marks the end of the nation. Tamil and Muslim terrorists have been released under various pretexts. Some were not […]

Issued by the Sri Lankan Brampton Peel Region Community On May the 21st evening, about 1,0000 people gathered in front of the Brampton City Hall in Ontario, Canada to express their disappointment and frustration towards Mr. Patrick Brown, the city mayor through a massivedemonstration and a peaceful rally. The mayor has already passed a proclamation (April 24th, 2019) OF GENOCIDE OF TAMIL PEOPLE that never occurred in Sri Lanka. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror UNP MP Harshana Rajakaruna said yesterday the investigations into the Easter Sunday bomb explosions should be handed over to the police and the army saying it was a joke to probe the incident through a Parliament Select Committee (PSC). He told parliament the Police and the Army had expert knowledge to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The police today urged the public to inform the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) If they have any complaints against Dr. Seiugu Siyabdeen Mohamed Shafi for having carried out any illegal sterilisation. The 42-year-old doctor attached to the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital was arrested by the police on charges of earning money in […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today Sri Lanka, struggling back to its feet following one of Asia’s deadliest terrorist attacks in years, is still wondering why this serene Island-Nation became the target of Islamic terrorists. The country did not get any breathing space after the Easter Sunday terrorist attack that claimed over 250 lives, including […]

By P.K. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today Soon after multiple suicide bomb attacks took place in Sri Lanka on 21 April, Lankan Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake told the BBC, that Zahran, the man who led the bomber brigade, had visited Bengaluru, Kerala, and Kashmir for some sort of training or to establish more links […]

SULOCHANA RAMIAH MOHAN Courtesy Ceylon Today The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested 89 persons who have had direct contacts with the suicide bombers involved in a multiple attack carried out by the Islamic extremists on Easter Sunday that killed over 300 people and injured over 500. By the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two complaints against the Eastern Province Governor A.L.A.M. Hizbullah and Minister Rishad Bathiudeen have been forwarded to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), stated the Police Media Spokesperson. The two complaints have been lodged at the Police Headquarters the ‘Ravana Balaya’ organization and the Buddhist Information Center. The ‘Ravana Balaya’ organization has lodged a […]

Courtesy Adaderana On a joint search operation by the Sri Lanka Army and the Police, several suspicious items were discovered at a house in Narahenpita. Accordingly, 04 headwear items of the Sri Lanka Army, 10 knives that are not permitted to be used at homes, and many communication and technical equipment were found at the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The public is urged to come forward with any complaints of Dr. Seigu Siyabdeen Mohamed Shafi having carried out illegal sterilization, stated the Police. Accordingly, if there are complaints against the relevant doctor performing illegal sterilization the public can submit them to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Seigu Siyabdeen Mohamed Shafi, 42, a […]

Courtesy AFP AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHISome 3,000 military personnel were deployed in and around the capital as well as other key towns for cordon-and-search activities Sri Lanka’s military has detained nearly 100 suspects during four days of search operations against remnants of an Islamist group blamed for the Easter attacks that killed 258, officials said […]

The Indian Coast Guard deployed its ships and maritime surveillance aircraft around the Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands territory and borders with Sri Lanka after an intelligence report said 15 Islamic State terrorists had set off from Sri Lanka for the Lakshadweep islands on boats. Authorities in coastal areas of Kerala have been put on high alert following the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 26 (newsin.asia): The suspected involvement of the Jamaat- ul-Mujahideen India (JMI) in the April 21 multiple suicide bombings in Sri Lanka may have made India ban the outfit last Thursday. As reported in the India Today website on April 23, the Sri Lankan State Minister of Defense, Ruwan Wijewardene, had said that the […]

Attack on Buddhism/Buddhists & Buddha is nothing new. The Buddhists are easy prey because both Christianity & Islam are institutionalized faiths with powerful funding, powerful countries & powerful organizations to back them. From ‘Age of Discovery’ the Papal Bulls, Christianization of lands to Islamization of lands, every Buddhist occupied land from Persia to Indonesia was […]

by Tassie Seneviratne Courtesy The Island Army Commander, Mahesh Senanayake I could not believe my eyes when I read in the Sunday Island of 19th May 2019, statements attributed to the Army Commander, Mahesh Senanayake. He is reported to have stated, inter alia, that, “If a soldier has done something wrong, it is the people […]

The people are living in fear of being blown to smithereens following the Easter terror attacks though it is being claimed in some quarters that the country is now safe. Nothing is of graver concern to the public, at this juncture, than national security, which is in peril. The situation is so bad that the […]

Courtesy The Island Dappula de Livera As the Attorney General’s Department of Sri Lanka marks its 135 illustrious years, Dappula de Livera, PC takes over its reins as the 30th Attorney General of Sri Lanka. In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Island, the legal bigwig who calls himself a ‘self-made man, priding himself on […]