by Zacki Jabbar Courtesy The Island Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera, who was released last week on a presidential pardon, pledged to reveal the names with evidence of some others linked to National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) suicide bombers responsible for the Easter Sunday carnage. “I will not only just name them, but petition the United Nations […]

Courtesy The Island Maithripala The military launched a major hunt, on Saturday, for the remnants of the National Thowheed Jamaath, which carried out the Easter suicide bombings, killing 258 people. Several Colombo suburbs were targeted by troops using emergency powers on arrests and detentions adopted after the April 21 attacks. “Special cordon-and-search operations are under […]

Sandeep Unnithan Courtesy India Today In March 2013, an India Today team was allowed access to the secretive underground bunker used by LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran. Here is what they saw. The two-room house in a jungle in northern Sri Lanka which covered the entrance to Prabhakaran’s bunker. (Photo: India Today) On May 21, 1991, Velupillai […]

Michael Safi Courtesy  Guardian (UK) The Guardian’s South Asia correspondent describes the challenges of reporting the recent atrocities in Sri Lanka and finding the words to justify intrusion into the lives of grieving families In the immediate moments after the explosion, on a crowded street in Colombo, there was silence; the sound of thousands of […]

Courtesy Mail Online Sri Lankan security forces have arrested scores of suspects in connection with the bombings and over what appeared to be organised violence against the island’s Muslim minority Sri Lanka’s military launched a major hunt Saturday for remnants of an Islamist group which carried out the Easter suicide bombings that killed 258 people, […]

Courtesy The Indian Express In 2013, monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara was blamed for leading a major anti-Muslim riot in the Muslim-dominated town of Aluthgama in the Western Province. By PTI COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, who was controversially released from jail, has claimed that a Tamil Nadu-based Islamic organisation had inspired the local Islamist extremist group […]

Meera Srinivasan Courtesy  The Hindu Sri Lankan army soldiers during a search operation in Mattegoda, Sri Lanka, on Saturday, May 25, 2019.   | Photo Credit: REUTERSMORE-INSri Lanka Easter bombings A total of 69 key suspects have been arrested over the past four weeks. Sri Lankan authorities have nearly completed the investigation into the April 21 […]

Nimanthi Ranasinghe, Pathum Darshana and Dayarathna Embogama Courtesy The Daily Mirror It was revealed that there were funds amounting to Rs. one billion in the bank accounts belonging to the five suspects, who were arrested in Horowpathana yesterday on suspicion of having links with the National Thowheed Jama’at (NTJ) and its leader Zahran Hashim, a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that the number of monthly inbound flights at the Bandaranaike International Airport has been reduced by 300.   Making a statement in parliament, he said artistes including film directors who had made movies for Vesak and those who were planning to put up pandals and other decorations […]

By Gamini Abeywardane Courtesy Ceylon Today When J.R. Jayewardene introduced the executive presidency his main declared reason for it was the much needed stability for the country. His argument was that under the Westminster system the country had had too many elections and since independence no government ran its full term until 1970. He believed […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Courtesy Ceylon Today Customarily a post-mortem is done within 24 hours after a person’s tragic death, but it has taken more than a month to write about Sri Lanka’s atrocities that took place on Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019. First and foremost, it was impossible to think how some of […]

 lanka C news සිසේරියානු සැත්කමක් අතර තුර ARTERY FORCEP වර්ගයේ අඬු දෙකක් පැලෝපීය නාල දෙකට යොදා සැත්කම අවසාන වන තෙක් රදවා තැබීමෙන් පැලෝපීය නාල තව දුරටත් ක්‍රියාකාරී නොවන තත්වයට (FIBROSE) පත් වේ. එහි සාර්ථකත්වය 80% බව ඔවුහු මට පැවසුහ. අමුතුවෙන් පැලෝපීය නාල කපා දැමීමට හෝ වඳ සැත්කම් කිරීමට අවශ්‍ය නොවේ. කොළ පුරවා අවසර ගැනීමටද අවශ්‍ය […]

Courtesy Adaderana Kerala Coast was put on high alert following Intelligence reports that 15 ISIS terrorists set off from Sri Lanka to Minicoy Island in Lakshadweep, India. The terrorist have been set off in a white boat to the island and the police were asked to prevent them entering Kerala coast, Indian media reported quoting […]

Courtesy Adaderana – PTI China on Saturday became the first country to tone down its travel advisory imposed on Sri Lanka post the Easter Sunday blasts, in a move that would help in reviving the tourism industry of the island nation hit hard by the terror attack. The move came a day after Lankan Prime […]

Courtesy Adaderana The doctor attached to the Kurunegala Hospital, who was arrested over assets earned through suspicious means, has been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said that the doctor was handed over to the CID for further investigations. A 42-year-old doctor attached to the Kurunegala Hospital has […]

Gamini Gunawardane           The other day at a meeting held at the BMICH after the April 21st disaster, MP Sumanthiran, it was reported in ‘The Island’, had asserted something to the effect that the carnage in question was again a symptom of non-addressing of the grievances of the minorities and that the minorities would not […]

MALINDA SENEVIRATN​E M.S. Fouzul Ameen should have been alive today. The furniture shop owner from Kottaramulla, Nattandiya was killed by a mob on May 13, 2019. Many shops owned by Muslims should still be standing. They are not. No one should have or should show any apprehension of any Muslim, regardless of attire or appearance. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Legal action should be immediately taken against governors M.L.A.M. Hizbullah and Azath Salley as well as Minister Rishad Bathiudeen for their direct involvement in the attacks, says the Chairman of ‘Sinhale Api’ National Movement Venerable Jamburewela Chandarathana Thero. Addressing a press conference held in Colombo today (24), he further commented on an attack […]

P.K.Balachandran/South Asian Monitor Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The political wave which engulfed most of India on May 23 has been aptly named Tsunamo” – a Tsunami like Narendra Modi wave which caused unexpected and unprecedented electoral destruction as it swept across the country. Namo” in Tsunamo” is short for Narendra Modi, the iconic leader of the Bharatiya […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 24 (newsin.asia): Responding to the joint statement issued by the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng and the United Nations Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect Karen Smith on May 13, 2019, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York Ambassador Dr […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 24 (newsin.asia): Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is likely to be the Joint Opposition’s candidate in the next Sri Lankan Presidential election, has hailed Narendra Modi’s emphatic victory in the recent Indian Parliamentary elections as a good thing for the growth nationalism and national security consciousness in the South Asian region. Nationalism and […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia New Delhi, May 24 (Indian Express): Although still very low, representation of Muslim Parliamentarians in 17th Lok Sabha may go up slightly over the last term. At last count, 25 MPs are likely to be elected, against 23 in the outgoing Lok Sabha. Muslim representation in the Lower House comes to less than […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia New Delhi, May 23 (The Guardian): As India’s opposition Congress party went down to a landslide defeaton Thursday, its leader, Rahul Gandhi, was also convincingly beaten in his own parliamentary seat – a north Indian constituency that had sent three of his family members to parliament in the past half-century. The loss of the […]

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN Geneva Sri Lanka’s sustained focus on mine risk education and awareness creation makes it an exemplary model for the rest of the world, international experts participating in an interactive panel discussion, chaired by Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez, the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva, […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Alleged Money Launderer Lokuwithana Back: This Time With Plans For Ecologically Damaging Steel Plant In Trincomalee When I read the article above  published by Colombo Telegraph which is ,a website ready to criticize any development in Sri Lanka ,I recall an article published by me  in Lankaweb in Jan 2017 (illustrated below). […]

Media Secretary Western Province Governor’s Office COLOMBO- Old boys and well-wishers of the oldest Madiwela Sri Rahula Maha Vidyalaya, whose name has been changed to Jaya Isura  Vidyalaya, have urged President Maithripala Sirisena to retain the original name of the school because of its historical and cultural significance. The group of representatives submitted the petition […]

අද දින (24) පැවැති ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ මාධ්‍ය හමුව අද දින (24) පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී සෙහාන් සේමසිංහ මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී පියල් නිශාන්ත මහතා ■ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ප්‍රසන්න රණවීර මහතා ජවිපේ විශ්වාසභංග යෝජනාව ගෙනාවේ රිෂාඞ් බදියුදීන් මන්ත්‍රීවරයාට එරෙහි විශ්වාසභංග යෝජනාව දියාරු කරන්න පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී සෙහාන් සේමසිංහ මහතා රිෂාඞ් බදියුදීන්ට […]

අද දින පැවැති ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ පක්ෂ ක්‍රියාකාරිකයින්ගේ හමුව රිෂාඞ් බදියුදින් ඇමැතිවරයාට එරෙහිව ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය ඉදිරිපත්කළ විශ්වාසභංග යෝජනාව විවාදයට නොගෙන කල් මැරීමේ උත්සාහයක් ආණ්ඩුව ගෙනයන බව විපක්ෂනායක මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ මහතා මෙසේ පැවසුවේ අද (24) බත්තරමුල්ල නෙලුම්මාවතේ පැවැති පක්ෂ ක්‍රියාකාරිකයින්ගේ හමුවකින් අනතුරුව මාධ්‍ය වෙත අදහස් දක්වමිනි. බදුර්දීන් ඇමැතිවරයාට පක්ෂව ඡන්දය දෙන්නේ කවුදැයි […]

Analysis by Luke McGee, Courtesy CNN London (CNN)Brexit has destroyed another British Prime Minister. Three years after voters in the UK mandated their government to take Britain out of the European Union, Theresa May’s failure to do so has finally caught up with her.”I have done my best,” she said in an emotional statement on the steps […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS When I read open views in newspapers and other media devices, I found that many have a problem, why Islam spreads rapidly in many countries and nobody has opted to discuss the major reason to rapidly spread Muslim religion.  Islam is a religion like other religions and no one can identify that […]