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Somar Wijayadasa Courtesy The Island Kuru as a cadet sergeant and Queen’s Scout meeting the Queen at India’s 1961 Republic Day. A talented son of Sri Lanka, Dr. Mahinda Kurukulasuriya (1942-2025) passed away peacefully in Vientiane, Laos on 29 January 2025 – with his daughter Liza by his side. According to his wishes, a three-day […]

Courtesy The Sunday Island Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara informed Parliament on Thursday (20) that armed officers will be deployed inside courtrooms to ensure the security of special detainees during proceedings. Responding to a question from Kalutara District NDF MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena, the Minister highlighted that the absence of armed officers within courtrooms […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් LTTE සංවිධානය ඇතුළු ත්‍රස්තවාදී සංවිධාන 15ක් තහනම් කරමින් අතිවිශේෂ ගැසට් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කර තිබේ.  ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යංශ ලේකම් සම්පත් තුයියකොන්තා මහතාගේ අත්සනින් යුතුව මෙම අතිවිශේෂ ගැසට් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කර ඇත. මෙලෙස තහනමට ලක් වූ සංවිධාන, ත්‍රස්තවාදය හා සම්බන්ධ ක්‍රියාකාරකම් සඳහා වරින්වර මුදල් සැපයීම සිදු කර ඇති බව සදහන් වේ. ඒ අනුව එම […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror By DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA    Shortly after the shocking murder of underworld drug lord ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa’ inside the Colombo Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning which left the government rocked over a serious security lapse, and the tragic death of two innocent children and their father in Middeniya, killings have continued to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasuriya stated that criminal activities in the Western and Southern provinces have increased.  However, he assured that security has now been strengthened in these provinces. He made these remarks during a special press conference held at the Government Information Department today (22). The Acting IGP also […]

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Oneindia News Country singer and Republican press secretary Alexis Wilkins attended Kash Patel’s swearing-in as FBI director. Patel, confirmed by the Senate in a 51-49 vote, took the oath in the presence of his girlfriend Wilkins, who shared the moment on social media. Wilkins, a PragerU contributor and political commentator, has gained prominence in conservative […]

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MIRROR NOW Indian-origin Kash Patel has been confirmed as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Patel, a loyalist of US President Donald Trump took over after winning the Senate vote 51-49. Dan Scavino, Trump’s assistant and White House Deputy Chief of Staff congratulated Kaash Patel in Bollywood style. Watch this video for […]

By Sena Thoradeniya Julie Jiyoon Chung (aka Chung Ji-yoon), the Korean- American US Ambassador to Sri Lanka is unperturbed  and carrying on regardless (reminding us the 1961 British comedy film Carry on Regardless”), even after the recent events in America:  viz. President Trump’s executive order  curtailing USAID aid, Elon Musk’s remarks on the USAID and […]

Shenali Waduge තිස්ස විහාරය : ජාතිවාදීන් වන්නේ ගජෙන්ද්‍රකුමර් පොන්නම්බලම් හා ඔහුගේ සියා හා පියා මිස – සිංහලයන් නොවේ ගජෙන්ද්‍රකුමර් පොන්නම්බලම් යනු ජි ජි පොන්නම්බලම්ගේ (G G Ponnambalam) මුනුබුරාය, කුමාර් පොන්නම්බලම්ගේ (Kumar Ponnambalam) පුතාය. සමස්ත ලංකා දෙමළ කොංග්‍රසය අගෝස්තු 29, 1944 පිහිටවන ලදී. නිදහස දීමට පෙර 50-50 ඉල්ලු ජි ජි පොන්නම්බලම්, එය බ්‍රිතාන්‍යසෝල්බරි කොමිසම (Soulbury Commission) […]

Shenali Waduge On 6 February 2025 abusing parliamentary privileges Gajendra Ponnambalam representing the TNPF eloquently uttered falsehoods while Parliament sat & listened primarily due to their own ignorance of history & facts. Leaving aside the string of falsehoods that were uttered, not one MP chose to even interrupt & defend the Sinhalese against the charge […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Continued from Monday, February 17, 2025 When I am formulated, sprawling on a pin” (from T.S. Eliot’s poem ‘The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock’ first published 1915) In moments of self-reflection, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake probably feels the way Prufrock does, helplessly exposed to the probing, judgemental gaze of the […]

Jayantha Liyanage Date – 20. 02.2025The President,Office of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Human Rights (OHCHR), Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, OPEN LETTERSwitzerland. Dear Sir, THE 2025 MARCH GENEVA HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REPORT SHOULD INCLUDEA LIST OF THE LTTE WAR CRIMES I refer to the report Number A/ HRC/ 57 / 19 by the […]

Dr. Sarath Panduwawala and Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge Metabolic psychiatry is a new field in psychiatry, and it examines mental health issues associated with metabolic dysfunction. Current evidence indicates an association between metabolic dysfunction in the brain and mental illness (Smith, 2024). Metabolic syndrome also has a huge impact on mental health. The metabolic syndrome, […]

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Courtesy The Island Sajith Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday called on the government to ensure increased security for judges, as well as the public, and especially journalists. Premadasa said that protection must be given to journalists such as Chamuditha Samarawickrama acing threats at present. Referring to Tuesday’s shooting inside a courthouse, the Opposition […]

Courtesy The Island Two shooting incidents could not be described as collapse of national security, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala told Parliament yesterday. Making a special statement to the House, Minister Wijepala said: We regret these unfortunate incidents. The government has taken severe measures following these incidents. The investigations are in progress and I […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 21 (Daily Mirror) – A man was shot dead this afternoon at Galpotta Junction, Kotahena, in a targeted attack carried out by two assailants on a motorcycle, police said. The gunmen fled the scene immediately after the attack.  Kotahena Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 21 (Daily Mirror) – A shooting attempt in the Negombo area failed this afternoon when the gunman’s firearm malfunctioned, police said. The intended target was the eldest son of Chaminda, alias ‘Miris Anthony’, and the attack was allegedly planned near a shop owned by the family.   According to police, […]

Courtesy Hiru News මෙවර කන්නයේ දී වී මෙට්‍රික් ටොන් මිලියන 26ක අස්වැන්නක් අපේක්ෂා කරත් එය මිලදී ගැනීම සඳහා රුපියල් බිලියන 325ක් අවශ්‍ය නමුත් රජය වී මිලදී ගැනීමට රුපියල් බිලියන 5ක් වෙන්කර කයිවාරු ගසන බව සහල් ව්‍යාපාරික ඩඩ්ලි සිරිසේන පවසනවා. ව්‍යාපාරික ප්‍රජාව සහ ආර්ථික විශ්ලේෂකයන් සමඟ කොළඹ සංවිධානය කර තිබූ පශ්චාත් අයවැය සංවාද සභාවකදී අදහස් දක්වමිනුයි […]

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මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්                 බත සහ බරත යනුවෙන් දෙකොටසක ජනතාවක් අතීතයේ දී සිටි බව අපේ ශිලා ලේඛන වලින් පැහැදිලිය.කුරහන් ඇතුළු කටුසර ධාන්‍ය වලින් යැපුණු ලංකාවේ ජනතාව බත්කෑම ප්‍රධාන බවට පත් කර ගන්නට ඇත්තේ බත වරුන් ගේ පැමිණීමත් සමග බවට සිතන්නට හැකිය. නිවසේ දී බත් කනවා යැයි කියන මිනිසුන් කුඹුරේ කමතේ දි ඉතාමත් ගෞරවයෙන් ඒවාට බැත යයි […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Vavuniya High Court has sentenced former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Lalith Jayasinghe to four years of rigorous imprisonment for releasing a suspect in connection with the gang rape and murder of 18-year-old schoolgirl S. Vidya in Punguduthivu in 2015.

Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emphasized in Parliament that investigations have disclosed that underworld activities have infiltrated certain individuals within official institutions responsible for public security.  He further stated that all necessary measures will be taken to completely eradicate the underworld in the future, while also acknowledging that this process will take some […]