Shehan Chamika Silva and Hafeel Farisz Courtesy The Daily Mirror Evidence at the Bond Commission today revealed that PTL Owner Arjun Aloysius spoke to several members of the Parliamentary watchdog Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) during COPE hearings. Aloysius had spoken a total of 227 times to Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe, 18 times with Dayasiri Jayasekara, 176 […]

PROF. O.A. ILEPERUMA Courtesy The Island November 14, 2017, 8:42 pm The letter by Fr. Augustine Fernando on “Corruption threatens all investments” (Island 3-11-2017) should be an eye opener to our President and the Prime Minister, as it gives vivid details of how corrupt ministers ruin our country. They only serve themselves rather than the people […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In this new millennium, the Buddhist prelate who made the most significant contribution towards the rebuilding of a just and fair society was Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Nayaka Thera whose second death anniversary was commemorated on Wednesday, at Ape Gama in Battaramulla, with President Maithripala Sirisena presiding. After the end of the […]

RANJITH SOYSA  I was listening to a very professional presentation on the Central Bank bonds robbery by the veteran banker and public activist Rusiripala Thennekoon (may his unenviable efforts be rewarded!) in which he cited a number dates and incidents which weave an incredible story of a set of criminals scheming to rob the central […]

දූෂණ විරෝධී හඬ මහ බැංකු බැඳුම්කර ගනුදෙනුවට අදාළ බැඳුම්කර නිකුත් කිරීමේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව, රාජ්‍ය ණය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, ප්‍රධාන පෙළේ රාජ්‍ය බැංකුවක් හා පර්පචුවල් ට්‍රෙෂරීස් සමාගමේ ඉහළ නිලධාරීන් කිහිපදෙනකු අතර සිදුවූ දුරකතන සංවාද ඇතුළත් හඬ පටයක් දූෂණ විරෝධී හඬ සංවිධානය විසින් ඊයේ (01දා) මාධ්‍යයට නිකුත් කළේය. විදෙස්ගත පුද්ගලයකු මාර්ගයෙන් ලද මෙම හඬ පටයට අනුව ඉහළ […]

News Line: ‘Out comes the TAPES the PM must be CROSS EXAMINED’ – Wasantha Samarasinghe (02.11.2017) PM required to testify before Bond Commission Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) investigating the controversial Issuance of Bonds today said it requires the testimony of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in order to “obtain a […]

By Lucien Rajakarunanayake Courtesy The Island November 3, 2017, 10:07 pm The Minister for Poll Delays has given the country a Ball Game. At a time when the country is trying to forget about cricket amidst all the records of whitewash defeats, he has thrown the Poll Ball to the field for us to play the […]

By Shehan Chamika Silva Courtesy The Daily Mirror While reserving a date to place details with regard to communications of Arjun Aloysius and other concerned parties, Additional Solicitor General Yasantha Kodagoda yesterday told that the content of the extracted ‘Whatsapp’ messages of Aloysius’ phone was ‘very revealing’. Using Aloysius’ mobile phone data extracted at the forensic […]

By Shehan Chamika Silva Courtesy The Daily Mirror Bond Commission Chairman Justice K.T Chithrasiri and Commissioner Prasanna Jayawardena yesterday said the conduct of Additional Solicitor General Dappula De Livera was ” deplorable”. “I have served 37 years as a judge and I have never seen this happen after an order is made” Justice Chithrasiri told the […]

Shehan Chamika Silva Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) investigating the controversial Issuance of Bonds today said it requires the testimony of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in order to “obtain a few clarifications and any other evidence which may be necessary”. Issuing a statement at the commencement of the today’s session, the […]

By Tennakoon Rusiripala Courtesy The Island October 26, 2017, 12:53 pm The investigation into the Central Bank Bond issue is proceeding before the COI appointed by the President. It was reported that the Attorney General’s department had submitted a further list of witnesses it wants summoned before the Commission. The list reportedly includes the Prime Minister. […]

සෝමපාල සෙනරත් වවුනියාව සෛවප්‍රකාශ විද්‍යාලයේ පැවැති නිල මෙහෙවර ජනාධිපති ජනතා සහන සේවයේ සමාප්ති වැඩසටහනට සහභාගි වෙමිනි ජනාධිපතිවරයා මෙසේ  ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. “අද තියෙන ප්‍රශ්නය තමයි දීලා තියෙන මාධ්‍ය නිදහසත් එක්ක පිටු 25ක් තියෙනවා නම් විසිහතරක්ම ආණ්ඩුවට විරුද්ධව තමයි ලියන්නේ. ආණ්ඩුවට විරුද්ධව පිටු 25ක් ලිව්වට කමක් නෑ. ප්‍රශ්නයක් නෑ. ඇත්ත ලියනවා නම්. නමුත් මේ පිටු පුරෝල තියෙන්නේ […]

BY Kavindya Chris Thomas Courtesy Ceylon Today The days of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Treasury bond auction of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka are numbered. With the 27 October deadline on the horizon, officers of the Commission, the Attorney General’s Department and the defence counsel are caught in a tight race against […]

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JOMO UDUMAN Etul-Kotte Courtesy The Island What was enacted at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCI) on the controversial bond issuance is downright disgusting. Bankers, Politicians and Corporates are getting away by just saying “I don’t know”. Unscrupulous lawyers set it up for them to lie through their cavities and plaque ridden teeth under oath. What […]

By Lucien Rajakarunanayake Courtesy The Island October 20, 2017, 10:10 pm Bond, Bond – the Treasury Bond tragedy will not easily go away. We’ve heard so much about the dirty dealings involved in this highly manipulated Bond transaction, giving rise to major doubts about the entire financial management and related systems of government in the country. […]

by Shamindra Ferdianndo Courtesy The Island October 20, 2017, 10:31 pm Former Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) D. E. W. Gunasekera told The Island yesterday that the parliamentary watchdog committee lacked powers to summon ministers and, therefore, it had not been able to seek an explanation from Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe or the […]

Shehan Chamika Silva Courtesy The Daily Mirror  Acting Attorney General Dappula De Livera at the conclusion of PCoI proceedings said yesterday he would also have some other questions to ask from the Prime Minister apart from the questions put forward by the Commission. Responding to the statement made by the PCoI, AAG Dappula De Livera also […]

By Kavindya Chris Thomas Courtesy  Ceylon Today The Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the Treasury Bonds scandal at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has sent a list of questions to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe seeking clarification regarding some matters that came up during a testimony. Commission Chairperson, Supreme Court Justice, K.T. Chitrasiri said, yesterday (17) […]

By Ranjith Kumara Samarakoone Courtesy  Ceylon Today Kandy District UPFA Member of Parliament Dilum Amunugama said the Local Government Election should have been held a year earlier, and went on to say “We have been prepared since then. We will contest through a separate Alliance. It is this Government that keeps postponing elections and is playing […]

By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy  Adaderana Anika Wijesuriya, a key witness who had testified before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the treasury bond scam, has fled the country due to receiving threats to her life. This was revealed to the commission today (17) by President’s Counsel Yasantha Kodagoda, Additional Solicitor General at Attorney General’s Department, during the […]

විනීතා එම් ගමගේ උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප බැඳුම්කර කොමිසම ඉදිරියට පැමිණ කරුණු පැහැදිලි කිරීමට කැමති බව අගමැතිවරයා පවසන්නේ එම කොමිසම ඉදිරියට ළඟදීම සාක්කි දීමට කැඳවන බවට හෝඩුවාවක් ලැබුණු නිසා විය හැකි යැයි පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්තී‍්‍ර වාසුදේව නානායක්කාර මහතා ප‍්‍රකාශ කළේය. අර්ජුන් මහේන්ද්‍රන් කිහිප අවස්ථාවක දීම නිර්දෝෂී බව පෙන්වන්නට අගමැතිවරයා උත්සාහ  කළේ යැයි ද ඔහු කියා සිටියේ බොරැල්ල එන්. එම්. […]

උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම Saturday, October 14, 2017 වර්ෂ 2015 මාර්තු මාසයේ 28 වැනිදා අපේ රටේ ඇති රාජ්‍ය බැංකු තුනෙහිම ප්‍රධානීන් මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශයට කැඳවූ එවකට මුදල් ඇමැති රවි කරුණානායක අපූරු නියෝගයක් දුන්නේය. එම නියෝගයෙන් ඔවුන්ට නියම කොට ඇත්තේ ඊට පසුදින මහ බැංකුවේ පැවැත්වෙන භාණ්ඩාගාර වෙන්දේසියේදී රාජ්‍ය බැංකු තුන විසින් ලංසු තැබිය යුත්තේ තමන් විසින් ලබාදෙන ඉතා පහළ […]

පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය මාධ්‍ය ඒකකය ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍ර‍ය    උමාඔය සහන අරමුදලේ මුදල් අවසන් බව ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා වෙත දන්වා යවා, අතිරේක ප්‍ර‍තිපාදන රු. මිලියන 100 ක් තම ගිණුමට ගෙන්වා ගත් බදුල්ල දිසාපති නිමල් අබේසිරි මහතා රු. මිලියන 600 කින් වැය කොට ඇත්තේ රු. මිලියන 400 ක් බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍ර‍ය හෙළිදරව් […]

Shehan Chamika Silva Courtesy The Daily Mirror Senior Dealer of PTL Kaushitha Rathnaveera yesterday told the PCoI that he had encashed cheques received by PTL from its related companies on several times amounting millions and left the money on PTL CEO Kasun Palisena’s chair but does not know what happened to the money thereafter. At the […]

 lanka C news ශ්‍රීලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 26 ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ ශ්‍රීලංකාවේ පුරවැසියකු විම හා ඔහුගේ නිත්‍යානුකූල භාවය ඉතා පැහැදිලිව සඳහන් කොට ඇත. ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 3 වෙනි ව්‍යවස්ථාව අනුව ශ්‍රීලංකා ජනරජයේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය ජනතාව කෙරෙහි පිහිටා ඇත. එනම් ජනතාව මෙරටේ නිත්‍යානුකූල පුරවැසියන්ගෙන් සැදුම්ලත් වනුය, ඒ අනුව ජනතාව පරමාධිපත්‍යය රටේ උත්තරිතර වනු ඇත. එමෙන්ම මෙරටේ විධායකය ව්‍යවස්තාදායකය හා අධිකරණය ජනතාවගේ […]

The Editorial Courtesy The Island October 12, 2017, 9:49 pm Today is Friday the 13th. Not all of us are troubled by triskaidekaphobia, but its association with Satan reminds us of the proverbial man who sold his soul to the devil. The day is of significance to Sri Lankans owing to the conclusion of the proceedings […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The Joint Opposition (JO) yesterday sought an explanation from the National Election Commission (NEC) regarding the registration of the New Democratic Front (NDF) as a political party in spite of its leader Shalila Moonasinge being a British national. National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa, MP posed the question to […]