Dr. Chandana Jayalath There is ha-ho of a corrupt deal in tendering for the construction of a 350 MW natural gas power plant at Kerawalapitiya. This allegation sparked some rethinking as to why the history repeats, despite of probity murmuring around our lifestyles since two years. I read an article that a top official of […]

ජනමාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයයි පූජ්‍ය වකමුල්ලේ උදිත හිමි ලේකම් ජාතික භික්‍ෂු පෙරමුණ.      යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුවේ නරිවාදන් රෙද්ද පල්ලෙන් බේරෙන තවත් මහා සොරකමක් මේ වන විට රට හමුවේ හෙළිදරව් වී ඇත. එහි ප‍්‍රතිඵලයක් ලෙස විදෙස් ඇමතිව සිිටි හා ඊට පෙර මුදල් ඇමතිව සිටි රවී කරුණානායක මහතා අමාත්‍ය ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වී ඇත. ඇමතිවරයෙකුට දූෂණ චෝදනා ඇතිවිට ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වී පරික්‍ෂණවලට සාධාරණය ඉටුකිරීම […]

 lanka C news නූගත් අඥන ඇතැම් මිනිසුන් නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ නිලධාරින්ට එරෙහිව බොරු චෝදනා ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නේ යැයි ප්‍රශ්නගත බැදුම්කර වංචාවට අදාළව නිතීපතිවරයා වෙනුවෙන් පැමිල්ල මෙහෙයවන නීතිඥ අතිරේක සොලිසිටර් ජෙනරාල් ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ යසන්ත කොදාගොඩ මහතා බැදුම්කර කොමිෂන් හමුවේ පැවසී යයි අද ලංකාදීප පුවත්පත වාර්තා කරයි. නූගත් අඥන ඇතැම් පුද්ගලයින් කරුණු නොදැන මෙලෙස අසත්‍ය චෝදනා ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නේ යයිද […]

නව අධිකරණයක් පිහිටුවා හෝ බැඳුම්කර වැරදිකරුවන්ට දඬුවම්දිය යුතුයි – ජවිපෙ 

The public is not plagued by debt but by fraud – Mahinda (English)

ඔබතුමා කරන ප්‍රකාශ නිසා ආණ්ඩුවෙම සතුරෙක් වෙලා – මොකද වුනේ?

Ravi is stating false facts. a case can be filed in court – Bandula (English)

Ravi invokes blessings at Asgiriya (English)

මාධ්‍ය ඒකකය ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍ර‍ය උමා ඔය හේතුවෙන් විනාශයට පත් වැලිමඩ ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයේ දික්කාපිටිය, පුහුල්පොල ප්‍රදේශයේ එකම ගොවියෙකුට හෝ මේ දක්වා වගා සහන අයදුම්පතක් හෝ ලැබී නොමැති බව ‘ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍ර‍ය‘ අගෝ. 12 සිදු කළ සමීක්ෂණයක දී හෙළි විය. ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ නඩු තීන්දුවක් මගින් ද, ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ නියෝගයකින් ද, කැබිනට් මණ්ඩල තීරණයකින් ද, […]

Rajapaksa claims conspiracy behind Ravi’s resignation

by Sanjana Hattotuwa Courtesy The Island Sri Lanka has never had a Foreign Minster resign over allegations of corruption. But the once unthinkable happened last week. Many, including in government and from the ruling party, supported the resignation of the former Foreign Minister on the grounds that what is now in the public domain around his […]

By Lucien Rajakarunanayake Courtesy The Island August 11, 2017, 9:54 pm Let’s hope the former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Lotteries, Ravi Karunanayake, will not be blissfully ignorant of having ushered in a new culture, with his resignation from office, with all those quotations from the scriptures of different faiths. And what is this new […]

NEVILLE LADDUWAHETTY Courtesy The Island August 10, 2017, 9:44 pm The corruption associated with the Bond Scam is slowly but steadily unravelling itself. The first culprit has been identified. Only time will tell whether other culprits, such as those who aided and abetted, and others, who gave material support by way of planning and strategizing too […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island August 10, 2017, 9:36 pm Yahapalanaya reminds us of a tale from Greek mythology about a ruthless bandit, named Procrustes, who either lopped off the limbs of his captives or stretched them so as to fit them into an iron bed. The yahapalana leaders are doing to the country’s laws what Procrustes […]

ඉතිහාසයේ දුර්වලම ආණ්ඩුව මේකයි

Sirisena and Ranil are trying to put the blame on Ravi and clear Ranil from the Bond Scam.  Actually, it is Ranil the mastermind.  He should be the firsrt person to face prosecution. 

By Ranga Jayasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror It is conventional wisdom that Minister Ravi Karunanayake should have resigned – or failing that be sacked — after those earth shattering revelations that were made at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the bond scam. Instead, he has clung to his portfolio and foul-mouthed the Attorney General’s […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island August 7, 2017, 8:46 pm Faced with the prospect of some government members also backing the Joint Opposition’s motion of no confidence against him, Ravi Karunanayake is apparently left with no alternative but to step down as Foreign Minister of his own volition pending investigations into the questionable penthouse deal. However, those […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින තමන් ඇතුළු යහපාලන රජයේ කිසිවකු දූෂණයට පක්‌ෂව අත ඔසවන්නේ නැතැයි නිවාස සහ ඉදිකිරීම් ඇමැති සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා මොනරාගලදී පෙරේදා (05දා) ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. සියඹලාණ්‌ඩුව මානාභරණගම උදාගම්මානය ජනතා අයිතියට පවරා දෙමින් ඇමැති සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා වැඩිදුරටත් සඳහන් කළේ ජනතාව අලුත් ආණ්‌ඩුවක්‌ පත්කර ගත්තේ හොරු අල්ලා ගන්නට මිස හොරකම් නොකරන්නට බවය. ජනතා විශ්වාසය භංග නොවන […]

Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe speaking at a public function in Hatton today said this government would not protect thieves, and would remove them, but stressed that there should be room for a transparent investigation. Today there are so many investigations that ministers are brought before the Attorney General and are […]

UPAL COORAY Courtesy The Island August 6, 2017, 8:24 pm A key figure in the 2015 overthrow of the Rajapaksa government, and the mentor of President Sirisena as well as back seat driver of the Yahapalana government, is unheard of these days. She is the head of the office of national unity and reconciliation. She was […]

By Laksiri Fernando Courtesy The Island August 6, 2017, 8:29 pm There is no point in waiting for the Presidential Commission to conclude the No Confidence Motion to take place. There can be a Parliamentary debate on the Penthouse Issue or Public Corruption in general for the members to express their views and show their determination, […]

BY RAVI LADDUWAHETTY Courtesy Ceylon Today Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa,in a special interview with Ceylon Today Sunday Edition, alleged that the Unity Government has accepted the bid from China Merchant Port Holdings Ltd, been accepted in a backdrop where the other company China Harbour Co. Ltd which had submitted the bid in a much more favourable […]

By Hafeel Farisz and Amali Mallawarachchi Courtesy:Daily News Minister Ravi Karunanayake yesterday defended himself before the Bond Commission insisting that he did not know of any of the transactions entered into by his wife and daughter and their connected companies with regard to the Penthouse Apartment at the Monarch residencies in which he currently resides. In […]

Lucien Rajakarunanayake Courtesy The Island War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength – George Orwell August 4, 2017, 9:39 pm If there is one lesson that the Perpetual Penthouse Minister has given us all, it is the value of ignorance. Not knowing is the path to progress, which is shown so well by his […]

By Dr. Ranil Senanayake August 3, 2017, 9:42 pm The two quotes above are from Thomas Jefferson, who was an American Founding Father and principal author of the Declaration of Independence; he later served as the third President of United States. It illustrates with the shameful actions of the corrupt and hypocritical politicians who act as they […]

By Ayshwarya Yapa Courtesy Adaderana The Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage, S. B. Dissanayake stated that the President and Prime Minister must make a swift decision regarding those who are revealed by the Bond Commission’s investigations to be involved in the Central Bank bond scandal. He stated this upon attending a media briefing today […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The office of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday accepted a no-faith motion against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake submitted by the Joint Opposition (JO) over his alleged involvement in Central Bank bond scams in Feb. 2015 and March 2016. At the time of the alleged scams, UNPer Karunanayake held finance portfolio. President […]

– Divaina පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ආසන 113 ක්‌ හදා ගත්තත් තම කැමැත්ත සහ ආශිර්වාදය නැතිව ආණ්‌ඩුවක්‌ පිහිටුවිය නොහැකි බවට ජනාධිපතිවරයා කර තිබෙන ප්‍රකාශය ආණ්‌ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්‌ථාව පිළිබඳව වැටහීමකින් තොරව කළ ප්‍රකාශයක්‌ පමණක්‌ නොව ජනාධිපතිවරයා රටට දී තිබෙන ප්‍රතිඥව පවා උල්ලංඝනය කිරීමක්‌ බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ සභාපති මහාචාර්ය ජී.එල්. පීරිස්‌ මහතා පැවැසීය. මෙරට විධායක ජනාධිපතිධුරයේ නිර්මාතෘ ඡේ.ආර්. ජයවර්ධන […]

Shehan Chamika Silva Courtesy The Daily Mirror Referring into the relationship between Arjun Aloysius and Minister Ravi Karunanayake, Additional Solicitor General Dappula de Livera yesterday submitted travel details pertaining to Aloysius and the Minister and said that there were 13 visits to Singapore by both with coinciding dates. The ASG produced the travel details relating to […]