Courtesy Ada Derana

උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් මාධ්‍යවේදී ප්‍රගීත් එක්නැගිලිගොඩ අතුරුදන් වීමේ සිද්ධියේ ප්‍රධාන සැකකරු හිටපු අමාත්‍ය පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක බවට චෝදනා කරමින් මව්බිම වෙනුවෙන් රණවිරුවෝ සංවිධානය පොලිස් මූලස්ථානයට පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කළා.  එමගින් එම සිද්ධියට අදාළ විමර්ශන නැවත ආරම්භ කරන ලෙසට වැඩබලන පොලිස්පතිවරයාගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටි බවයි එම සංවිධානයේ කැදවුම්කරු විශ්‍රාමික මේජර් අජිත් ප්‍රසන්න කියා සිටියේ.

Courtesy Hiru News Yet another revelation was made by the Sinhaley organization today regarding the white van media conference which was organized by former minister Rajitha Senaratne during the run up to the presidential election. The revelation was made when a group of its representatives arrived at the CID today to give a statement for […]

Sheain Fernandopullle Courtesy Daily Mirror While saying there is no political motive behind the arrest of MP Patali Champika Ranwaka, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Gammanpila today pointed out that there was no violation of the law in the process of arresting him. He told a news briefing that Mr. Ranwaka was very annoyed […]

Sandun A Jayasekera courtesy Daily Mirror While saying that the law will take its course and there is no politics involved in the arrest and detention of former minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, State Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara said Attorney General Dappula De Livera was an extremely strict public officer who does not listen even to the […]

අරවින්ද අතුකෝරල ලංකාසීනිවුස් පිවිතුරු හෙල උරුමයේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා එම පක්‍ෂ මූලස්ථානයේදී පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී මෙම අදහස් පල කලේය. පචයට උපන් පාච රණවක මැතිතුමා තමන්ට එරෙහිව කරන පොලිස් විමර්ශන සම්බන්ධයෙන් රට ඉදිරියේ පච වපුරලා තිබෙනවා. අපි එකින් එක අරගෙන බලමු. පච අංක – 1 – අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට පෙර කතානායකට දැනුම් දිය යුතුයි […]

Courtesy swissinfo.ch Switzerland is sending an experienced diplomat to Sri Lanka in an effort to resolve the ongoing dispute about the treatment of an embassy worker in Colombo. Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has also protested the detention of the female staff member by Sri Lanka. The alleged abduction and intimidation of the Swiss embassy worker […]

by Zacki Jabbar Courtesy Island President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday ruled out the involvement of the Swiss Embassy in the allegation leveled by one of its employees Garnia Banister Francis, that she had been abducted by some persons in Colombo on November 25, harassed and forced to open her phone and reveal how IP Nishantha Silva […]

Courtesy Ada Derana Former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne has filed an anticipatory bail application before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court seeking the prevention of his arrest over white van” media briefing. The Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and several other officials have been named as the respondents of this bail application. The parliamentarian […]

Lankaweb News MP Patalie Champika Ranawaka who was arrested by the Colombo Crime Division was further remanded today until December 24th. MP Ranawaka was arrested in connection with causing a motor accident on a youth at Rajagiriya in 2016 and producing a different person as the driver of the ill-fated vehicle. Many Defendants do not […]

Courtesy Hiru News MP Patalie Champika Ranawaka who was arrested by the Colombo Crime Division was further remanded today until December 24th. Ranawaka was produced before the Hulftsdorp Magistrate Court No.4 this morning. Our correspondent stated that the court is currently considering the submissions made against him. Several UNP MPs were also present in the […]

Courtesy Ada Derana Former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka has been further remanded until December 24 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court. The Parliamentarian was produced before the court this morning while Colombo Additional Magistrate Niranjana de Silva ordered that he be further remanded. Attorneys representing the MP had requested the court to grant bail to their […]

Courtesy Ada Derana The Permanent High Court-at-Bar has announced the prison sentences for Former Presidential Chief of Staff I.H.K. Mahanama and the former Chairman of the State Timber Corporation (STC) Piyadasa Dissanayake, who were found guilty on bribery charges this morning. The first defendant in the case Mr. Mahanama has been sentenced to 20 year […]

Sri Lanka News Former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka has been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) in connection with the road accident at Rajagiriya in 2016. The Attorney General had advised the Senior DIG of Colombo to arrest and produce the UNF Parliamentarian before court. Accordingly MP Ranawaka was arrested by police acting on […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka arrested over the Rajagiriya traffic accident in 2016, on AG’s advice. AG advises Police to arrest Champika Ranawaka AG advises Police SDIG Colombo to arrest and produce in court Former cabinet Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka over the traffic accident in 2016

උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් රිය අනතුරක් සිදුකර පුද්ගලයෙකුට බරපතල තුවාල සිදුකිරීම සහ අනතුරින් පසු රියදුරා මාරු කර පලායාමේ චෝදනා මත හිටපු අමාත්‍ය පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇති බව නීතිපතිවරයාගේ සම්බන්ධීකරණ නිලධාරිනි රජයේ අධිනීතීඥ නිශාරා ජයරත්න ප්‍රකාශ කළා. ඒ හිටපු කැබිනට් අමාත්‍ය පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලෙස නීතිපති දප්පුල ද ලිවේරා, […]

By Hemantha Randunu Courtesy The Island The CID has uncovered that several other employees in the Swiss Embassy were involved in a plot hatched by Garnier Bannister Francis, a local staffer of the diplomatic mission in Colombo, arrested and remanded for falsely claiming that she had been abducted and threatened. These persons include several female […]

Courtesy Ada Derana The law should be implemented against all those who were involved in the alleged abduction case of the Swiss Embassy employee, says United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP Dilan Perera. Speaking at a press conference, the parliamentarian called the alleged incident a failed ‘drama’ created to sling mud at President Gotabaya Rajapaksa […]

Courtesy Hiru News පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක හිටපු අමාත්‍යවරයා සම්බන්ධයෙන් අද පැවැති සිංහලයේ ජාතික සංවිධානයේ ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවේදී ද තවත් අනාවරණයක් සිදුකළා.

Courtesy Hiru News හිටපු අමාත්‍ය පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක මහතා සම්බන්ධ රිය අනතුර පිළිබදව සිදුවීමේ පරීක්ෂණ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ උපදෙස් මත සිදුවන්නක් බවට තමන් කිසිසේත් විශ්වාස නොකරන බව පූජ්‍ය ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත හිමියන් පවසනවා. කොළඹදී අද පැවති ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකදී උන්වහන්සේ මෙම අදහස් පලකළා.

Courtesy Ada Derana The two individuals, who were arrested over controversial statements made at a media briefing conducted by former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne on the purported incidents regarding white vans”, have been remanded until the 27th of December. The Colombo Chief Magistrate issued the order when the two individuals were presented before the court […]

Courtesy Hiru News he Swiss Embassy officer Garnier Banister Francis who was arrested by the CID, has been remanded until the 30 This was after she was produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.

උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් 2016 වසරේ රාජගිරියේදී තරුණයෙකු රිය අනතුරට ලක් කළ බව කියන සිද්ධියට අදාළව හිටපු අමාත්‍ය පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක නීතීඥයෙකු මාර්ගයෙන් අද අධිකරණය හමුවේ පෙනී සිටියා. හිරු අධිකරණ වාර්තාකරු සඳහන් කළේ ඒ අනුව ඔහු කොළඹ අතිරේක මහේස්ත්‍රාත් කාංචනා නෙරංජනා ද සිල්වා හමුවේ පෙනී සිටි බවයි. එහිදී හිටපු අමාත්‍යවරයා වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටි නීතීඥවරයා අධිකරණයට […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් 2016 වසරේදී රාජගිරියේදී තරුණයෙකු අනතුරට ලක්කළ බව කියන සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු අමාත්‍ය පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක මහතා සහ එවකට ඔහුගේ රියදුරු ලෙස ක්‍රියා කළ තුසිත කුමාර යන අයට විදේශ ගත වීම තහනම් කරමින් අලුත්කඩේ මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණය නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කළා. ඒ කොළඹ අපරාධ කොට්ඨාශය සිදුකළ කරුණු දැක්වීම සැලකිල්ලට ගනිමින්. 2016 වසරේ පෙබරවාරි මස […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Government on Saturday defended the action of one of its army officer charged by a UK court for making offensive gesture to LTTE supporters in London, saying that he is entitled to diplomatic immunity. Brigadier Priyanka Fernando, who was posted as a defence advisor at the Sri Lankan embassy in London […]

Courtesy Adaderana Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith left the Presidential Commission of Inquiry investigating into Easter Sunday attacks, a short while ago, after giving a nearly 4-hour statement. Cardinal Ranjith had arrived at the commission’s office located at BMICH premises at around 2.00 p.m. today (6) for the evidence hearing. He left the premises […]

Courtesy Adaderana The ‘War Heroes for Motherland’ Organisation today claimed that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had pressured several former navy officers and a former LTTE member to give false evidence in the case over the abduction of 11 youths in 2008. Convenor of the organization, Major (Retired) and Attorney-at-Law Ajith Prasanna, holding a press […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් කුරුණෑගල රෝහලේ සේවය කළ වෛද්‍ය සාෆි ෂිහාබ්දීන් පිළිබඳව පසුගිය ආණ්ඩුව ක්‍රියාකළ ආකාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පූජ්‍ය අතුරලියේ රතන හිමියන්අදහස් පළ කළා. ඒ, කොළඹදී පැවති ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකදී.

Courtesy Hiru News Lawyers of Rayynor Silva, Chairman of HIRU TV, sends letters of demand to MP Mangala Samaraweera and two others for recent defamatory comments made against him and his family demanding 1 Billion rupees each.

Idrees Ali CourtesyReuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned two Army officers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan and restored the rank of a Navy SEAL platoon commander who was demoted for actions in Iraq, a move critics have said would undermine military justice and send a message that battlefield atrocities […]