Author Archive for Security

Kelaniya University: Several students accused of kidnapping and assaulting security officers

Sunday, December 3rd, 2023

Courtesy Hiru News A group of students is alleged to have kidnapped and assaulted two security officers on the Kelaniya university premises. The victims, identified as security personnel, are currently receiving medical treatment at Kiribathgoda Hospital. According to the police report, the incident occurred when the two security officers were residing in a dormitory within the […]

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Who is Politicising the Easter Sunday Attacks?

Sunday, November 26th, 2023

By  Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today The call for an independent investigation of the Easter Sunday bombings grew in crescendo during the last months of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s tenure in Office. The Catholic Church actively galvanised the anti-government protesters to oust President Gotabaya. Their grievance was not so much than the economic crisis but that […]

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Gevindu raises questions about US-funded training for judges, others and funding for BASL

Friday, November 24th, 2023

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island demands that govt. adhere to Fiscal Management (Responsibility) Act Rebel SLPP MP Gevindu Cumaratunga yesterday (23) said that Sri Lanka should be concerned about external interventions in the judiciary.MP Cumaratunga told The Island that without any malicious intent, on behalf of the Nidahasa Janatha Sabhawa he raised the issue at hand […]

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Indian fishermen held by SL Navy freed

Sunday, November 19th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily News The Sri Lankan government has released 22 fishermen hailing from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, who were detained on November 18 by the Navy personnel on charges of poaching. The two seized country boats belonging to the fishermen have also been released, Rayappan, president, the country boat fishermen association, told journalists in […]

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Minister accuses Shammi of issuing threats

Sunday, November 19th, 2023

By: Susil Premalal Courtesy The Daily Mirror COLOMBO (Daily Mirror) – Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe said that he had received threats from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Shammi Silva and National Sports Council Director Sudhath Chandrasekara in a new turn of events between the two parties. The Sports Minister made these observations during a special […]

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AI-generated video to be launched suggesting Prabhakaran’s daughter alive: Intelligence Reports

Saturday, November 18th, 2023

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Nov 18 (DailyMirror) – Foreign intelligence agencies have alerted Sri Lanka that a video clip is being prepared to be disseminated around the world on November 27, using artificial intelligence to indicate that Dwaraka Prabhakaran, the daughter of late LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, is still alive, informed sources said. November 27 is the […]

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UN Resident Coordinator offers support for Online Safety Bill in Sri Lanka

Wednesday, November 1st, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror United Nations Resident Coordinator Marc-André Franche informed Public Security Minister Tiran Alles that support will be provided for the exchange of ideas and proposals with international organizations concerning the Online Safety Bill.  This revelation came during a meeting between the UN Resident Coordinator and the Minister at the Ministry of Public […]

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Sri Lanka Arrests 37 Indian Fishermen For Allegedly Straying In Its Waters

Sunday, October 29th, 2023

India NewsPress Trust of India. Taking up the issue with the Centre, Chief Minister M K Stalin urged Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to initiate necessary steps to secure the release all the fishermen and their fishing boats. Chennai:  As many as 37 Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested and five of their fishing trawlers […]

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Sri Lanka Police plans to eradicate organised crime within next 6 months

Sunday, October 29th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police have reportedly implemented a number of measures in order to systematically control, and eradicate the operation of organised crime syndicates in the country within the next six months. Addressing an event in Colombo this afternoon (29 Oct.), Western Province Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Deshabandu Tennakoon noted that […]

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Who are the beneficiaries of wars?

Tuesday, October 24th, 2023

By P.K.Balachandran/Counterpoint Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, October 24: In the modern capitalist era, the beneficiaries of war are the arms manufacturers, defence contractors and their political patrons. While combatants and innocent civilians perish in the war zones, arms manufacturers, particularly the major corporations, large defence contractors and their political patrons mint money. Corruption and malfeasance are […]

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Diana Gamage gets hospitalized over alleged assault by SJB MP

Friday, October 20th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana State Minister Diana Gamage has been admitted to the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital following her claims about being assaulted by a male parliamentarian representing the main opposition. She also filed a complaint with Welikada Police prior to getting hospitalized. Earlier today, during the parliamentary session, Damage accused Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Sujith Sanjaya […]

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27 Indian Fishermen Held For Alleged Poaching In Sri Lanka’s Territorial Waters

Sunday, October 15th, 2023

Courtesy NDTV The fishermen were arrested off the coast of Mannar in the northeast and Delft and Kachchativu islets in the north on Saturday. Colombo:  Twenty-seven Indian fishermen were arrested for allegedly poaching in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters, the island nation’s Navy said on Sunday. The fishermen were arrested off the coast of Mannar in […]

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Rather than fight, resolve differences behind the scenes – Prof. Rohan Gunaratna

Friday, October 13th, 2023

By Ceylon Today Indo-Canadian relations were disrupted after Canada alleged that Indian intelligence assassinated a Sikh terrorist in Canada. Prof. Rohan Gunaratna wrote the foreword to Stewart Bell’s ‘Cold Terror: How Canada Nurtures and Exports Terrorism Around the World.’ India’s largest-selling English news magazine Weekly interviewed Prof. Gunaratna on Canada offering sanctuary for terrorists. Contrary […]

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Special report about Sri Lanka’s conflict to be submitted to President – Sarath Weerasekara

Thursday, October 12th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana A special report on the real state of the affairs in Sri Lanka’s conflict is set to be presented before the President, MP Sarath Weerasekara, Chairman of the Sectoral Monitoring Committee on National Security revealed. Speaking at a press conference held at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) on Thursday (12 Oct.), Weerasekara emphasised […]

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Statement of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Recent Escalations in the Israeli and Palestinian Conflict

Wednesday, October 11th, 2023

OCTOBER 10, 2023  PRESS RELEASES Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Note: The following statement is published according to the guidance of the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. Statement on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Over the past few days, hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians, including women, children and the […]

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India’s spies infiltrated West long before Canada’s murder claim

Saturday, October 7th, 2023

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia New Delhi, October 4 (Reuters): India’s external intelligence service is a feared foe in its neighbourhood: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal have all accused it of political meddling and involvement with outlawed groups that have perpetrated acts of violence. Now, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation last month that Indian government agents were […]

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‘88-89 අමුඩ ගස්සලා හන්දිවල වෙඩි තිවුවේ උඹලා වගේ අයට..’- ජවිපෙ මන්ත‍්‍රීගේ හඬ පටයක් සමාජ ජාලවල

Monday, October 2nd, 2023

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ලංකා විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලයේ සේවකයෙකුට පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් මරණ තර්ජනය කරන විඩියෝවක් සමාජ ජාලවල හුවමාරු වෙයි. මෙම ආරවුල ඇතිව තිබෙන්නේ විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලයට අයත් ගොඩනැගිල්ලක තාප්පයේ පෝස්ටර් ගැසීමට විරුද්ධ වීම නිසාය. ‘පෝස්ටර් ගැලෙවුවොත් බලා ගමු. 88-89 කාලයේ අමුඩ ගස්සලා හන්දි ගාණේ වෙඩි තැබුවේ උඹලා වගේ අයට’ යැයි ද එම පුද්ගලයා තර්ජනය […]

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Defence Secretary launched ‘Mihidan Nowu Minisa’  authored by Brig. Ranjan Wijedasa

Friday, September 29th, 2023

MOD  Media Centre Mihidan Nowu Minisa’ launched in Colombo Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne gracing a book launching ceremony held at the Auditorium of the Rock House Camp, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps, Mattakkuliya yesterday (Sep 28) unveiled ‘Mihidan Nowu Minisa’ a literary triumph of a serving military officer  Brig. Ranjan Wijedasa. Brig. Wijedasa had the […]

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Easter attacks: Channel 4 documentary makers admit absence of evidence to support allegations

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana The makers of British television network Channel 4’s documentary on the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka have admitted that they do not have credible evidence to support the claims made by Azad Maulana, the ‘whistleblower’ who made serious allegations about the complicity of state officials. This came to light during […]

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Did Channel 4 documentary reopen old wounds?

Friday, September 22nd, 2023

By  Dilanthi Jayammanne  Courtesy Ceylon Today Setting aside politics, Britain’s Channel 4 documentary on the 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday carnage, released ahead of the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council held in Geneva, possibly reopened the wounds of those impacted by the carnage while triggering a spate of reactions from others. A […]

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රටක් කැළඹු ‘සොනික් සොනික්’ ගැන තොරතුරු එළියට

Friday, September 22nd, 2023

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් පාස්කු ඉරුදින ත්‍රස්ත ප්‍රහාරය සිදුවූ කාල වකවානුවේදී මෙන්ම පසුගිය දා බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය චැනල් 4 නාලිකාව මගින් විකාශනය වු වීඩියෝව නිසා යළිත් කරළියට පැමිණි මාතෘකාවක් වන්නේ ‘සොනික් සොනික්’ යන යෙදුමයි. විවිධ පාර්ෂවයන් විසින් මේ දිනවල ජනමාධ්‍ය හා සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ මේ යෙදුම නිතර ව්‍යවහාර වීම සාමාන්‍ය දෙයක් වී තිබෙනවා. පක්ෂ විපක්ෂ දේශපාලඥයින් මෙන්ම […]

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Certain details of PCoI report on Easter bombings cannot be made public – Speaker

Thursday, September 21st, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywadena has addressed recent concerns pertaining to disclosing to the public certain details included in the report presented by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019. Making a special statement in Parliament in this regard on Thursday morning (21 Sep.), the […]

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President holds talks with Meta’s Nick Clegg on AI development

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe met with Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs for Meta (Facebook), in New York on the side-lines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), and highlighted the government’s new initiatives to combat online hate speech and the spread of fake news.  He emphasized that the proposed bill will […]

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‘Online Safety’ Draft bill gazetted

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana The draft of the Bill on ‘Online Safety’ was published, by way of a gazette notification, on Monday (18 Sep.), by the Ministry of Public Security. Accordingly, the relevant Bills aims to prohibit online communication of certain statements within the country, prevent the use of online accounts, both authentic and inauthentic, for the […]

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Channel 4 resurrects Easter Sunday, rips open can of squirming worms

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

by Rajan Philips Courtesy The Island Channel 4 has resurrected Easter and divided the political waters. Like Moses leading the Israelis through the divided waters of the Red Sea, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith is leading his faithful through the divided political waters of the country. Without taking a position on the Channe 4 documentary, the Cardinal […]

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National Security House Committee head asks why Diaspora doesn’t want India and TNA investigated

Sunday, September 17th, 2023

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, MP, yesterday (15) asked whether a comprehensive international investigation into accountability issues here could be conducted unless India, too, was subjected to the same. The former Public Security Minister was responding to the Global Tamil […]

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Real victims and real danger of Channel 4’s fact-less documentary

Friday, September 15th, 2023

By Ranga Jayasuriya/Daily Mirror Colombo, September 13: Channel 4’s latest documentary on the Easter Sunday attack is way too depressing for any Sri Lankan, more so for the survivors and relatives who live with the memories of the slaughter of innocents. But, after a 47-minute-long documentary, all that emerges is a ghastly piece of clickbait […]

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Decrypting Easter Attack Secrets: Roles of Abu Hind, Podi Saharan and Jameel – Part One

Friday, September 15th, 2023

by a special correspondent Courtesy Ceylon Today In recent years, if there’s been an event that has sent shockwaves through our nation, akin to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is undeniably the Easter attack. Regrettably, many individuals have exploited this tragedy for political gain, seemingly oblivious to the harrowing truth that lies beneath. Sri Lanka finds […]

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Decrypting Easter Attack Secrets: Who is this so – called Whistleblower Azad Maulana – Part two

Friday, September 15th, 2023

By A Special Correspondent Courtesy Ceylon Today Last year, a Sri Lankan individual stood resolutely before the special Bench of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, enduring five days of intense scrutiny from the organisation’s officials. During this period, he revealed a trove of State secrets, all while his life hung perilously in […]

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Decrypting Easter Attack Secrets: Social Responsibility in Face of Channel 4 Farce – Part 3

Friday, September 15th, 2023

By Special Correspondent Courtesy Ceylon Today A few days ago, this writer posed a critical question to an Islamic scholar of Sri Lankan heritage, now residing in Australia, regarding the Easter attacks: Was it a sinister political conspiracy? The response was unequivocal—there was no political conspiracy lurking behind the gruesome event. However, what unfolded was […]

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