By P.k. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today On February 21, China released its ‘position paper’ on global security. The comprehensive paper touches on all aspects of global security (except security from debt traps). But an aspect that should please many countries of the Global South, both big and small, is the plea for non-interference in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The committee appointed to look into any lapses by State Intelligence, Police and the Armed Forces during the mass anti-government protests and violent incidents across the island on 09 and 10 May 2022 has recommended that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) conduct an investigation into former Army Commander General Shavendra Silva.  Accordingly, the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Nearly 20 persons who were injured during today’s protest staged by the National People’s Power (NPP) were brought to the National Hospital in Colombo for treatment.  Accordingly, hospital sources confirmed that those injured during the protest were brought for treatment after tear gas and water cannons were fired in attempts to disperse the […]

Courtesy The Island Wimal Weerawansa SLPP rebel and National Freedom Front leader, Wimal Weerawansa, told Parliament yesterday that the government was planning to place the State Intelligence Service’s decision-making responsibility under a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US. Weerawansa said that a similar shifting of the responsibility had happened in 2001. The 20-member Pentagon […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The report of the Board of Inquiry prepared by a three-member-committee headed by Admiral of Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda to ascertain lapses by the armed forces and state intelligence services during the recent incident of violence was today filed before the Court of Appeal. President’s Counsel Uditha Igalahewa appearing for Admiral of […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today Colombo, February 20: The Eastern Sri Lankan Port of Trincomalee, one of the best natural harbors in the world, has always attracted the interest of global and regional economic and military powers. Hence, any visit of a high-level political or military delegation of foreign powers comes under the scrutiny […]

Lanka Lead News භූ දේශපාලනික රහස් හෙළිදරව් කිරීම් අතින් පසුගිය දශකයේදී ලෝකය උඩුයටිකුරු කළ එඩ්වඩ් ස්නෝව්ඩන් වඩාත් ලොව ප්‍රකට වූයේ ඔහු විසින් CIA සංවිධානය ගැන කළ විශේෂ හෙළිදරව් කිරීම් නිසාය. CIA සංව්ධානය විසින් දෙස් විදෙස් භූදේශපාලන නායකයන්ගේ දුරකථන ඇමතුම්, ඊ මේල් සහ සමාජ ජාලා ගිණුම වලට හොර රහසේ ඇතුල්වී තොරතුරු සොරා ගන්නා බව මෙන්ම ශුද්ධෝත්තම […]

Lanka Lead News දෙමළ ජනතාවට රටක් නැති බවත්, එනිසාම ඔවුන් රටක් සොයන්නේ අතීතයේ සිටම බවත් විශ්‍රාමික ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් ජගත් ඩයස් ඩයස් මහතා පවසයි. මාධ්‍ය නාලිකාවක් සමග සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා මෙම කරුණු සදහන් කරයි. ඊශ්‍රායලයට ද රටක් නොතිබුණු අවදියේ බටහිර බලපෑම මත ඔවුන්ට රටක් අත්පත්කර ගැනීමට හැකි වූ බවද, දෙමළ ජනතාවට රටක් නොමැති නිසා එය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon and Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne today held discussion with the delegation led by U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs (PDASD) Jedidiah P Royal over the matters of defence cooperation enhancement and regional security stability. Jedidiah P Royal paid a […]

Courtesy The Hindustan Times Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran’s claim that Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founding chief of the Liberation of Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), is still alive was quashed by Tamil nationalists and the Sri Lankan army Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran’s claim that Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founding chief of the Liberation of Tigers […]

Courtesy Hiru News The CID has started an investigation after disclosing an incident of taking secret video footage threatening the life of the Governor of the North Western Province, Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karnnagoda. That was according to a complaint made by the Governor to the Inspector General of Police. The Governor’s official residence […]

Courtesy Adaderana Several teams of military personnel have been deployed within the Colombo Fort area, to help control the prevailing situation in the wake of various groups taking to the streets this morning (08 Feb.) to stage protest marches and rallies. A number of protests kicked off this morning, with different groups, including trade union activists, […]

Courtesy Ada Derana A total of 150 motorcycles, 74 vehicles and 115 pieces of search equipment have been handed over to the Sri Lanka Police by Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Takei Syunsuke. The automobiles and equipment were handed over under a grant by the Japanese Government at a ceremony held at the Presidential […]

Courtesy The Island Foreign Secretary, Aruni Wijewardane, with UK’s Permanent Under Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Sir Philip Barton, at the Foreign Ministry, in Colombo, on January 17 (pic courtesy Foreign Ministry) As a result of sheer negligence, Sri Lanka has ended up being categorized as a perpetrator of war crimes, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara charged that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution is in spotlight once again due to the impending visit of the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland to Sri Lanka. He said that a conspiracy is afoot to establish a US-India military base in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Father Jude Chryshatha, the National Director for Social Communication, has asserted the Catholic Church’s refusal of former President Maithripala Sirisena’s recent apology for the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019. Accordingly, Father Chryshantha noted that the Catholic Church will not accept the apology made by the former President. Speaking at a press conference […]

Courtesy Hiru News State Minister Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said that the approved cadre of the Sri Lanka Army, which now stands at 200,783 will be reduced to 135,000 by 2024. He said it has been projected to reduce the cadre to the right size, which is 100,000 by 2030. “The strength of the military and […]

මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් මහතා මිනීමැරුම් හා මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය මැඩලීම් සඳහා උපරිම ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ගන්නැයි මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් මහතා පොලිස්පතිවරයා ඇතුළු පොලිස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ නිලධාරීන් කැඳවා උපදෙස් දෙනු  ලැබිය. ජනශක්ති සමූහ ව්‍යාපාරයේ සභාපති දිනේෂ් ෂාෆ්ටර් මහතා ගේ කුරිරු සහ අභිරහස් ඝාතනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් සිදුකෙරෙන විමර්ශන මෙන්ම මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය මැඩලීම සම්බන්ධව කෙරෙන පොලිස් විමර්ශන වල ප්‍රගතිය විමසා […]

Madhur Sharma Courtesy Outlook Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord with Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayawardene in 1987. Under the pact, the Indian military was deployed as the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka. Soon after the deployment, the circumstances changed and IPKF was engaged in combat by […]

By P.K. Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 25 (Counterpoint): Despite criticisms both inside and outside the House, the Sri Lankan parliament on Thursday passed a high defense and national security budget amounting to US$ 1.46 billion for 2023. It was passed by a majority of 81 votes, with 91 MPs voting in favor and 10 […]

Courtesy Hiru News Those who cause violence in the name of human rights cannot be protected ; President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that he will never allow violence and anarchy to prevail under the guise of human rights, adding that if any party engages in such an attempt, the security forces will be used to suppress […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday announced in Parliament a moratorium on public protests and vowed to use the military to crush any future anti-government protests aimed at regime change. They can call me a dictator. They must obtain police permission to stage street protests and not cause traffic chaos. There […]

By Manohari Katugampala Courtesy Ceylon Today Nothing is impossible for the brave warrior of the nation who was born to a heroic mother. Several heroic sons were born on this island to eradicate this menace from the ‘suppressed communities’ of terrorism. When the time where the country was passing ‘years of blue’, the region of […]

Courtesy The Daily Times The third round of Pakistan-Sri Lanka Armed Forces Defence Dialogue (AFDD) was held in Expo Centre Karachi from November 16-17 where both sides agreed to continue to support each other at all regional and international fora. The Pakistan delegation was led by Secretary Defence, Lt General (R) Hamood uz Zaman Khan, […]

By Hansi Nanayakkara Courtesy Ceylon Today Colombo Additional Magistrate T. N. L. Mahawatta today (17) ordered Convener of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige and IUSF member Ven. Galwewa Siridhamma Thera to be remanded until such time instructions are received from AG Sanjay Rajaratnam. The duo were detained by the Terrorist Investigation Division […]

By Palanivel Rajan C Express News Service While calls for their release arise from various quarters, the four Sri Lankan nationals’ movement remains restricted until further orders. TIRUCHY:  Even as the Supreme Court on Friday allowed the remaining six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to walk free, four of them—V Sriharan alias Murugan, Santhan, […]

Courtesy DNA Santhan, Robert Payas, and Jayakumar are Sri Lankans while Nalini and R P Ravichandran, belong to Tamil Nadu. Nalini (File) The six Indian and Sri Lankan nationals convicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi are likely to be released from jail today. The jail authorities have reportedly received copies of […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 14 suspects are under arrest in connection with the tense situation in Kebithogollewa in which a police officer succumbed to injuries after being assaulted last night. Several police officers, responding to a report on the death of a woman caused by a wild elephant attack, had shown up in Rambakapuwewa […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Janatha Vikukthi Peramuna is still behaving like they did in the 88-89 era where they unleased violence on the people, SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa said today.   “We thought that there had been a change with the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) up to some extent. But still, the way that they […]

ගයන් ද මෙල් ලේකම්  – ‘ස්පර්’ සංවිධානය, වික්ටෝරියා, ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව. බුද්ධ ශාසන, ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය විදුර වික්‍රමනායක මැතිතුමා, 135, අනගාරික ධර්මපාල මාවත, කොළඹ 07 ගරු මැතිතුමනි, ඓතිහාසික කුරුන්ධි විහාර පරිශ්‍රයේ ආරක්ෂාව තහවරු කර ගැනීම වසර 27කට වැඩි කාලයක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රතිරූපය ඉහළ නැංවීමට, භෞමික අඛණ්ඩතාවය ආරක්ෂා කිරීමට සහ අපගේ ආරක්ෂක හමුදාවන්ට සහ යුද්ධයෙන් පීඩාවට […]