Lanka Lead News ගෝල් ෆේස් අරගලයේ ප්‍රභල ක්‍රියාකාරිකයෙකු වූ රතිඳු සේනාරත්න හෙවත් රැට්ටා සිය සමාජාලා ගිණුමේ සටහනක් තබමින් වක්‍රාකාරයෙන් රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා වෙත දරුණු අනතුරු ඇඟවීමක් කර තිබේ.ඔහු,‘පරණ එකාට රටිං පනින්න හරි පුලුවං උනා. මූට නං රටිං පනින්නත් බැරි වෙනවා.” මර්ධනය නවතනු යනුවෙන් සටහන තබා තිබේ.

Sreemoy Talukdar Courtesy FirstPost Helping Sri Lanka in its hour of need, even as a first responder, does not automatically give India the right to dictate terms or call for punishment” or lessons” should things not go New Delhi’s way. From the ramparts of Red Fort, the prime minister has given a call for India […]

Meera Srinivasan  Courtesy The Hindu Sri Lanka awaits China’s response to its request for bridge loans to tide over the country’s enduring economic crisis Weeks ahead of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva, where a resolution on Sri Lanka is expected to be tabled, China has said it will continue to support” […]

Courtesy Adaderana Senadhi Guruge, an activist of the ‘Aragalaya’ movement, was arrested by the police today (Aug 24). He was taken into custody in connection with an assault on two intelligence officers.

By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island A media release issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says, The ban was lifted after a study was conducted by a committee consisting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Attorney General’s Department, intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, and the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Was there a conspiracy to topple the government The government today said that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) sleuths are questioning several suspects including the convener of the IUSF Wasantha Mudalige detained under the provisions of Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to determine whether there was a conspiracy to topple the […]

Courtesy Adaderana During a discussion this evening, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has requested President Ranil Wickremesinghe to facilitate the return of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to Sri Lanka, MP Sanjeeva Edirimanna said. SLPP parliamentarians had met the President for an official discussion this evening (18) at the President’s Office. Expressing his views during […]

Courtesy Adaderana China on Tuesday said the activities of its high-tech research vessel will not affect the security of any country and should not be obstructed” by any third party,” as the ship berthed at Sri Lanka’s strategic southern port of Hambantota amid Indian and US concerns. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Issuing a clarification on Sri Lanka lifting the ban imposed on several Tamil diaspora organisations, the Defence Ministry says that such inclusions and exclusions for blacklisted individuals and organizations are routinely carried out by relevant authorities after observation and careful study over a continuous period of time. According to the blacklisting and delisting […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While de-listing six Tamil international organizations including the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) and 317 individuals, the government has added 55 new individuals and three more organizations to the banned list as part of this year’s review, informed sources said. According to the gazette notification issued on July 28 this year signed […]

Coutesy Hiru News Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) ‘Taimur’ which arrived at the port of Colombo on an official visit on 12th August 2022, set sail from the island after successful conduct of a Passage Exercise with Sri Lanka Navy Ship (SLNS) “;Sindurala” today (15th August). Sri Lanka Navy bade customary farewell to the departing ship […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 10 (Counterpoint): The current disturbance in India-Sri Lanka relations caused by the proposed docking of the sophisticated Chinese military survey vessel Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota port is but the latest in a long series of hiccups in Indo-Lankan strategic relations. The relationship has been seeing ups and downs since the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 9: On Tuesday, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe paid his first official visit to the Army HQ in the outskirts of Colombo and addressed the troops even as protesters were planning to renew the agitation to oust him from the Presidency.   As it turned out, the function at the Army […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Security forces have saved the day by safeguarding the legislature and thus avoided further anarchy, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. President Wickremesinghe during his visit to the Defence Secretariat in Akuregoda said a very few understand the important operation in which security forces were involved in July this year. Protesters were […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police today sought public assistance to identify the persons who forcibly entered the President’s House in Colombo on 09 July and cause damages to property.  Issuing a press release, the Police Media Division said that the Colombo Central Division criminal investigations unit is carrying out investigations to arrest suspects in connection […]

Courtesy Adaderana Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) Kesbewa electorate organiser Gayan De Mel has been arrested by police on suspicion of his involvement in six separate incidents of violence that had taken place on May 09th. According to a notification made by Piliyandala Police, the suspect had surrendered to the police through an attorney today (08). […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police is seeking public assistance to identify the suspects involved in the stealing of two T-56 firearms and the assault on 26 army personnel during the protest near Polduwa Junction last month. During the protest held on July 13 near the Parliament entry road at Polduwa Junction, protesters had snatched two […]

Courtesy Khaleej Times Sri Lanka’s new president Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday it was not the right time for former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to the country as it could inflame political tensions, the Wall Street Journal reported. “I don’t believe it’s the time for him to return,” Wickremesinghe said in an interview with […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has allowed a Chinese research vessel to dock at the Hambantota port next month, the island nation’s Army spokesman said on Sunday, days after India said it carefully monitors any development having a bearing on its security and economic interests. The southern deep-sea port of Hambantota is considered strategically important for […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror China said on Friday it hoped relevant parties” would refrain from interfering with its legitimate maritime activities, after New Delhi voiced concern over a Chinese military ship’s planned visit to a port in India’s southern neighbour Sri Lanka. India worries that the Chinese-built and leased port of Hambantota will be used […]

Courtesy Adaderana Proclamation on the state of emergency declared by the then Acting President under the Public Security Ordinance approved in Parliament of Sri Lanka by majority vote. The Proclamation on the state of emergency declared by then Acting President under the Public Security Ordinance was approved in Parliament today (27) by a majority of […]

Adaderana The police announced today that investigations are underway to identify all those who visited the Presidential Secretariat after it was occupied by the protesters on July 09, for the crime of trespassing. Convening a media briefing on Saturday (July 23), the police spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa said measures will also be taken to arrest […]

Courtesy MailonLine View gallery Members of Sri Lankan security forces remove a barricade blocking the main gate of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo early Friday Sri Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early Friday and evicted activists hours before the new president was due to name a cabinet. The […]

Courtesy TRTWORLD Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police swoop in on unarmed activists blocking Presidential Secretariat in the capital after new President Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in, according to AFP. Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police have raided the main anti-government protest camp in the country’s capital and started tearing down tents of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A tense situation is reported at the Galle Face protest site near the Presidential Secretariat as Police and troops moved in and remove protesters from the area. The security forces removed some of tents and structures placed around the Presidential Secretariat.

ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. හිටපු ලේකම් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බන්ඩාරනායක. සභාපති ශ්‍රි ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමය (1991-1994) සභාපති. මහනුවර සින්හල බෞද්ධ ජේෂ්ඨ පුරවැසියන්ගේ සන්විධානය. ශ්‍රි ලන්කා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සිටින මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් 225 දෙනාම වෙත, විෂේශයෙන්ම සින්හල මන්ත්‍රීන් වෙත කෙරෙන අනතුරු ඇඟවීමක්.  ක්‍රි.  පූ. 543 සිට සින්හලේ රාජධානිය වශයෙන්ද ක්‍රි.පූ.307 සිට අද දක්වාම ලෝකයේ ඇති එකම සින්හල බෞද්ධ රාජ්‍ය වශයෙන්ද පැවති […]

Lanka Lead News එක්සත් රණවිරු ප්‍රජාවේ කැඳවුම්කරු අසේල ධර්මසිරි මහතා මාධ්‍යය සාකච්ඡාවක් පවත්වමින් පවසා සිටියේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට පහරදීමට ජනතාව පෙළඹවූ සුනිල් හඳුන්නෙත්තිට සහ ලාල් කාන්තට එරෙහිව නීතිය ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ යුතු යැයි අවධාරණය කළේය. මහනුවරදී පසුගිය 17 වනදා මාධ්‍යය හමුවක් පවත්වමින් මේ බව පැවසූ ඒ මහතා වැඩිදුරටත් පවසා සිටියේ භාෂණයේ සහ ප්‍රකාශනයේ නිදහස ඇති නමුත් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යයවස්ථාව […]

Courtesy Adaderana A Gazette Extraordinary has been issued declaring a state of emergency across the island with effect from today (July 18). The state of emergency has been declared in a proclamation by Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe in terms of Article 40(1)(C) of the Constitution, by virtue of the powers vested in him by Section 2 of […]

Citizen Jane Courtesy The Island A social media video clip is doing the rounds where a member of a legal profession who should be well versed in the law, is claiming that the Rule of Law and Human Rights protected by the Constitution of Sri Lanka is no longer valid post 9th July 2022. He […]

The New Atlas Evidence is emerging that at least some segments of the ongoing protests in Sri Lanka are funded and backed by the US, serving US interests. A digital strategist” given credit by the Western media for the successful toppling of the Sri Lankan government was a volunteer” at a US National Endowment for […]