Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara says that the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) will provide security to trains transporting fuel and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) will provide security to fuel bowsers, if and when necessary.  The minister had earlier assured safety for fuel bowsers and fuel trains while also requesting […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police says that a special team of 20 police officers has been appointed under the IGP’s instructions to investigate yesterday’s incident at Rambukkana, which resulted in the death of a protester and left several others injured.  Senior Police Spokesman SDIG Ajith Rohana stated this during a press briefing held today (20) […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The STF has been deployed in Rambukkana as protestors continue to protest in the area. Eye witnesses on ground said the situation in the area remains tense and angry protestors are demanding justice for the protestors who were injured and killed as police opened fire earlier this evening.  Eight policemen have […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police curfew has been declared within the limits of Rambukkana police area with immediate effect. The curfew order will be effective until further notice, the Police Spokesman said. The move came after one person died this evening (April 19) following a clash between the protesters and the police during a demonstration staged in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Inspector-General of Police says the law enforcement officers had to resort to minimum force to prevent a group of individuals from attempting to set fire to a bowser containing nearly 33,000 litres of fuel during the protest staged in Rambukkana. In a statement issued on the casualties reported in police shooting during […]

Courtesy Adaderana UPDATE: The number of people injured during the Rambukkana protest has risen to 24, including eight policemen, the police media spokesperson says. One person died this evening (April 19) following a clash between the protesters and the police during a demonstration staged in Rambukkana against the recent fuel price hike. The injured individual, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Defence Secretary Gen. (Retd.) Kamal Gunaratne says that there are no plans to abuse military power by unleashing it on peaceful protester. He stated this in a statement issued by the Ministry of Defence, in response to a Facebook post made by Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka addressing the Secretary of Defence and and […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ගාලු මුවදොර විරෝධතාකරුවන්ට සහාය දක්වමින් කටයුතු කළ පොලිස් නිලධාරියා සම්බන්ධයෙන් විනය ක‍්‍රියාමාර්ග ගන්නා බව පොලිසිය සඳහන් කරයි. පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක කාර්යාලය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් සඳහන් කරන්නේ මීට පෙරද මෙම නිලධාරියා විනය විරෝධී කාරණා මත සේවය අත්හිටුවනු ලැබූවකු බවයි. අතිශය මානුකම්පිත හේතු මත නැවත රාජකාරි පිහිටුවා ඇති බවද එම නිවේදනයේ සඳහන් […]

Courtesy Hiru News පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයට පෙර සහරාන් හෂීම් ඇතුළු කණ්ඩායම විසින් පටිගත කරන ලද එම ප්‍රහාර එල්ල කිරීමට හේතු දැක්වෙන වීඩීයෝවක් අද මාධ්‍ය වෙත නිකුත් කරනු ලැබුවා. අද පැවති ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ආරක්ෂක ලේකම්වරයා කියා සිටියේ පාස්කු ඉරු දින ත්‍රස්ත ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් පුද්ගලයින් 735 දෙනෙකු අතරින් 196 දෙනෙකු රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කර ඇති […]

Courtesy Adaderana Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne says that a total of 735 persons have been taken into custody so far over the Easter Sunday attacks.  He said 27 cases have been filed against 79 of them under 25,653 charges. The Defence Secretary revealed this during a press briefing held today at the Department of Government […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Enforcement Directorate (ED) of India on Monday said it has attached assets worth INR 359 million of four Indians allegedly involved in drugs and arms smuggling as part of a plan to ‘revive’ the banned Sri Lankan terror group LTTE that was militarily defeated in 2009. The accused are being probed by […]

Courtesy VOA U.S. authorities said Thursday that they had arrested a Japanese yakuza organized crime leader and three Thai men who trafficked heroin and methamphetamine and tried to acquire surface-to-air missiles for rebel groups in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Takeshi Ebisawa, Sompak Rukrasaranee, Somphob Singhasiri and Suksan Jullanan were arrested in New York on Monday […]

Premalal Mirihagalla Refrain from anger, Act peacefully, This too will change.

Courtesy The Week Amid continuing disenchantment with the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government in Sri Lanka, a media outlet reported on Sunday that relatives of a prominent minister had left the country. Sri Lanka has been under curfew since Saturday as part of attempts by the Gotabaya Rajapaksa dispensation to prevent protests over the ongoing economic crisis. […]

Courtesy Adaderana An island-wide curfew will be imposed at 6.00pm today (April 02), the Department of Government Information announced.  The curfew order will be effective until 6.00am on Monday (April 04). The move comes days after the mass protest staged on Pengiriwatte Road in Mirihana on Thursday evening (March 31). The demonstration commenced near the […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 21 people who were arrested over the protest at Pengiriwatte Road, Mirihana yesterday have been produced before the Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court today. According to Ada Derana correspondent, 15 of them were granted bail while six others were placed under remand custody until the 04th of April.

Courtesy Adaderana Police curfew has been imposed in several parts of Colombo and suburbs with immediate effect, the Sri Lanka’s police chief announced. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) C. D. Wickramaratne said curfew has been imposed within Colombo North, Colombo South, Colombo Central and Nugegoda Police Divisions until further notice.  He said police curfew […]

Courtesy Adaderana UPDATE: (10.28 p.m.) – Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters gathered near the Pengiriwatta Mawatha in Mirihana, which leads to the President’s residence.  Riot police had resorted to using tear gas and water cannons on the protesters as the agitation turned violent with stones and other objects being hurled […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today revealed that the government had entered into five defence agreements with India in line with the recently obtained US$1 billion credit facility, despite claims that no condition had been laid down in the credit line. Former JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti told a news conference that […]

Courtesy Adaderana All 88 volumes with proceedings, final report and witness records of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) which probed the Easter Sunday terror attacks have been handed over to the Speaker of Parliament. The complete 88-volume report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry was presented to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena by the President’s […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror An investigation has revealed that a controversial tweet by Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam about an alleged abduction attempt in Kalmunai, was false and misleading, Police Headquarters issuing a statement said.  On Thursday, MP Rasamanickam taking to his Twitter account reported an alleged abduction of a member of a […]

By Hiruni De Silva Courtesy Ceylon Today-Hiruni De Silva is a Sri Lankan Counter-Terrorism Analyst. The teardrop island of Asia in the Indian Ocean is used as a pawn on the geopolitical chess board. After the misery of its 30-year bloodthirsty war, exhausted since 2009, Sri Lanka now suffers its aftermath.  At present Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy The Island HC Navaratne responds to Ontario’s politico’s allegation 140,000 killed in Vanni war Sri Lanka has pointed out flaws in the process adopted by the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to pursue unsubstantiated war crimes accusations, which paved the way for the 2015 accountability resolution. In spite of serious concerns expressed […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka today slammed the World Report 2022” compiled by the Human Rights Watch, stating that it depicts an exaggerated and unduly negative picture of the current human rights situation in the country. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry noted that Sri Lanka Lanka follows a policy of constructive engagement with the international […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former IGP Pujitha Jayasundera had given a prior warning about the Easter Sunday attacks on Catholic Churches to four of the top police officers including DIG Western Police and to the DIG-in-charge of the STF, Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon said today before the trial-at-bar at the Colombo High Court. DIG Tennakoon […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Dastardly conspiracy gradually unfolding’ Declaring that 2019 Easter Sunday carnage couldn’t be blamed on Muslim extremists alone, the Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday (14) questioned the failure on the part of the government to at least implement the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said today there was a main conspirator behind the incidents where hand grenades were placed at a private hospital in Narahenpita and at the Borella All Saints’ Church premises. He told reporters that in both instances, it was the same person who placed the bombs, who […]

Interpol Suspected terrorists and foreign fighters among arrests during INTERPOL-coordinated operation COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Boosting the ability of frontline border officers to detect travelers as potential terrorists was the focus of a counter- terrorism (CT) and border management operation led by INTERPOL across Sri Lanka. Codenamed Operation Flycatcher II, the five-day (8 – 12 […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A hand grenade was found at the Borella All Saints’ Church premises by the STF this evening. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident. Steps were being taken to defuse the ordinance, police said.

Rajiv Malhotra Official Shocking state of affairs in Tamilnadu due to Muslin extremism In the backdrop of the terror attacks by Islamic fundamentalists in Sri Lanka, we take a look at the vulnerabilities in Tamil Nadu. The National Tawheed Jamath with sympathies towards the ISIS has been declared as the perpetrator of the Sri Lankan […]