Courtesy Adaderana Former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Nilantha Jayawardena believes that the forewarning given to him by a foreign intelligence agency ahead of the Easter Sunday attacks might not have been so secretive a mere week later. Testifying before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, Jaywardena […]

Courtesy Adaderana The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) says its leader MP Rishad Bathiudeen will appear publicly after the 20th of October. The Deputy Leader of ACMC, Attorney-at-Law N.M. Shaheed stated this holding a press conference today (18). On October 15, MP Bathiudeen filed a writ application through his lawyer, seeking an order from the […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Boossa Prison was officially designated as a High Security Prison this morning (18) by the Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror India’s federal counter-terrorist force NSG has trained a select group of personnel who protect Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, the chief of the commando force said on Friday.  According to Economic Times, NSG director general (additional charge) S S Deswal said this in his address on the occasion of the force’s 36th […]

Courtesy Adaderana Three days have passed since the Attorney General directed the Police to arrest MP Rishad Bathiudeen, however the investigation officers are yet to locate him. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) meanwhile recorded statements from Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and MP Rauff Hakeem with regard to the phone conversations they have had with the […]

Courtesy Hiru News Attorney General Dappula de Livera has instructed DIG Prasad Ranaweera of the CID to act without disregarding the advice of the Attorney General and court orders. That was when the DIG of the CID was summoned to the Attorney General’s Department this afternoon (15) to inquire into the delay in the arrest […]

Fact Check An image that appears to show Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Yang Jiechi, a high-ranking Chinese official, holding a framed aerial photograph of the island of Sri Lanka has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts. The image, however, has been doctored; the original photo shows Rajapaksa and Yang […]

Yoshitha Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Several issues cropped up after a relative of an LTTE member was appointed to a high position of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) by the previous government, former president Maithripala Sirisena told the PCoI into the Easter Sunday attacks. He said due to such issues, he […]

Courtesy Hiru News Army Intelligence Officer Kanishka Gunaratne says that some officers of the CID had intimidated him and tried to obtain false evidence. This was while giving evidence for the first time before the Presidential Commission Investigating Political Victimization

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය පාස්කු දිනයට අනුබල දීම මත සැකපිට අත්අඩංගුවට ගත්, හිටපු අමාත්‍ය රිෂාඩ් බදියුදීන් මහතාගේ සහෝදරයෙක් වන රියාජ් බදියුදීන් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් අත්තනෝමතික ලෙස නිදහස් කිරීමට එරෙහිව ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් 100 දෙනෙකුගේ අත්සනින් යුත් ලිපියක් අතිගරු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ මැතිතුමාට සහ ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අද දින (2020.10.09) බාර දෙන […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today Of the 1402 employees at the Minuwangoda Brandix Apparel factory, only 125 employees reported themselves to the Police today (8). However, 245 employees had reported themselves yesterday (7), said the Police Media Spokesperson, DIG Ajith Rohana.  But, according to State Intelligence Service and the Department of Census and Statistics, few workers have […]

Courtesy Hiru News Several civil society organizations today lodged a complaint with the National Police Commission regarding the release of Riaz Bathiudeen, the brother of MP Rishad Bathiudeen. It was against the officers of the CID who were investigating Riaz Bathiudeen. Riaz Bathiudeen, who was arrested on suspicion of having links with the terrorists who […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Police curfew has been imposed in the Veyangoda Police division as well with immediate effect until further notice, Army Commander Shavendra Siva told Daily Mirror. Earlier, Police curfew was imposed in the Divulapitiya and Minuwangoda police division following the detection of a Covid-19 patien

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith today expressed his dissatisfaction on the release of certain suspects held over involvement in the Easter Sunday attacks. Cardinal Ranjith told a press conference that it is sad to note the release of a suspect held in connection with the attacks.  “It is sad and unfortunate […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Colombo has granted permission to the owners of the fire-stricken crude oil tanker ‘MT New Diamond’ to tow the vessel away from Sri Lankan maritime border. Permission has been given subject to the payment of compensation and cost incurred by the Government agencies. The Spokesperson of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the Easter Sunday terror attacks that the value of national security was put on the back burner behind politics by the leaders of the country at the time. He alleged that the usual national security chain of command was left in […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Yahapalana President Maithripala Sirisena recently contradicted former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando as regards the latter’s statements before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (P CoI) probing 2019 April 21 Easter Sunday attacks. It was, in fact, Sirisena who appointed the P CoI several weeks before the end of his term. […]

Courtesy Hiru News IGP Pujith Jayasundara who has been sent on compulsory leave, admitted today (28) that Saharan Hashim, who led the Easter Sunday attack, was able to operate freely in Sri Lanka due to the negligent actions of the Police Department. This was while giving evidence before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing into […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former State Minister of Defence, Deputy UNP Leader Ruwan Wijewardene testified before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the Easter Sunday terror attacks on Thursday (24). Responding to a question raised by the panel, he said the former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe often times left during the National Security Council meetings. He […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara making a statement today before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter attacks stated that former President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed him not to conduct any open investigation into Islamic extremist activities. He was giving evidence before the commission for the second day today This was when […]

Yoshitha Pererav Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former President Maithripala Sirisena on April 24, 2019 informed former IGP Pujith Jayasundara that if he accepted responsibility for the co-ordinated terror attacks on April 21, 2019 and resigned from his position, he would be given the pension and a position as an ambassador in any country he wished […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Chief of National Intelligence Sisira Mendis gave evidence before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the Easter Sunday terror attacks for the 7th day on Thursday (17). During the proceedings, the legal counsel representing the Director of State Intelligence Service (SIS) Nilantha Jayawardena asked the witness as to how he came […]

Courtesy Adaderana The person alleged to be the fugitive gangster Maddumage Lasantha Chandana Perera alias ‘Angoda Lokka’ had died of heart attack in Coimbatore and no foul play was involved in his death, a senior officer of India’s CB-CID said on Wednesday based on the findings of the post-mortem, chemical examination and histopathology reports. K. […]

Courtesy The Island The State Intelligence Service (SIS)  had not been aware that National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) had direct links to the ISIS, by the time it received information from a foreign source warning of a possible terrorist attack on April 09, 2019, former SIS Director SDIG Nilantha Jayawardena yesterday told the PCoI probing Easter […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Director of State Intelligence Service (SIS) SDIG Nilantha Jayawardena today rejected claims made by former President Maithripala Sirisena for not informing the National Security Council (NSC) that Zahran Hashim was a terrorist and a threat to the country’s security. SDIG Jayawardena made this remarks while responding to a question raised […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) investigating the Easter Sunday Attacks, heard evidence on Monday (14) from two former intelligence service chiefs – Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena and Retired DIG Sisira Mendis – who exposed a lack of responsibility and leadership in the country’s national security establishment. During their individual testimonies, the subject […]

By P.K. Balachandran/Ceylon Today  Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The inspiring story of the Sri Lankan armed forces’ make over done by Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa is told in a gripping way by the current Defense Secretary Maj.Gen.(Rtd) Kamal Gunaratne. Colombo, September 14: In 2005, when Gotabaya Rajapaksa took over as Sri Lanka’s Defense Secretary at the request […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former senior DIG of the Eastern province Edson Gunatillake says that muslim radicals have been taking arms since 2008 and 2009 under the pretense of fighting the LTTE, and spread their radicalistic ideas. He expressed this view last evening while giving his statement before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Attacks. […]

Courtesy Reuters COLOMBO (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan navy said on Saturday it had sealed an inlet on the fire-stricken New Diamond oil supertanker that was leaking fuel oil and sparking fears of an environmental disaster. A team of divers that inspected the rear of the tanker, which caught fire last week, found a sea […]

Courtesy Hiru News The hunger strike launched by a group of inmates in the special section of the Boossa Prison continues. Thirty people, including organized criminals Podi Lasi, Wele Suda and Kosgoda Tharaka, are still on hunger strike which commenced based on several demands. However, Defense Secretary Retired Major General Kamal Gunaratne said the demands […]