Courtesy The Hindu They have been taken to the Kankesanthurai naval base for interrogation, say sources Six fishermen from Pudukottai district were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday on the charge of trespassing into the territorial waters of the island nation. Coastal Security Group sources said the six fishermen set sail on board a mechanised […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Sarath Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera yesterday (05) said that over a year after the killing of eight persons, including SLPP MP Amarakeerthi Atukorale and his police bodyguard and destruction of approximately 150 private properties the government was yet […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island attackers among 25 arrested along with two trawlers Poaching Indian fishers on Saturday night (Dec 09) caused injuries to two sailors in Sri Lankan waters off Point Pedro. Authoritative sources said that Indian fishers attacked them with sticks and then threw boiling water in a bid to thwart SLN […]

Courtesy The Morning The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will move to withdraw nearly 250 members of the armed forces who were deployed to carry out maintenance and support duties at the historic Mihintale Raja Maha Viharaya, State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said in Parliament. The move follows an escalation of a dispute between […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තමන් වහන්සේ ගැන ඔත්තු බැලීම සඳහා නොචියාගම යුද හමුදා කඳවුරේ සෙබළුන් දෙදෙනෙක් මිහින්තලා පූජා භූමිය වෙත යොදා යොදවා තිබූ බව එම විහාරාධිපති පූජ්‍ය වලවාහැංඟුණු වැවේ ධම්මරතන හිමියෝ කියා සිටිති. මිහින්තලා පූජා භූමියට යොදා තිබූ ආරක්ෂාව ඉවත් හමුදා ආරක්ෂාව ඉවත් කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව ම විහාරස්ථානයේදී මාධ්‍ය කැඳවමින් උන්වහන්සේ මෙසේ අදහස් පළ කළහ. […]

Courtesy Hiru News State Minister for Defense Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon announced in Parliament today that 251 members of the Army, Navy, and Civil Defense Force, who were on duty at Mihintalea Rajamaha Vihara, will be withdrawn. The decision follows a question raised by opposition leader Sajith Premadasa in Parliament yesterday. The controversy surrounding the security […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]