Courtesy Adaderana The hearing of evidence by the Presidential Commission probing the Eater attacks continued today (11) with the recording of statements from the Senior DIG in charge of the Western Province who stated that he was skeptical rather of the possibility of an attack since no prior information had been circulated of the existence […]

Chuls Rajapakse MNZM The outstanding violence that Sri Lanka experienced in the last fifty years are: 1. The thirty-year terrorism of LTTE of a Tamil group supported by a national and international diaspora consisting of Tamil people supported by significant contributions from Christian & Catholic clergy. 2 The Easter Sunday carnage caused by a militant […]

Courtesy Adaderana The President’s Media Division announced that island-wide curfew will be imposed on May 31 as well as on June 04 and June 05. Issuing an updated notice on the curfew, the PMD that the curfew will be effective in the island till Saturday, June 6th and afterwards as follows: Curfew will be in […]

By Gagani Weerakoon Courtesy Ceylon Today Eleven years ago, on 18 May 2009, Sri Lanka marked a significant day in its history by freeing itself from the clutches of terrorism. This saw Sri Lanka becoming the first nation to eradicate terrorism in the 21st century, securing a momentous place in military history. The military operations […]

Courtesy Adaderana The President’s Media Division (PMD) has issued an updated announcement on the ongoing curfew in all districts. Accordingly, the island-wide curfew, which is set to go into force from 8.00 pm tonight (23), will be lifted at 4.00 am on Tuesday (26). The entire country will be under curfew on the 24th and […]

Courtesy Adaderana Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks heard that Ringleader of the attacks Zahran Hashim and another bomber had engaged in a reconnaissance of the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo two days prior to the attacks. The Commission also heard that a room was booked by one of the bombers […]

Courtesy aljazeera.com Three women trampled to death outside businessman’s warehouse for annual handout to mark holy month of Ramadan. A crime scene officer inspects the place where the stampede occurred in the capital, Colombo [Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters] Three women have been trampled to death during a stampede for an $8 cash handout in Sri Lanka’s capital […]

Courtesy Adaderana SP Shantha Wickremasinghe, in charge of Colombo Central District 01 at the time of Easter attacks, admitted to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry that although there were instructions given prior to the bombings to increase security at catholic churches, no action was taken believing that such warnings would have created public panic. This […]

Courtesy Adaderana The law will be strictly enforced against those who were arrested over intentionally violate curfew regulations, said DIG Ajith Rohana. Nearly 6,000 individuals who were arrested as such have been imposed with penalties so far, said the DIG. Meanwhile, 60,425 persons have been placed under arrest for violating the curfew since March 20 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Defence urged the public not to be misled by certain posts circulating on social media platforms regarding threats posed in Sri Lanka by extremist elements. There is no truth in news being circulated in social media networks. The intelligence agencies have not received such information related to extremist threats in […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, with the concurrence of the Ministry of Defence has promoted a total of 177 Officers and Senior Officers have been to their respective next ranks, stated Sri Lanka Army. The promotions have been granted with the recommendations of the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva. This is one […]

Ada Derana විශ්‍රාමික මේජර් ජෙනරාල් කමල් ගුණරත්න – ආරක්ෂක ලේකම්ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් ශවේන්ද්‍ර සිල්වා – යුද හමුදාපති අද්මිරාල් ඔෆ් ද ෆ්ලීට් වසන්ත කරන්නාගොඩ – හිටපු නාවික හමුදාපතිමාර්ෂල් ඔෆ් ද එයාර්ෆෝස් රොෂාන් ගුණතිලක – හිටපු ගුවන් හමුදාපති

MEDIA RELEASE Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister On the 19th of May we mark the 11th anniversary of the victory against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. That was not a war against the Tamil people but against an organization designated by the FBI as the deadliest terrorists in the world. Due to the defeat of […]

මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි සංවිධානයට එරෙහි යුද ජයග්‍රහණයේ එකොළොස් වන සංවත්සරය අපි මැයි 19 වන දා සමරන්නෙමු. එය දෙමළ ජනතාවට එරෙහි යුද්ධයක් නොව ඇමරිකාවේ එෆ්.බී.අයි ආයතනය විසින් ලෝකයේ දරුණුම ත්‍රස්තවාදීන් හැටියට නම් කරනු ලැබූ සංවිධානයකට එරෙහි යුද්ධයක් විය. කොටි සංවිධානයේ පරාජය නිසා දෙමළ ජනතාවටද දැන් නිදහසේ ජීවත් වීමට ඉඩ ලැබී […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Mahawewa Medical Officer’s office have taken measures to seal a religious place that was convened in violation of the quarantine laws. A group of 27 people had gathered at a religious center in Marawila this afternoon and the people in the area had lodged a complaint with the Marawila police. When […]

Courtesy Hiru News The unit of the Navy, which was established to protect the land belonging to the Pottuvil ‘Muhudu Vihayraya’, has commenced duties. A Navy unit for the protection of the Pottuvil ‘Muhudu Maha Viharaya’ which has been invaded by illegal land grabbers, was established under the directive of Defense Secretary Retired Major General […]

Courtesy Hiru News DIG Chandana Athukorala, who was in charge of the Negombo division at the time of the attack</strong> DIG Chandana Athukorala, who was the SSP in charge of the Negombo division at the time of the attack, said that although the officers in the lower ranks were instructed to provide armed police protection […]

By A.J.A. Abeynayake  Courtesy The Island The Supreme Court, yesterday, fixed Sept 2, 3, and 4 for argument as regards the 12 petitions filed against former President Maithripala Sirisena, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, former IGP Pujith Jayasundera and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando for their failure to take action to prevent the Easter Sunday […]

By Norman Palihawadane Courtesy The Island A raid conducted by CID sleuths, investigating into last year’s Easter Sunday carnage, has yielded evidence which would certainly solve hitherto unknown mysteries and enable arrests of key politicians behind the terror attacks which killed 269 persons and injured over 450 others, according to highly placed sources. The new […]

Courtesy Adaderana The curfew which will be re-imposed at 8.00 p.m. tomorrow (April 30) in all districts except Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttalam districts will continue until 5.00 a.m. on Monday (May 04), the President’s Media Division said. The curfew currently in effect in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttalam districts which have been identified as […]

Courtesy Adaderana The ongoing island-wide curfew will be in force tomorrow (27) to facilitate the Tri-forces personnel on leave to return to their respective camps, says the President’s Media Division (PMD). Accordingly, the curfew in all districts, except for Colombo, Kalutara, Gampaha and Puttalam, will be lifted at 5.00 am on Tuesday (28) and re-imposed […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Curfew in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttlam districts will continue to remain until May 04 while curfew in all other districts will be relaxed from April 27, the President’s Media Division said. Accordingly, it said the curfew in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttlam districts will be in force until 5.00 am […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ongoing curfew in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttalam districts will continue until 5.00 am on the 4th of May, the President’s Media Division (PMD) announced. In a press release, the PMD stated that the curfew in all other districts will be lifted at 5.00 am on Monday (27) and re-imposed at 8.00 pm […]

Courtesy Adaderana Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne said there was no necessity to seek assistance from other countries to deploy their military to contain the spread of coronavirus in Sri Lanka. He said Sri Lankan Tri-Forces and the Police had already proved their capabilities in containing the spread of coronavirus. Our military has […]

Courtesy Adaderana Investigations have revealed that a second attack had been planned following the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, said Police Media Spokesman SP Jaliya Senaratne. The Police Media Spokesman, holding a special press conference at the Department of Government Information today (19), said that according to investigations, a second-tier team had been recruited and trained […]

රාජකීය පණ්ඩිත පූජ්‍ය ගලගොඩඅත්තේ ඥානසාර හිමි ගරු අග විනිසුරු ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය මැතිතුමා, සභාපති, අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව, කොළඹ. (අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ ගරු ලේකම් තුමාගේ මාර්ගයෙන්) 2020/04/17 ගරු මැතිතුමනි, පාස්කු ඉරිදා සිදුවූ ත්‍රස්ථ ප්‍රහාරයන් සම්බන්ධ සැකකරුවෙකුගේ නීතීඥභාවය අත්හිටුවීම පිළිබද ඉල්ලීමකි. නීතීඥ හිජාස් හිස්බුල්ලා මහතා 2019 අප්‍රේල් මස 21වන පාස්කු ඉරුදින සිදු කරන ලද ත්‍රස්ථ ප්‍රහාරය […]

Courtesy Adaderana The curfew currently in force in the districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara,  Puttalam, Kandy and Jaffna which have been identified as High Risk Zones will continue until further notice, the President’s Media Division announced. In all other districts, curfew will be lifted at 6.00am tomorrow, Thursday, the 16th April and will be re-imposed […]

by Melani Manel Perera Courtesy AsiaNews.it The Archbishop of Colombo led Easter Mass without worshippers, streamed live, urging the faithful to bear witness to the resurrection of Christ through a new life, as an instrument of transformation of society.” About 218 people have tested positive so far for the COVID-19 virus. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Despite […]

Courtesy India Today The Sri Lankan Navy has intensified its coastal patrolling to prevent the possible spread of the novel coronavirus through “infected” Indian fishermen that it fears might “poach” in their territorial waters. he Sri Lankan Navy has intensified its coastal patrolling to prevent the possible spread of the novel coronavirus through “infected” Indian […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police says that 171 individuals have been arrested for violating the curfew within the period of 06 hours ending from 12 noon today (6). Issuing a statement, it said that 86 vehicles were also taken into custody during this period. Accordingly, as of 12 noon today police have arrested a total […]