Courtesy Adaderana The Asigiriya and Malwatta chapters and His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith have strongly expressed opposition to any agreement that may enable foreign forces to set up bases in Sri Lanka. Cardinal Ranjith called on Chief Prelate of Asgiriya Chapter Most Venerable Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thero at the Asgiri Maha Viharaya in Kandy this […]

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අනුරුද්ධ බණ්ඩාර රණවාරණ මාධ්‍ය ලේකම් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ lanka C news පාස්කු ඉරිදා දින ප්‍රහාරයේ ‘පාපය’ මේ වන විට යහපාලකයන්ගේ ගිණුමට බැර වී අවසන් බවත් ඒ නිසා ඉන් ගැලවීමට ‘තේරීම් කාරක සභා – රියැලිටි ෂෝ’ පෙන්වීමෙන් වැඩක් නොවන බවත් ඉන් සිදු වන්නේ මේ රටේ ජාතික ආරක්‍ෂාව තවදුරටත් අනතුරට පත්වීම පමණක් බවත් ජානිපෙ නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා […]

FR J.C. PIERIS Courtesy The Island A trident is a spear with three prongs (Trishulaya), a weapon of war, and America has a submarine missile aptly named Trident. This is what came to my mind when thinking of the three agreements with America, either already surreptitiously signed or to be signed. 1. The ACSA, Acquisition […]

Sandun A Jayasekera Courtesy The Daily Mirror The exposure of certain national security and intelligence information during the Parliamentary select committee inquiry on Wednesday (29) came under heavy criticism by the UPFA today and termed it as a betrayal of the intelligence services of the country after the Millennium City fiasco in January 2002. The […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Despite the forewarnings given to former Defence Secretary and the Inspector General of Police on possible terrorist attacks at several places in the country, the National Security Council was not convened until after Easter attacks took place, says Chief of State Intelligence Service of Sisira Mendis. Prior to the attacks, the Security Council […]

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By Ajith Alahakoon Courtesy The Island Chief of National Intelligence (CNI) DIG Sisira Mendis yesterday told the Special Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), probing the Easter Sunday carnage, that though he briefed the then Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando on the impending terrorist attack, the National Security Council (NSC) had not met till the coordinated suicide bombings […]

Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror Claiming that the police failed to implement the law against those responsible for the Easter Sunday terror attacks, MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe had requested President Maithripala Sirisena to hand over investigations into the incident to an independent team comprising honest and trustworthy officials of the police department. In a letter […]

Thilini de Silva and Ranjan Katugapola Courtesy The Daily Mirror Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara in a Fundamental Rights Petition filed before the Supreme Court today pleaded for an interim order preventing the President from dismissing him from office. The Petition said that the order by the President to send Jayasundara on compulsory leave […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror Opposition MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage today said some vested parties; both local and international wanted to get the state of emergency lifted when the security situation has not yet been fully restored. Addressing a news briefing held at the Opposition Leader’s office, the MP said the government had been pressurized […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today By Udeni Saman Kumara All Ceylon Islam Advisor Moulavi Alhaj Kaleel says when Zahran’s brother, Rilwan was making bombs, they informed the authorities. Following are excerpts of the interview: Moulavi will you tell us about your background? A: I am an All Ceylon Islam Advisor. People in many areas know of me […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Muslim community in Madatugama, Kekirawa has demolished a mosque belonging to the National Thowheed Jama’ath (NTJ), says Ada Derana correspondent. The chief of the main mosque M.H.M. Akbar Khan stated that the mosque in question, funded by a foreign organization, was erected with the support of a resident in the village on […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Media Director of the Ministry of Finance Mohamed Ali Hassan, who was arrested today (29) over possession of 12-bore gun ammunition, has been released by the police following interrogations, Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara. 93 rounds of 12-bore gun ammunition were recovered this morning, from the outdoor space of his residence […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sixty-five more mothers who had their Caesarian surgeries under Dr. Mohamed Shafi of Kurunegala Hospital have filed complaints against the doctor today (28). Accordingly, 116 complaints have been received from mothers claiming that they had not conceived children following a Caesarian surgery by the doctor. The mother who delivered through Caesarean surgeries under […]

METHMALIE DISSANAYAKE Courtesy Ceylon Today A few countries which imposed travel restrictions to citizens regarding travel to Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday terror attack have relaxed them, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said. China, India, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden have relaxed travel restrictions on Sri Lanka. China was the first country to […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today Foreign companies are not satisfied with the security provided by the Government and have resorted to bringing down security personnel from their own countries, claimed Chairman of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Professor G.L. Peiris. Speaking at a Media briefing, held at Party Headquarters, today (27), he said, Some foreign companies […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror UNP MP Harshana Rajakaruna said yesterday the investigations into the Easter Sunday bomb explosions should be handed over to the police and the army saying it was a joke to probe the incident through a Parliament Select Committee (PSC). He told parliament the Police and the Army had expert knowledge to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The police today urged the public to inform the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) If they have any complaints against Dr. Seiugu Siyabdeen Mohamed Shafi for having carried out any illegal sterilisation. The 42-year-old doctor attached to the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital was arrested by the police on charges of earning money in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two complaints against the Eastern Province Governor A.L.A.M. Hizbullah and Minister Rishad Bathiudeen have been forwarded to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), stated the Police Media Spokesperson. The two complaints have been lodged at the Police Headquarters the ‘Ravana Balaya’ organization and the Buddhist Information Center. The ‘Ravana Balaya’ organization has lodged a […]

by Tassie Seneviratne Courtesy The Island Army Commander, Mahesh Senanayake I could not believe my eyes when I read in the Sunday Island of 19th May 2019, statements attributed to the Army Commander, Mahesh Senanayake. He is reported to have stated, inter alia, that, “If a soldier has done something wrong, it is the people […]

by Zacki Jabbar Courtesy The Island Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera, who was released last week on a presidential pardon, pledged to reveal the names with evidence of some others linked to National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) suicide bombers responsible for the Easter Sunday carnage. “I will not only just name them, but petition the United Nations […]

Courtesy The Island Maithripala The military launched a major hunt, on Saturday, for the remnants of the National Thowheed Jamaath, which carried out the Easter suicide bombings, killing 258 people. Several Colombo suburbs were targeted by troops using emergency powers on arrests and detentions adopted after the April 21 attacks. “Special cordon-and-search operations are under […]

Courtesy Mail Online Sri Lankan security forces have arrested scores of suspects in connection with the bombings and over what appeared to be organised violence against the island’s Muslim minority Sri Lanka’s military launched a major hunt Saturday for remnants of an Islamist group which carried out the Easter suicide bombings that killed 258 people, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Kerala Coast was put on high alert following Intelligence reports that 15 ISIS terrorists set off from Sri Lanka to Minicoy Island in Lakshadweep, India. The terrorist have been set off in a white boat to the island and the police were asked to prevent them entering Kerala coast, Indian media reported quoting […]

Courtesy Adaderana – PTI China on Saturday became the first country to tone down its travel advisory imposed on Sri Lanka post the Easter Sunday blasts, in a move that would help in reviving the tourism industry of the island nation hit hard by the terror attack. The move came a day after Lankan Prime […]

Courtesy Adaderana The doctor attached to the Kurunegala Hospital, who was arrested over assets earned through suspicious means, has been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said that the doctor was handed over to the CID for further investigations. A 42-year-old doctor attached to the Kurunegala Hospital has […]

Courtesy Adaderana Legal action should be immediately taken against governors M.L.A.M. Hizbullah and Azath Salley as well as Minister Rishad Bathiudeen for their direct involvement in the attacks, says the Chairman of ‘Sinhale Api’ National Movement Venerable Jamburewela Chandarathana Thero. Addressing a press conference held in Colombo today (24), he further commented on an attack […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 24 (newsin.asia): Responding to the joint statement issued by the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng and the United Nations Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect Karen Smith on May 13, 2019, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York Ambassador Dr […]