Courtesy The Daily Mirror Bangladesh marks the 15th anniversary of the anti-terrorist Rapid Action Battalion Muslim-majority Bangladesh was born out of an explicitly secular and linguistic movement spearheaded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. But it did not take long for the new born to show that it was Islamic” as well as Bengali”. This was due […]

RIENZIE WIJETILLEKE Courtesy The Island May 19, 2019, 7:19 pm  It is very clear from the media reports that there have been attempts by two VIPs of the present government to obtain the release of suspects taken in by the CID on account of the 21st April Easter Sunday bombing. It was shocking to see […]

Dr. Chua Rajapakse MNZM Spokesperson USLA. Thank you for affording me the privilege of being able to reinforce for the ninth consecutive year, my thanks and deep gratitude to the Ranaviru for their sacrifice of , life, limb, in their efforts at liberating Sri lanka from three decades of Tiger terror. It is because of […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island May 19, 2019, 10:04 pm  A person, whose arrest in connection with the Easter Sunday bombings prompted Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen to make inquiries about him from Army Commander Lt. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake, has been handed over to the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID). Army headquarters yesterday confirmed […]

Courtesy Mail OnLine Members of the 2.5-million-strong Tamil community mourned their war dead on Saturday Sri Lanka’s president marked the 10th anniversary of the end of a protracted war with Tamil rebels Sunday by vowing to crush Islamist militants responsible for Easter bombings that killed 258 people. Maithripala Sirisena said Sri Lankan security forces and […]

Courtesy Adaderana Nearly 10 websites containing the domain names .com and .lk have come under a cyber attack, the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) said. The Embassy of Kuwait in Sri Lanka has also fallen victim to this cyber attacks, according to the SLCERT. Cyber Security Engineer of SLCERT Ravindu Meegasmulla added that […]

Courtesy Ada Derana The United States has offered to continue to expand counter-terrorism and maritime and border security cooperation with Sri Lanka. Issuing a joint statement with the government of Sri Lanka on the occasion of the third US-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue held on Thursday (16), the United States reiterated President Trump’s statement that America […]

RUWAN LAKNATH JAYAKODY Courtesy Ceylon Today Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday (14) called on all Muslims in the country to personally minimise and shed their cultural differences and integrate with the rest of society and the common culture, as one people and citizens of the country. Muslim politicians, should be authentic in their […]

Courtesy Adaderana Kebithigollewa  Magistrate’s Court today granted permission for police to detain for 72 hours and question the two suspects arrested in Horowpathana over their alleged links to terrorist leader Zaharan Hashim. Noor Mohammadu Abdul Rasool and Kana Mohamed Mijam, identified as a Principal and an Acting Principal of two Muslim schools in the area, […]

By Siri Hewawitharana I like to put few details re. SL state security apparatus within the war period and also major work that started after the war to create better defense for the SL state.Siri Hewawitharana There were so many engineering talents was helping SL military with signal, satellite and other cyber warfare work since […]

Sri Lanka News All, We do not know why the BBC has put this article with videos in today’s news. It has 5 short stories which try to make Sri Lanka look bad. Viz. They talk about mass graves without saying that the tests showed the bodies were over 4-500 years old. We should have […]

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By KRISHAN FRANCIS | Associated Press | Courtesy Stars and Stripes COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  — Sri Lanka’s army chief said Thursday that other groups of Islamic militants could be operating in the country independent of the one that carried out Easter Sunday bomb attacks. “There could be other groups, definitely,” Lt. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake said. […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Police curfew will not be imposed on any part of the country today (16) over the prevailing peaceful situation in the country, said Police Media Spokesperson. Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekera made mentioned this at a media briefing held today. He further stated that no violent incidents have been reported in North […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Commander of Sri Lanka Army, Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, states that Minister Rishad Bathiudeen had called him three times over an arrest of a suspect linked to the Dehiwala bombings on Easter Sunday. The Army Commander revealed this today (16) at a press conference, answering a question raised by a journalist regarding […]

Peter Koenig Courtesy Countercurrents.org Sri Lanka, Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019: More than half a dozen bomb blasts shook the country killing from 250 to more than 350 people. Depending on who counts, the death toll varies. The devastation took place in in several catholic churches and luxury hotels. Other explosions, including from – what […]

Courtesy Mail Online +1 Muslim-owned shops and businesses were targetted by rioters in Sri Lanka’s North-West Province Sri Lankan authorities said Wednesday they had the situation “under control” after mosques and Muslim-owned shops and businesses were targetted in a violent backlash after the Easter Sunday terror attacks. A second overnight curfew imposed nationwide ensured there […]

Jon Grevatt, Bangkok – Jane’s Defence Weekly China has agreed to provide aid worth USD14 million to Sri Lanka to procure Chinese-made counter-insurgency equipment, it was announced on 14 May. The funding – pledged during Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s visit to Beijing – is intended to boost the capability of Sri Lanka’s security forces, the […]

Courtesy VOA COLOMBO —  Sri Lanka said on Wednesday hardline Buddhist groups were likely to blame for a wave of anti-Muslim riots that swept the island this week in apparent retaliation for Easter bombings by Islamist militants. The April 21 attacks, claimed by Islamic State, targeted churches and hotels, killing more than 250 people and […]

Courtesy Adaderana Leader of the Opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa says he is not at all satisfied with most of the decisions and actions taken so far by the Government following the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks. According to a statement issued by his Media Secretary, taking decisions relating to the present situation prevailing in the country is […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 14 (newsin.asia): The head of the Catholic church in Sri Lanka, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, told newspersons here on Tuesday, that the clashes in the North-Western Provinces have no religious nuances and that the attacks on Muslim properties appear to have been carried out by political and not religious elements. What we […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror An invisible hand with political motives is behind the violence reported from the North-Western Province and in Minuwangoda, the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and Ven. Ittapane Dhammalankara Mahanayaka Thera told a news conference today. The Thera said it was clear that some invisible hand had misled the people two […]

Courtesy Adaderana An island-wide police curfew will be enforced from 9.00 pm today, says Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara. The curfew will be in effect until 4.00 am tomorrow (15). Meanwhile, a 12-hour police curfew will commence within the North Western province from 6.00 pm today and it will last until 6.00 am tomorrow […]

Courtesy AFP AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHISri Lanka has been under a state of emergency since the suicide bombings Sri Lankan police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse mobs attacking mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in several towns Monday, as the country suffered a violent new backlash from the Easter suicide bombings. Police and troops […]

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GAMINI GUNAWARDANE Courtesy The Island The speed with which the Police, STF and Armed services swung into action following the explosions, despite their initial failing, is commendable. They seemed to know where to strike no sooner than the green light was given. Within hours, the police visited the most vulnerable spot in Dematagoda, and the […]

By Akitha Perera Courtesy The Island UPFA MP Kumara Welgama, on Sunday, disputed President Maithripala Sirisena’s claim, at a Kalutara District Security Committee meeting, that the security situation was under control. Welgama said that though the President had assured that normalcy had returned, his head of security had been informed by his superiors to ensure […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The National Sangha Council (NSC) will lodge a complaint with the Police Headquarters tomorrow (14) against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, calling for his arrest and that he be charged in Court over his involvement in the Easter Sunday (21 April) attacks. The carnage, due to the suicide bomb attacks in churches, hotels […]