Ada Derana Sri Lanka could make use of senior technocrats similar to that of the group existed during the time when Gotabaya Rajapaksa was in office as the Defence Secretary, says Former US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Robert O. Blake Jr. He stated this addressing a seminar held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall […]

Courtesy The Island A glaring inadequacy in current public discussion or ‘discourse’ on the issues growing out of the Easter Sunday terror attacks is the almost lop-sided stress on short-term security measures as answers to these complex posers. Immediate security measures to protect the public are urgently needed and the Sri Lankan state is providing […]

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From Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka On 4th May, 2019, H.E. Cheng Xueyuan, the Ambassador of China to Sri Lanka presented a cheque for Rs. 17.84m to Mr. Nimal Kumar, National Secretary of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society(SLRCS) on behalf of the Red Cross Society of China. The donation will be specially used in […]

BY: Robin Wright Courtesy United States Institute of Peace Defeating the Islamic State means determining the future for tens of thousands of ex-fighters and their families. After losing its last territory in Syria on March 23, 2019, the Islamic State quickly reclaimed global attention with the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka on April 21 and a […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express Colombo, May 8: Islamic radicalization has been on the upsurge for a considerable period of time now, mainly because of the unceasing atrocities committed by the US-led Western alliance in several Islamic countries including Libya, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Afghanistan. However, like militaristic Western hegemony, Islamic radicalization has also become a major […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Colombo, May 4: The sharp rise of Jehadi terrorism in response to the Western nations’ continued atrocities against Islamic countries in the Middle East and Afghanistan, has created, in many countries, a need to curb extremist propaganda. Some of the countries threatened by Islamic radicalism are Muslim-majority. However, attitudes to extremism and […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 6 (Daily Mirror): The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, said on Monday that some trouble makers are using the Easter Sunday suicide attacks to foment Christian-Muslim clashes and pave the way for foreign intervention. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has appealed to the media not to cover searches going on […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 30 (newsin.asia): The Sri Lankan government’s handling of the situation in the country after the April 21 serial bombings, has drawn heavy flak from various quarters in the country including the head of the Catholic church, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith. Cardinal Ranjith had earlier been extremely sympathetic to the beleaguered government of […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror While highlighting the importance of a united leadership in Sri Lanka, former US Ambassador Robert O Blake Jr yesterday said the incumbent government should establish a high-level group of technocrats similar to the one existed when Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the Defence Secretary, to prevent terror attacks in the country. […]

Laksiri Warnakula Since that Easter Sunday, I have been wanting to pen a few words expressing my feelings towards all, who suffered. Lives of nearly three hundred worshipers, their children and scores of foreign tourists were snuffed out amidst waves of flying shrapnel and fumes of sulphur. And each time I tried, my thoughts always lost […]

Syed Ata Hasnain a retired lieutenant-general, is a former commander of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps.  Most important, India’s Muslims need leaders of substance who can guide, lead and advise.  Many think that India has escaped the wrath of ISIS due to the inherent strength of our plurality. (Photo: AP The suicide terror bombings in Sri […]

By: Sudha Ramachandran Courtesy The Jamestown Foundation On April 21, multiple suicide attacks on churches and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka killed 253 people, including 40 foreigners, and injured at least 500 others (Sunday Times, April 28). The suicide bombings, which are among the deadliest terrorist attacks in the world since the September 11 attacks in […]

By Dr. Ranjith Hettiarachi Undoubtedly, all Srilankans  are shocked and devastated by the unprecedented, widespread acts of terrorism  on the EASTER Sunday (April 21, 2019), inflicted on Srilanka, it’s population, the catholic community and the tourists in particular.  Srilankans, both within and outside Srilanka are much grieved by the death toll and those seriously injured. […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රෙය් වැඩබලන විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂිකා සුරංගි ආරියවංශ පාස්කු ඉරිදා බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාර මාලාවෙන් පසු මහජන ආරක්ෂාව තහවුරු කිරීමට රජය කටයුතු කර නැති බව   ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය අවධාරණය කරයි. එහි වැඩ බලන විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂිකා සුරංගී ආරියවංශ මහත්මිය  සඳහන් කළේ ප්‍රහාරය එල්ල වී සති දෙකකට ආසන්න කාලයක් ගත වුව ද තවමත් ජන ජීවිතය […]

සංජීව බණ්ඩාර ඒකාබද්ද ගුරුසේවා සංගමය පාස්කු ඉරිදා ත්‍රස්ත ප්‍රහාරයෙන් අනතුරුව මැයි 6 වන දින පාසල් විවෘත කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුව තීරණය කර ඇත. නමුත් පාසල්වල ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳව බරපතළ සැකයක් තවමත් පවතී. ආණ්ඩුව කළ යුත්තේ පාසල් විවෘත කිරීමට පෙර ප්‍රමාණවත් ආරක්ෂාවක් තහවුරු කරීමට කටයුතු කිරීම වුවත් කණගාටුදායක කරුණ නම් ආණ්ඩුව එහි වගකීම ගුරුවරුන්, විදුහල්පතිවරුන් හා දෙමාපියන්මත පැටවීමට චක්‍රලේඛන […]

silumina වර්තමානයේ රටේ පවතින ආරක්ෂක තත්ත්වය හා ඉදිරියේදී ගනු ලබන ක්‍රියාමාර්ග සම්බන්ධව යුද හමුදාපති ලුතිනන් ජනරාල් මහේෂ් සේනානායක මහතා සමඟ පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවකි. පසුගියදා ඇති වූ අවාසනාවන්ත සිදුවීම් යළිත් ඇති නොවීමට රටේ ආරක්ෂාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉදිරියේදී ගනු ලබන ක්‍රියාමාර්ග මොනවාද? පාස්කු ඉරිදා ප්‍රහාරය සිදු වූ අවස්ථාවේ යුද හමුදාවට බලතල තිබුණේ නැහැ සෝදිසි මෙහෙයුම් සිදු කරන්නට. මහමඟට බසින්නට […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Mahanayake Theras of four chapters said in a joint statement today that people should refrain from conducting mega Vesak celebrations that involved large public gatherings owing to the security situation prevalent in the country. Instead, they requested people to focus more on religious programmes aimed at spiritual development. The statement […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today Many analyses on the bloody Easter Sunday massacre had dealt with the incredible lapses of the incumbent Government. The attempt had been to pinpoint the party who might be directly responsible for the carnage and the present prevailing situation of fear and uncertainty. However, several entities including V enerable […]

Courtesy Adaderana Over 140 million cash owned by the terrorist group responsible for the suicide bomb attacks on Easter Sunday has been identified during several raids carried out for the past two weeks, says the Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara. Addressing a press conference held in Colombo today (06), he stated that the Criminal […]

Courtesy Adaderana The 13 suspects arrested for vandalizing several Buddhist statues in Mawanella area have been further remanded until 20th of May. They were produced before Mawanella District Magistrate Upul Rajakaruna today (06). Interrogations into these suspects, who were arrested last December, had led to the seizure of 100kg of explosives in Wanathawilluwa area.

A majority-Christian city in Sri Lanka known affectionately as “Little Rome” has been rocked by clashes between Christians and Muslims after the Easter Sunday suicide bombings claimed by ISIS that left 257 people dead. The Catholic Church has called for calm after Christians attacked Muslim-owned shops, homes and vehicles in Negombo. “I appeal to all […]

The Economic Times COLOMBO: Sri Lankan security forces should avoid the incidents that caused some people face social stigma during the search operations after the Easter Sunday blasts carried out by a “cult” within the community, as it may lead to radicalisation of moderate Muslims in the country, a Minister has warned.  Minister of City […]

JEDDAH — The Kingdom’s embassy in Colombo dismissed a report published in a Sri Lankan newspaper insinuating Saudi responsibility for last month’s terrorist attacks in the country. “The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia to Sri Lanka closely followed the news item published in the local newspaper ‘Weekend Express’ on May 3, 2019, under the heading ‘Leaked […]

Courtesy The New Arab Sri Lanka‘s Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and an alcohol ban Monday after clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town scarred by Easter Day’s suicide attacks. Hundreds of security forces entered Negombo to impose a curfew after dozens of Muslim-owned shops, homes and vehicles were attacked. St. Sebastian’s church in […]

RT FILE PHOTO: Sri Lankan soldiers deploy outside a church in Negombo, following a string of deadly bombings © Reuters / Danish Siddiqui Sri Lanka’s acting police chief Chandana Wickramaratne has said that all of the suspects linked with the Easter Sunday bombings have been arrested or are dead. The announcement follows a nationwide manhunt […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Even before the Easter bomb blast I have been talking about possibility of connection of drug trade with increased tourism and other crimes. When president started to wage the war against drug trade , remaining intelligent agents were concentrating on netting up Drug Masters  . I wrote an article about  Paolo Escobar […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Embassy of Turkey in Sri Lanka issuing a statement to clarify certain news items published by the media stated that Turkey has been cooperating with Sri Lanka in her fight against Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETO). The Embassy states that Turkey has provided the Sri Lankan authorities with the details of the FETO […]

Courtesy Adaderana Underworld figure Makandure Madush has been deported from Dubai this morning (05), stated the Police Media Spokesperson. He was taken into the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) upon his arrival at the Bandaranaike International Airport. Drug kingpin Makandure Madush was under the custody of the Dubai authorities after being arrested at […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Amid reports of the government’s failure to act on specific intelligence on Easter Sunday’s bomb attacks, information has now surfaced that the defence authorities had also ignored Turkish government alerts that 50 members of the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) had arrived in Sri Lanka. There was an attempted coup to overthrow […]