Courtesy Ceylon Today The Colombo Crimes Division, in a joint search operation conducted with the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) at the Colombo office of a leading US-owned multinational software company, outsourcing services to global companies, have apprehended five of its employees on suspected connection to Islamist extremism and the Easter Sunday combined bomb attacks. According […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Leader of the Opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa stated that the government should provide a guarantee regarding the security of the country especially in a background where the schools will be starting again from tomorrow (13). Stating that the past government commenced the missions in search of extremists, he claimed that the current situation […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police curfew has been imposed within Kuliyapitiya, Bingiriya and Dummalasuriya Police division with immediate effect, stated the Police Media Spokesperson. The curfew has been imposed to diffuse a tense situation in the relevant area, the Police said. Accordingly, the police curfew will in effect until 6 am tomorrow (13). Meanwhile, police curfew is […]

Geeta Mohan Courtesy  India Today Sri Lankan army chief Senanayake said that India, China, United States, Israel, Australia and the United Arab Emirates were looking to provide high-grade military technology, including communication and surveillance equipment, to deal with future threats. We have requested India for intelligence cooperation: Sri Lanka’s army commander Mahesh Senanayake | Photo […]

Walid M. Sadi Courtesy The Jordan Times Sri Lanka has taken several additional security measures in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels that killed 258 people and injured nearly 500 others. Among these new measures is forbidding the wearing of the Niqab face veil by women. The authorities in the […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s security forces have made more arrests in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks as search operations continue across the island with the participation of thousands of tri-forces troops and police personnel.  A suspect was arrested in Kattankudy by Police, Thursday night (9). Investigations have revealed that the suspect had maintained close […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara says that attempts are being made to create a false fear that the country’s intelligence units were weakened under the incumbent government. He said that the intelligence units had done their duty correctly in the recent past and that it was them who alerted about the possible terror attacks […]

lanka C news අද මෙරට තුළ කිසිදු සහජීවනයක් නැති බවත් සහජීවනය යනු පට්ටපල් බොරුවක් බවත් එක්සත් ජනතා සන්ධානයේ මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී කෙහෙළිය රඹුක්වැල්ල මහතා පවසයි. අද ආගම් මුල්කරගෙන දේශපාලන පක්ෂ බිහිවන බවත් පාසල් බිහි කරන බවත් මේ ගැන වහා සොයා බැලිය යුතු බවත් මන්ත්‍රීවරයා සඳහන් කළේය. අලි පැටව් තියාගත්තා කියා පන්සල්වලට නඩු දැමුවත් කඩු […]

lanka C news සෑම මුස්ලිම් ජාතිකයෙකුගෙන් නිවසකම කඩුවක් තිබෙන බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කවුන්සිලය නායක එන්.එම්. අමීන් මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. සමස්ථ ලංකා ජමියතුල් උලමා සංවිධානය විසින් කොළඹදී කැදවි තිබූ මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී ඔහු කියා සිටියේ එම කඩු ආදිය තබාගෙන සිටින්නේ ආත්මාරක්ෂාවට බවයි. විශේෂයෙන්ම නිවෙස් වල සිටින ගැහැනු දරුවන් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීමට මෙම කඩු තබාගෙන සිටින බවද […]

By Sumanasiri Liyanage Courtesy Ceylon Today ‘Fanatics have their dreams wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect.’– John Keats Some commentators analysed the governmental change on 8 January 2015 as a revolution although no clear explanation was given as to why they deployed the term that refers to somewhat total transformation. My Longman Dictionary […]

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 […]

Here’s why the U.S. interferes: 

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 […]