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 […]

Courtesy Adaderana Uva Province Tamil Education Minister Senthil Thondaman claims that two foreign Islamic universities are conducting courses inside Tamil schools in the province without the approval of his ministry, and that mainly non-Muslim students are being taught. We looked into this. 520 are taking the course, but only 20 of them are Muslim children. […]

Sri Lanakn News ජාතීන් අතර අසමගිය ඇතිවන අයුරින් සකස් කළ ලිපි 600ක් සමග අත්අඩංගුවට පත් එජාප ප්‍රභල අමාත්‍යවරයකු වන ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ලගේ කාර්ය මණ්ඩල සාමාජිකයන් තිදෙනා මේ වනවිට වැඩිදුර පරීක්ෂණ සඳහා කොළඹ අපරාධ කොට්ඨාසයට භාර දි තිබේ. ඊයේ මෙම අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම කොළඹ මධ්‍යම තැපැල් හුවමාරුවේදී සිදුවිය. එම ලිපිය පහත දැක්වේ..

වසන්ත හඳපාන්ගොඩ, ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන අධ්‍යාපන සේවා සංගමය . ගරු අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය , අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් මැතිතුමා, අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යංශය, ඉසුරුපාය- පැලවත්ත, බත්තරමුල්ල. ගරු අමාත්‍යතුමනි, මැයි මස 06 වන දින 2වන වාරය සඳහා පාසල් ආරම්භ කිරීම සම්බන්ධවයි දෙ වන වාරය සඳහා මැයි මස 06 වන දින පාසැල් ආරම්භ කරණ බවට මාධ්‍ය මගින් ප්‍රකාශ කර ඇත. එදින […]

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By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island The return of terrorism to Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday after the lapse of nearly a decade is a day of infamy in the history of Sri Lanka because of its scale and spread. The whole nation is trying to understand the motivations that drove a group of radicalized […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Recent revelation that those responsible for the Easter Sunday carnage (April 21) had killed two police constables in the early hours of Nov 30, 2018 at Vavnativu in the East has exposed a serious intelligence lapses. Authoritative sources told The Island that law enforcement authorities and the Directorate of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Three persons have been arrested at the Central Mail Exchange with 600 letters defamatory of the President and inciting enmity among races, the Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said. The letters were reportedly addressed to various Buddhist temples across the country. However, due to a suspicion with regard to the letters, the officials […]

Courtesy Adaderana A foreign journalist, who was arrested for allegedly trying to forcibly enter a school in Katana, has been remanded until May 15 by the Negombo Magistrate’s Court. Iraqi-born Siddiqui Ahamed Danish, a Reuters photographer based in India, was reportedly arrested at around 12.30 p.m. today (02), based on a complaint received by the […]

 Author: Peter Koenig Courtesy  NEO  New Eastern Outlook 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, […]

sunil vijaya The proliferation of swords and other weapons clearly tell a story which shows the characteristics of primitive warfare.  why don’t the security forces analyse further this threat! why use swords unless they want to chop people in mass numbers going into crowded places in battalions.    This development is as dangerous as suicide […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror The US believes members of the militant group blamed for Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday attacks may be at large and planning more assaults, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Alaina Teplitz has told Reuters on Tuesday. We do believe that the terrorist threat is ongoing and there may be active plotters. Active members […]

Mohammed Rasooldeen- Justice of the Peace Media Secretary Western Province Governor’s Office අතිගරු ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මැතිතුමා විසින් හදිසි නීතිය යටතේ සදුදා දින සිට වහාම ක්‍රියාත්මකවක පරිදි මුහුණූ ආවරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පනවන ලද තහනම තරයේ පිළිපදින ලෙස බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරතුමා විසින් මුස්ලිම් පාසල් ප්‍රධානීන්ගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටින ලදී. පසුගිය සදුදා දින බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවර කාර්යයාලයේදී මුස්ලිම් පාසල් […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 30 (newsin.asia): In a press release issued by the Sri Lankan Presidential Media Division on Tuesday, the government refuted Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s allegation that the Presidential Commission appointed to probe the Easter Sunday suicide blasts has not even started its work. The Special Investigation Committee appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena on […]

By Amra Ismail Courtesy The Daily Mirror laws could also have been swiftly amended to deal with any gaps Politicians are just trying to come up with excuses Emergency Regulations are overbroad and prone to abuse We could have made meaningful progress in preventing the attacks Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Skynews that there were […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lankan Muslims are the greatest strength in the country’s fight against Islamic extremism. However, their radicalization is also the greatest long term threat On Friday, the imam of a Sufi mosque in Saindamarudu was alerted by the locals about a suspicious crowd in a house in the neighbourhood housing scheme […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Army through its seven formations encompassing the entire country is carrying out search operations to apprehend extremist terrorists.  The successful operation in Santhamaruthu in the Eastern Province is a good example of the outcome of these search operations, the Ministry of Defence said.  Arrested suspects and items are directed for investigations […]