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 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Batticaloa Campus Sri Lanka (BCSL) in Punanai should be brought under the authority of the government, says the National University Teachers’ Associations (NUTA). The Secretary of NUTA Professor Channa Jayasumana stated this speaking at a press conference yesterday (30). Batticaloa Campus was not initially registered as a university but a vocational training […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena says the report of the special committee appointed to probe the terror attacks on Easter Sunday will be made public. On April 21st, in the wake of the attacks, the President appointed a special committee headed by a Supreme Court judge to conduct an inquiry into the explosions and their […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Special Investigation Committee appointed to probe Easter Sunday terror attacks has recorded statements from former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara, the President’s Media Division (PMD) stated. The Committee appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena on April 21 to conduct investigations into the series of incidents occurred in […]

Courtesy Adaderana An external lecturer of a university, who has allegedly conducted lectures at mosques belonging to the National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), has been arrested at Mundalama in Madurankuliya. The arrest was made in a joint search operation conducted by the Police and the Army yesterday (30). The 39-year-old arrestee is a father of four […]

Courtesy Shanghai Daily AS Sri Lanka’s civil war ended in this once-contested region along its eastern coast, Muslim women eager to show their piousness began wearing the black veil to hide their faces. Now in the wake of Easter suicide attacks by Islamic State group-linked militants that killed over 250 people, Sri Lanka’s president has […]

By Samiha Nettikkara Courtesy BBC A ban on face coverings in public has come into effect in Sri Lanka, following a series of suicide attacks on Easter Sunday, in which at least 250 people were killed. Any face garment that “hinders identification” was being banned to ensure national security, the office of President Maithripala Sirisena […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Army Commander General S. H. Shantha Kottegoda has been appointed as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Defense. The General received his letter of appointment from President Maithripala Sirisena at the President’s Office, this evening (29). This is following the resignation of the former Defense Secretary Hemasiri Fernando after he was […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 29 (newsin.asia): The Joint Operations Command (JOC) of the tri-forces and the police began to funcion on Monday with Maj.Gen. Sathyapriya Liyanage as its head. But it will be under the overall supervision of the Chief of Defense Staff, Army Commander Mahesh Senanayake said. All Army, Navy, Air Force and Police […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 28 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will on Monday impose a ban on Muslim women wearing the face veil (the niqab/burqa) to ensure public safety, the Presidential Media Division said here on Sunday. Though the measure is unlikely to meet any resistance from the Muslims, given the security situation, there […]

Courtesy The Times of India As Sri Lanka continues to investigate the Easter serial bombings, alert needs to be maintained across the region. Fresh violence shook Sri Lanka last Friday when security forces raided a bomb workshop in Kalmunai in the country’s east. Gun battles and explosions rocked the area; at least 16 people are […]

Dr.Reffai Sri Lankan Association of Muslim Women & Girls The bombs went off,the  country was shocked, deaths, injured, search for the relatives……. while these were going on with spot lights on them, two groups who silently, without seeking any publicity were doing their duty.  One is the health sector employees from doctors down to labourers. They […]

මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයයි All Ceylon Railway Employees’ General Union  රජයේ භාණ්ඩාගාරයට ලැබිය යුතු මුදල් හා ජනතාව සතු මුදල් පුද්ගලික පරිහරණයට යොදගන්නා වංචාකාරී දූෂිත පුද්ගලයෙකු ආරක්‍ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් බවට පත්කිරීම නිසා ජාතික ආරක්‍ෂාවට ප‍්‍රබල ප‍්‍රහාරයක් එල්ල වී ඇත. පසුගිය පාස්කු ඉරිදා එනම් අප්‍රේල් 21 දින කතෝලික පල්ලි කීපයකට හා ප‍්‍රධාන පෙලේ හෝටල් කීපයකට මෙන්ම තවත් ස්ථාන කීපයකටම […]

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