Sithum Chathuranga and Romesh Madusanka Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Carbon dating report from the Beta Analytic Institute of Florida, USA has revealed that the skeletal remains found in the Mannar mass grave dates back to a period between 1499 and 1719 AD (Anno Domini). However, the analysts are of the opinion that it was impossible […]

වන්නි රොමේෂ් මධුෂංඛ lanka C news මන්නාරම් සමූහ මිණීවලේ කාල නිර්ණය සඳහා වූ කාබන් පරික්ෂණයේ වාර්ථාව අද (07) මන්නාරම් අධිකරණය මගින් ප්‍රසිද්ධියට පත් කරන ලදි. මේ අනුව ඇමරිකාවේ ෆෝරීඩාහි පිහිටි බීටා ඇනලටික් නැමති රසායනාගාරයට ලබා දුන් මන්නාරම් සමූහ මිණීවලෙන් රැගත් සාම්ඵල 6ම වාර්ථාව අද දින පසිද්ධියට පත් කරමින් එලි දක්වා තිබුනේ සමූහ මිණීවලේ ඇටසැකිලි වල කාල […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court has issued an order preventing the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from arresting or detaining the Retired Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda over the abduction of 11 youths. The Supreme Court judge bench consisting of Justices Buwaneka Aluwihare, Vijith Malalgoda, and Preethi Padman Surasena issued the injunction considering the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island President Maithripala Sirisena, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces yesterday (March 06) said that he was trying to settle issues arising out of Geneva Resolution 30/1 co-sponsored by Sri Lanka in Oct 2015 through dialogue and consensus. President Sirisena warned that he would deal firmly with those […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Attorney General’s Department have determined that there is sufficient and clear evidence to prove that the former DIG Nalaka de Silva’s involvement in the alleged VIP assassination plot. When the case was taken up today (06), the CID and the AG Department have informed the Fort […]

සමන් ගමගේ උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින අත්අඩංගුවට පත්වන විට දක්‍ෂ බුද්ධි නිලධාරියකු වූ කුමාර සිටියේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා සහ හිටපු ආරක්‍ෂක ලේකම් ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා ඝාතන සිද්ධියේදී දැනට ස්නයිපර් වර්ගයේ ගිනි අවියක් සම`ග අතුරුද්නව සිටින එල්ටීටීඊයේ සිටි සුපිරි ස්නයිපර්කරුවකු වූ ඉලක්කියන් මාස්ටර් නමැත්තා පසුපස හඹායමිනි.    එසේම ප‍්‍රභූ ජීවිත  ගණනාවකට අද තර්ජනයක් වී තිබෙන ඉන්දියාවේ සිට පැමිණි එල්ටීටීඊ ත‍්‍රස්තවාදීන් […]

Udaya P Gammanpila Courtesy Ceylon Today The UNP Government is now in deep trouble. Tamil separatists played a crucial role in bringing the government to power in 2015.  After securing victory at both presidential and parliamentary elections, the UNP wanted to reciprocate the support received from the separatists, who urged the UNP to co-sponsor the resolution […]

පුබුදු වික්‍රමතිලක උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ජිනීවා සමුවට ගෙන යන අලුත්ම මාතෘකාව වී ඇත්තේ මන්නාරම සමූහ මිනීවළය. කනත්තක් වූ මෙයට සමූහ මිනීවළ යැයි අර්ථකථනය දුන්නේත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට යුද අපරාධ චෝදනා නඟන්නට වෙර දරන බටහිර බලවේගමය. මන්නාරම මිනීවළෙන් හමුවන අස්ථි කොටස් සමූහ ඝාතනයට ලක්කරන ලද දමිළ සිවිල් ජනතාවගේ හෝ හිටපු කොටි සාමාජිකයන්ගේ බවට සමාජගත කිරීමට ඔවුන්ගේ අභිමතයය. ජිනීවාහිදී පෙබරවාරි […]

සමන් ප්‍රියංකර නම්මුනිගේ උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම රටක ජාතික ආරක්ෂාව උදෙසා දිවි හිමියෙන් කැපවීම ඕනෑම සොල්දාදුවකුගේ වගකීමය. ඒ වගකීම තුන්වන ලෝකයේ සොල්දාදුවාටත් සුපිරි බලවතුන් වැජඹෙන රාජධානියක සොල්දාදුවටත් පොදුය. 30 වසරක් යුද ගිනි ඇවිළුණු අපේ රටේ රණවිරුවන්ටත් ඒ වගකීම නිතැතින්ම පැවරී තිබිණි. ඔවුහු දිවා රූ නොතකා තම රාජකාරිය කැපවීමෙන් යුතුව ඉටු කළේ ත්‍රස්තවාදී ප්‍රහාරවලින් විනාශ වන රට රැකගන්නටය. අද්මිරාල් […]

Palitha Senanayake M/S Samantha Power Ex Senior Director of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Of the US National Security Council   Dear madam, Human Rights Violations by Sri Lankan forces The greatest friend of TRUTH is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.” Considering the damage you have done to […]

NIMAL LEWKE Former Commandant STF Courtesy The Island It has been reported that drug dealer Makandure Madush had plans to smuggle in a specialized weapon, M 39 rifle to the country. Although I do not think much about this drug dealer and his detection was given huge publicity, and at the same time his name […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris, yesterday, alleged that the proposed Counter Terrorism Bill would encourage those still pursuing a separatist agenda. Instead of countering the threat of terrorism, it would definitely facilitate the terrorism project, the former External Affairs Minister told a media briefing at Nelum Mawatha Office […]

By N. Sathiya Moorthy -The writer is Director, Chennai Chapter of the Observer Research Foundation, the multi-disciplinary Indian public-policy think-tank, headquartered in New Delhi. In calling upon President Maithripala Sirisena, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, to ensure that soldiers who neutralised the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) so very completely […]

By Nirmala Kannangara Courtesy The Daily Mirror Controversy surrounds how a foreign private aircraft, said to be carrying  ‘investors’ to the country, was granted permission to land and takeoff from China Bay Air Force airstrip early this month. This happened despite the fact that are no provisions to grant such approvals because this airport has not […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today Chathura Alwis’s interview with the so-called ‘AAWA’ Group’s Arun, became an instant hit with the Sinhalese. Since then, Arun met with Ranil Wickremesinghe and participated with Nagananda Kodituwakku at a press conference. Those who participated at the media briefing stated that they are not against any person, but only […]

by Cyril Wimalasurendre Courtesy The Island State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake’s allegation that there were Ministers and MPs who used cocaine will be forwarded to the CID for investigation, Public Enterprise, Kandyan Heritage and Kandy Development Minister, Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday. “In my view, there are no parliamentarians addicted to cocaine or any other narcotic substances”, he […]

By Camelia Nathaniel/Daily News Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Mannar, February 22: The report on the radiocarbon dating test on samples of skeletal remains from the mass grave in Mannar has been handed over to the Magistrate’s Court by the Specialist Judicial Medical Officer, Saminda Rajapaksa. But the Mannar Magistrate T. Sarawanarajah told the court that because the courts […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has identified that the two businessmen, who went missing from Rathgama area, were murdered in Akmeemana and their remains were burned at Medagangoda Forest Reserve in Walasmulla. Police Media Spokesperson Ruwan Gunasekara stated this speaking to Ada Derana. It is reported that the two businessmen were assaulted and […]

දෙනගම ධම්මික රණවීර උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම රණවිරුවන් යුද්ධ කරන විට සමච්චල් කළ රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා ඇතුළු පිරිස අද යුද අපරාධ දෙපිරිසම කළ බව කියමින් හමුදාව හා ත්‍රස්තවාදීන් සමාන කරනවා යැයි එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධාන අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රි එස්.එම්. චන්ද්‍රසේන පැවැසීය. ඔහු එම අදහස් පළ කළේ ඊයේ (19දා) බත්තරමුල්ලේ පිහිටි ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැති මාධ්‍ය […]

METHMALIE DISSANAYAKE Courtesy Ceylon Today The suspect who was allegedly the mastermind behind the release of a 12-ton beedi leaves container, from the Customs last December, via forged documents, without paying the Duty, has been summoned to appear before the Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court today (17). According to Customs sources, the suspect, named Nurdin Fazal Ahmed, had […]

Courtesy Adaderana According to the Tamil National Alliance MP M. A. Sumanthiran, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has made a statement that both parties had committed mistakes in the civil war. He made these comments addressing the youth conference of the Illangai Tamil Arasu Katchi party at the Youth Hall in Jaffna yesterday (16). He says […]

By Sunil Jayasiri Courtesy The Daily Mirror A Sri Lankan Police Inspector had played a role in the operation Kosgoda Suji, Annasi Moril and Kalu Sagara alerted the Dubai police about the  party Sri Lanka’s Police department was unaware about the entire operation The arrest of 40-year-old Samarasinghe Arachchige Madush Lakshitha alias Makandure Madush by the […]

Yoshitha Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate that it is looking into the link between former TID DIG Nalaka Silva and musician Amal Perera and to also investigate if there was any dealings between the former DIG and Makandure Madush. When the case against former DIG […]

CID probes Amal’s relations with Nalaka and Madush

Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said two individuals were behind the assassination of Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, the assault on journalist Keith Noyahr and the disappearance of Prageeth Ekneligoda. In an interview with the Daily Mirror, Mr. Rajapaksa said he was not involved in any of these things including the […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Oct 2018 in Colombo: Mark Field received an assurance from Marapana as regards Sri Lanka’s commitment to Geneva process. The meeting took place a few weeks before Oct 26, 2018 constitutional change. Thanks to UK Human Rights Minister Tariq Mahmood Ahmad (Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon- Conservative) we now know, […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy  Ceylon Today On 17 January, it was reported from Germany that their authorities had arrested a person suspected to be directly involved in the murder of Lakshman Kadirgamar. The then Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Kadirgamar, was killed in his home in 2005. The assassins took advantage of Kadirgamar’s reluctance to […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island February 8, 2019, 10:23 pm Authoritative sources said that of those arrested in two separate raids in Dubai early this week, 31 had been tested positive for cocaine. Sources said that United Arab Emirates mounted the operation following exhaustive investigations undertaken by Sri Lankan law enforcement authorities. Responding to […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena says that the death penalty will most likely be implemented within the next month or two, against individuals already convicted for drug-related offences based on existing reports. I have taken a decision to definitely carry this out regardless of what objections are raised,” he said delivering a statement in Parliament. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankan authorities are reportedly now in talks with Dubai to extradite underworld drug kingpin ‘Makandure Madush’ to Sri Lanka. The wanted Sri Lankan drug lord was among several prominent underworld figures arrested red-handed in a raid at a hotel in Dubai. Among the 20 suspects arrested was a visitor carrying a diplomatic […]