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By Gayathri Kallukaran Courtesy Eastern Eye Both cases serving as stark warnings about the risks facing young travellers drawn into illicit drug operations abroad The arrests come amid heightened international scrutiny of cannabis trafficking involving young travellers A 21-year-old British woman has been arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly attempting to smuggle synthetic cannabis worth […]

Dasatha News අපි දැන් නැගිටින්න ඕනේ කාලය ඇවිල්ලා මුහුදු කොටි නිහඬ කළ නාවික විරුවෙක් රණවිරුවන් ගැන කියන ඇඟ හිරිවැටෙන කතාව මාලිමාවේ නියෝජ්‍ය ඇමතිට කන් පිරෙන්න විශ්‍රාමික විරුවා කියපු දේ

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Courtesy AdaDerana The government will not allow any faction to use Sri Lanka’s airspace or the country’s territory to attack another nation, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated when questioned on the stance of the government pertaining to India, Pakistan tensions. Speaking during the weekly Cabinet media briefing today (08), Minister Jayatissa said Sri […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Two senior police officers visited the residence of suspended IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon in Hokandara yesterday (May 1), informing him that he may be the target of death threats allegedly issued by underworld gang members, including notorious criminal figure Kanjipani Imran”. The officers have stated that intelligence reports indicate Kanjipani Imran”—currently believed to be […]

Courtesy Hiru News Security forces have reportedly uncovered a plot to assassinate Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon. Security officials have informed IGP Tennakoon about the threat, with initial reports suggesting that the assassination plot is being orchestrated by an organised crime figure and international drug trafficker Kanjipani Imran. During his tenure as IGP, […]

PHIL MILLER 18 November 2020 A British mercenary kept working at Sri Lanka’s military headquarters in the late 1980s during a bloody crackdown on left-wing activists from the country’s Sinhalese majority, new evidence obtained by Declassified UK reveals. Young people were disappeared or killed by Sri Lankan security forces during the second JVP uprising in […]

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YOHAN PERERA Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, April 17 (Daily Mirror) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka, in its special message for Easter stressed that ascertaining who the perpetrators of the Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 were and those who have aided and abetted in the dastardly act, is a matter of urgency.  “This […]

Hiru News The Centre for Society and Religion (CSR) claims that Sivanesathurai Santhirikanthan, also known as Pillaiyan, and his former media spokesperson, Azad Maulana, had connections with individuals involved in the Easter Sunday attacks. However, former Minister Udaya Gammanpila, speaking at a press conference yesterday (16), stated that the government’s attempt to create a narrative […]

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Courtesy The Island Dr. G. Weerasinghe The Communist Party (CP) of Sri Lanka yesterday (10) expressed grave concern over the NPP government’s unilateral decision to enter into a defence MOU with Quad-member India. The CPSL urged All democratic and progressive forces to pressure the government to reveal the contents of the defence agreement with India. […]

Courtesy The Island Police investigating the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage have taken former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pilleyan, into custody. Police said that he had been arrested in Batticaloa and brought to Colombo. The CID questioned the former lawmaker on 20 November, 2024 following the accusations made by Hanzeer Azad Maulana, one time spokesperson […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් වර්තමාන ආණ්ඩුව විසින් සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසම පිහිටුවා බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ උපාය මාර්ගික සැළැස්ම ක්‍රියාත්මක කළහොත් එය එදා මිලේනියම් සිටි පාවාදීම, ගිරිතලේ හමුදා කඳවුර පාවාදීම වැනි පාවාදීම් වලට වඩා බොහෝ සෙයින් බරපතළ බව දේශහිතෛෂි ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසයි.  වෙනස ටී.වී. යූ ටියුබ් නාලිකාව සමග සංවාදයකට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා මේ […]

වෛද්‍ය ගාමිනී විතාණ මෑතකදී කොළඹ මහාධිකරණය ලබාදුන් තීන්දුවකින් 2015 දී දෙමටගොඩ වනාතමුල්ල ප්‍රදේශයේදී හෙට්ටිආරච්චිගේ දුමින්ද නමැති පුද්ගලයකු වෙඩි තබා මරා දැමීම පිලිබඳව නඩුවකින් එම්.කේ සරත් බණ්ඩාර හෙවත්  SF සරත් යන අන්වර්තයෙන් හැදින්වෙන පුද්ගලයකු වරදකරු කොට මරණීය දණ්ඩනය ලබා දෙන ලදි. මෙම සරත් බණ්ඩාර තමන්ගේ සේවා කාලය තුලදී කොටින්ට එරෙහි සටනේදී විශිෂ්ඨ දායකත්වයක් ලබාදී ඇති වචනයේ […]

Courtesy Adaderana A team of Sri Lankan tri-forces personnel, including medical staff, departed for Myanmar on a special flight on Saturday to provide relief assistance to earthquake victims, the Defence Ministry said. Tri-Forces’ medical and disaster relief teams, along with humanitarian aid collected under the guidance of the Chief Prelates of the three Buddhist Chapters […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While alleging that Shani Abeysekera, and Ravi Seneviratne have used political asylum by holding key positions in the government to avoid prosecution regarding the Easter Sunday attacks, SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa called on the President to question them. Individuals like former CID Director Shani Abeysekera, and former Senior DIG in charge […]

Courtesy Adaderana For the first time, India and Sri Lanka are set to sign an ambitious defence cooperation pact during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Colombo next week, in a significant move that comes nearly four decades after the IPKF’s intervention in the island nation. The two sides are also likely to firm up […]

By Capt. Vasabha Courtesy The Morning That President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) and his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People’s Power (NPP) do not seem to be able to catch a break is evident by the latest controversy to put pressure on the administration – the call for action on the controversial Batalanda Commission report […]

By A. Jathindra Courtesy Eurasia Review Since the onset of Israel’s war on Hamas, the first incident of Israeli tourists facing terrorist threats abroad occurred in Sri Lanka. The war began on October 7 after Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking some 250 others hostage. In October, Israel’s National Security Council urged Israelis to leave […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Following the incident many doctors took to social media, describing the hardships faced when posted to rural areas on transfers Two days after gala International Women’s Day events concluded, a dark day dawned in Sri Lanka when a female doctor was allegedly sexually assaulted at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital on Monday […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් භීෂණ සමයේදී තරුණයින් ඝාතනය කිරීමට එවකට තරුණ කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ සම්බන්ධ බවට තොරතුරු වාර්තා වනවා. එවකට බටලන්ද ඇතුළු වධකාගාරවලදී තරුණයින් ඝාතනය කිරීමට ඒ සමයේ හිටපු තරුණ කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ සම්බන්ධ බව පවසන්නේ ඉන්ද්‍රාන්ද සිල්වා  මහතායි  ඔහු රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ ඊට සම්බන්ධ වූ අකාරය තම ඇසින් දුටු බවයි පවසන්නේ. එම ඝාතන […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ආගමික කෘති ගෙන්වීමට තිබූ තහනම ආණ්ඩුව විසින් ඉවත්කරන බවට ඉකුත් දා මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා පළවී තිබූ බවත්, මෙම පොත්පත් ගෙන්වීමට ආණ්ඩුව තීරණය කළේ කුමන නිර්ණායක යටතේ දැයි හෙළිකළ යුතු බවත් පූජ්‍ය ගලගොඩ අත්තේ ඥානසාර හිමියෝ පවසති. මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාවක් පවත්වමින් උන්වහන්සේ පවසන්නේ ඉස්ලාමය වැරදියට කියවාගත් ගෝලීයව ගොඩ නැගී ඇති ත්‍රස්ත උවදුර තවමත් පහව […]