MOD  Media Centre The landscape of human trafficking is evolving, transforming into a ruthless business that preys on the vulnerable and exploits their desperation. This dark reality presents a complex challenge that threatens not just individual lives but our national security as well, stressed Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne delivering the keynote address at the […]

ADITYA GOWDARA SHIVAMURTHY Courtesy ORF Online As China’s rise threatens the democratic rules, values, and institutions that have shaped the post-war world order, the United States (US) is increasing its outreach in the Indo-Pacific region. Distant South Asian island nations such as Sri Lanka are today receiving greater attention from the US. This brief seeks […]

By: EU Observer As Macron pivots to the BRICS and things fall apart in West Africa, Europe is preparing to boost its naval presence in the north west Indian Ocean “to uphold freedom of navigation” in the world’s trade jugular. Modelled on existing EU anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Guinea and Horn of Africa […]

MOD  Media Centre State Minster of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said that Sri Lanka practices a zero tolerance for terrorism and acts of any nature that supports terrorist activities will be strictly dealt with. Minister Tennakoon made these remarks when he met the Turkish Defence Minister Yaser Guler during his visit to Turkey. The […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් උතුරේ සිටින අන්තවාදී පිරිස් විසින් මුලතිව් කුරුන්දි විහාරයෙන් තමන් වහන්සේව පන්නා දමා එහි අයිතිය ලබා ගැනීමට උත්සහ දරමින් සිටින බවට කුරුන්දි විහාරාධිපති උතුරු පළාතේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක පූජ්‍ය ගල්ගමුවේ ශාන්තබෝධි හිමියන් පවසති. එම අන්තවාදී පිරිස් තමන් වහන්සේට නින්දා අපහාස සිදු කරමින් ජීවිත තර්ජන එල්ල කරමින් සිටින බවට ශාන්තබෝධී හිමියන් සඳහන් කරති. […]

By Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today   The successful campaign by the LTTE ideologists to promote a false narrative in the West must not be ignored. This spells a serious  issue for Sri Lanka as this narrative is peddled by some of the prominent politicians in the West.  The LTTE propaganda – A time bomb It […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Garnier Francis Analysis of telephone data revealed that Swiss embassy employee Garnier Banister Francis had been in touch with Chief Inspector Nishantha Silva before the latter left for Switzerland. She had also been in touch with several others. Had she really desired to migrate to Switzerland with her family, […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Ex-NPC member T. Raviharan of TNA greets HC Walsh Jawaharlal Nehru University facilitates talk on ‘structural genocide’ SLPP MP retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera yesterday (24) accused Canadian High Commissioner Eric Walsh of backing those propagating separatist sentiments. The former Public Security Minister, who is also the Chairman of the […]

Courtesy WION The Sri Lankan government tightened security on Sunday (July 23) as activists in the capital city of Colombo commemorated those killed during the 1983 anti-Tamil riots which fuelled a deadly civil war for six days (July 25-30). According to a report by the news agency AFP, authorities deployed armed troops that outnumbered the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The former LTTE members, who were found guilty of the bomb attack on the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) on 31 January 1996 which killed 91 individuals, have been granted presidential pardon. Accordingly, former LTTE member Selliah Navaratnam who had been sentenced to 200 years in prison and S. Shanmugarajah who was […]

දිනසේන රතුගමගේ මුලතිව් කොක්කුතුඩුවායි සමූහ මිනී වලේ වළ දමා ඇත්තේ එල්.ටී.ටී. ඊ. වධකාගාරයකින් මරා දමන ලද කොටි සෙබළියන් පිරිසකගේ මළ සිරුරු බවට තොරතුරු අනාවරණය වී තිබේ.මෙම සමූහ මිනී වලේ කැණීම් කටයුතු සිදු කරගෙන යන පිරිසට සමූහ මිනී වලේ තිබී බෝම්බ හා පතරොම් කීපයක් 8 දා හමු වී ඇත.යුද්ධයේ අවසන් කාලයට ඉතා ආසන්න කාලයේ මෙම සමූහ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed Public Security Minister Tiran Alles to take the final decision on the appointment of the new IGP, informed sources said. Accordingly, the Minister has been instructed to decide whether to appoint an acting IGP or to grant another extension for former IGP C.D. Wickramaratne. Sources further […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින රාත්‍රීයේ ආරක්ෂාවට සිටි පොලිස් සැරයන්වරයා පරුෂ වචනයෙන් බැන වදිමින් තමන්ට වෙඩි තියන්නට සුදානම්වු බවත් පන්සලේ සිටි බල්ලා නිසා දිවි ගලවා ගත් බවත් මඩකලපුව මංගලාරාමාධිපති අම්පිටියේ සුමනරතන හිමියෝ පැවසුහ. ඒ සම්බන්ධව වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දක්වමින් උන්වහස්සේ මෙසේද පැවසූහ.මම මේ දිනවල ඉන්නේ කෙවිලියාමඩුව පන්සල්ගල අභිනවාරාම පුදබිමේ. මිට මාස ගණනකට පෙර මට කිසියම් පුදගලයෙක් වෙඩි තැබිම […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara Kandy Mr President and the Minister in charge of Internal Security, please see the following incident where an ethnic extremist  politician in the hill country, who is also not a legitimate Bhummiputra of this Island nation has taken the law into his hand and intimidated and obstructed the police officers who were […]

Courtesy Adaderana Instructions have been issued to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other senior police officers to take immediate and stern legal action against violent crimes committed in both the Western and Southern provinces.  The relevant directive was issued by Public Security Minister Tiran Alles, during a special discussion with high-ranking police officers […]

Courtesy Hindustan Times Among the charge-sheeted persons are C Gunashekharaan alias Guna and Pushparajah alias Pookutti Kanna, Sri Lankan nationals who run a drug syndicate in the island nation and work closely with Pakistani drugs and arms supplier Haji Salim, the NIA said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against 13 […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A total number of 73 police officers have been found to have failed in their duty to prevent the violence on May 9 2022, the Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles told Parliament today. Responding to an oral question raised by MP Jagath Kumara Sumithrarachchi in the House, the Minister said […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Responding to an oral question raised by MP Jagath Kumara Sumithrarachchi in the House, the Minister said some 35 OICs have been transferred so that inquiries carried out against them will not be affected. A total number of 73 police officers have been found to have failed in their duty to […]

Courtesy Adaderana ගජේන්ද්‍රකුමාර් පොන්නම්බලම් මන්‍ත්‍රීවරයා සමග ආන්දෝලනාත්මක සිද්ධිය ඇතිවූ පොලිස් නිලධාරීයා වන්නේ පොලිස් සැරයන් සනත් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාය. ඔහු 1990 වසරේදී ඔඩ්ඩුසුඩාන් පොලිස් ස්ථානයට අනියුක්තව සේවය කරමින් සිටින අතරතුර LTTEයේ පැහැරගැනීමට ලක්වී එම කඳවුරක වධ බන්ධනවලට ලක් වූ අයෙකි. එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ.යෙන් නිදහස ලබා පැමිණි සනත් ගුණවර්ධන පොලිස් සැරයන් ධුරයට උසස් කෙරුණු අතර යළි උතුරු පළාතට ස්ථාන මාරුවක් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Highly placed security sources told Daily Mirror that security has been beefed up in Colombo and its surrounding areas following an intelligence report that IUSF students were planning to march into the city in their hundreds over the weekend to take over key government institutions and launch a fresh ’Aragalaya’ against […]

Courtesy Adaderana A heavy presence of security personnel was observed in parts of Colombo city since last night (May 12). This development came after it was reported that a group of at least 750 individuals was preparing to exert pressure on the government. Unspecified intelligence information had revealed that the group in question was planning […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Claiming that plans were afoot to set on fire some 100 houses of politicians including SJB MPs and political leaders on May 10 last year, Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today these plans were foiled as armed forces were ordered to shoot on sight. He told Parliament that a list of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror LFormer Parliamentarian J. Sri Ranga was today granted bail after being produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court regarding the investigations over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Colombo. Sri Ranga was ordered to be released on a cash bail of Rs.Rs.20,000 with a Rs. 5 […]

Courtesy The Island Retired Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda has, in a letter to US Ambassador Julie Chung, challenged the legality of the US decision to blacklist him in violation of the principle of natural justice. Referring to media disclosure that Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry, PC, had been informed of the blacklisting ahead […]

Hiru News More facts revealed by Wimal in Salakuna

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් පසුගිය සමයේ පැවැති ගාලුමුවදොර අරගලයට අමෙරිකානු අතපෙවීම් සිදු වූ ආකාරය පිළිබඳ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා තවත් කරුණු රැසක්අ නාවරණ කළා.ඒ, හිරු සලකුණ දේශපාලන වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමින්.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In a strongly-worded letter to US Ambassador Julie Chung, North Western Province Governor Wasantha Karannagoda yesterday accused the envoy of infringing upon his human rights with the recent decision to designate him and his family. Wrongful imputations made by you has seriously affected my honour and reputation” earned over a period […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island ‘I haven’t sought US visa for more than 15 years’ Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda yesterday (27) said that he had not applied for a visa to visit the US and was not planning to do so. He said so when The Island sought his response to him […]

By:Methmalie Dissanayake Courtesy Ceylon Today The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday (25) said the President and the Government should have tabled the complete report of the Easter Sunday Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI), in Parliament first before giving it to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL). The full report was handed over […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් යම් සමාජයක් ආරක්ෂා කර ගත හැක්කේ එහි දේශපාලන සාක්ෂරතාව බලගැන්වීමෙන් බවත් ඒ අනුව යමින් විෂම රැලි – කුණාටුවලට ගොදුරුවීම වළක්වා” ලාංකේය සමාජයේ දේශපාලන සාක්ෂරතාව බලගැන්වීමේ අරමුණින් නවය; සැඟවුණු කතාව” කෘතිය ජනගත කළ බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා පදනම් ආයතනයේදී තමන් විසින් ගෝල්ෆේස් […]