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 […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers have approved President Maithripala Sirisena’s proposal to grant a one-year service extension to the Commandant of the Special Task Force (STF) Senior DIG M.R. Latiff, who was set to retire today (5). Senior DIG Latiff was expected to retire today after completing 40 years of service in Sri Lanka’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana Notorious Sri Lankan underworld kingpin ‘Makandure Madush’, several other prominent underworld figures and a popular Sri Lankan singer are among 25 suspects arrested during a joint operation in Dubai, sources said. The suspects were reportedly arrested at a hotel in Dubai in a joint operations carried out by law enforcement officers from both […]

දෙනගම ධම්මික රණවීර උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ඇමෙරිකා යුද නැව්වලට ත්‍රිකුණාමලය වරාය ලබා දීම මේ රටේ ඉඩම් ඇතුළු ස්වෛරීත්වය අහිමි කිරීම බෙදුම්වාදී න්‍යාය පත්‍රයේ තවත් අවස්ථාවක් යැයි වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. ඔහු එම අදහස් පළ කළේ ඊයේ (31දා) ජාතික සමතා බලවේගය රාජගිරියේදී පැවැත්වූ මාධ්‍ය හමුවකට සහභාගි වෙමින්ය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා මෙසේද පැවැසීය. ඇමෙරිකාවේ කඳවුරු මේ […]

Owen Bowcott and Diane Taylor Courtesy The Guardian Priyanka Fernando conviction appeared to trigger stream of diplomatic exchanges  The chief magistrate said there had been a catalogue of disappointing issues with the case. Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA An arrest warrant for a former Sri Lankan military attache, convicted of public order offences after making cut-throat gestures at protesters, has […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena says the Department of National Archives has provided copies of valuable documents to foreign countries without any knowledge of the state. The President made these remarks at the Matara district convention of drug prevention program held at Sanath Jayasuriya Stadium in Matara today (30th), stated President’s Media Division. President Sirisena […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The UK is providing documentation to assist the Westminster Magistrate’s Court which has sought clarification of Brigadier Priyanka Fernando’s diplomatic status in the UK, the British High Commission said. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which is not a party to these legal proceedings, have been contacted by the Westminster Magistrate’s […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 24 (newsin.asia): In July 2017 the Sri Lankan government renewed, for another ten years, the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the United States Department of Defense. ACSA allows the exchange of supply and services, training of staff and humanitarian aid in disaster situations between the two countries. In a proposal to […]

සමන් ගමගේ බල්ලගේ වැඬේ බූරුවා කරනවා යැයි ලෙසින් වූ වටිනා උපමා කතාවක් අපේ ජනවහරේ තිබේ. යමෙකු කළ යුතු සහ එසේ කරන්නට හැකියාව ඇති කාර්යයක් කිසිදු වගකීමක් සහ හැකියාවක් නැති තවෙකකු ඉදිරිපත්වී කරන්නට යන කල සහ වගකීම් විරහිතව වහසිබස් ප‍්‍රකාශ කරනවිට අපේ ජනතාව අතීතයේ මෙන්ම අදත් මේ කතාව සිහිපත් කළේ උපහාසය මුසු පිළිකුලෙන් යුතුවය.    ශී‍්‍ර […]

1971 වසරේදී තමන් පොලිසියෙන් වෙඩි තබා මරා දැමීමට නියම කරන ලද්දෙක් බව ජනාධිපති මෛත‍්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා පවසයි. චේගුවේරා කල්ලියේ සාමාජිකයන් යයි තමන් අත්අඩංගුව ගෙන දැඩි ලෙස වද දුන් බවත් ජනාධිපතිවරයා කීය. පසුව පොලොන්නරුවේ කනත්තට ගෙන ගොස් වෙඩි තබා මරා දැමීමට ඔන්න මෙන්න තිබියදී ඉෂ්ඨ දේවතාවන් විසින් තමන් බේරාගත්තේ යයිද ජනාධිපතිවරයා සදහන් කලේය. කොළඹදී පැවති උත්සව […]

By Manolo B. Jara Courtesy Gulf Today MANILA: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday invited Philippine drug war experts to visit his country and share their experiences with their counterparts apparently to help them in their own campaign against drugs. I would like to invite some experts from your side to visit Sri Lanka when […]

Courtesy Morning Star Activists warn the true nature of the Thatcher government’s collusion with Sri Lanka may never be known RITAIN’S Foreign Office is being accused of shredding history” after it admitted to destroying nearly 400 diplomatic files from the start of a Tamil uprising in Sri Lanka. Margaret Thatcher’s government armed Sri Lankan forces […]

පුබුදු වික්‍රමතිලක උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම සැඟවී සිටි දෙමළ පාතාලය යළි අළු ගසමින් නැඟිටින්නට වූයේ මෑතක සිටය. දෙමළ පාතාලයේ මෙවර ඉලක්කය කාගේත් ඇස් අරවන ප්‍රහාරයක් වූයේය. වත්තල, හේකිත්ත පාරේදී ඉකුත් ඉරිදා (13දා) චිකාගෝ ක්‍රමයට දෙනෝදාහක් බලා සිටියදීම ප්‍රහාරයක් මෙහෙයවන්නේ කොටි සංවිධානයේ සිටි වෙඩික්කරුවන්ගේ මෙහෙයවීමෙනි ප්‍රහාරයෙන් සුදු පැහැති වැගන් ආර් රථයේ ආ කුඩු සෙල්විගේ පවුලේ අයකුගෙන් දෙදෙනකු එතැනම මියැදී […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island January 15, 2019, 9:41 pm Sri Lanka is under fire for naming Maj. Gen. Shavendra Silva as the Chief of Staff of the Army. Various interested parties stepped up attacks on Sri Lanka in the wake of the Gajaba veteran, the wartime General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the 58 Division, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara has been summoned to the Government Analyst’s Department with regard to the alleged VIP assassination plan. Accordingly, IGP Jayasundara has been informed to be present at the department on Monday (Jan 14) at 9.30 am. Reportedly, this is the first time that the Inspector General of Police […]

By Azzam Ameen BBC Sinhala, Colombo Image copyrightVAVUNIYA POLICEImage captionThe man in this clip and his friend who filmed it have been released on bail Sri Lankan police have arrested two people who posted a Facebook video showing one of them pretending to give a bribe to a traffic police cutout. In the footage, a motorcyclist […]

Courtesy  scroll.in The Financial Action Task Force said the Bahamas, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Serbia, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Yemen also need to do more. The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said inter-governmental body Financial Action Task Force has called on its members to take steps to protect the financial system from threats emanating from the Democratic […]