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Saturday, October 20th, 2018
Courtesy Mail Online The United Nations has asked Sri Lanka to immediately repatriate a commander serving in the peacekeeping force in Mali following allegations that he was linked to atrocities committed during Sri Lanka’s war with Tamil Tigers. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday that the request to send Lieutenant Colonel Kalana Priyankara Lankamithra Amunupure […]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2018
By Natasha Fernando Courtesy The Diplomat Strategizing how Colombo can use sorely needed military grants and donations in an evolving security landscape. Sri Lanka is a middle-income country that is strategically located in the Indian Ocean. It emerged from a three-decade civil war and is now in a post-conflict era, struggling to maintain internal political and […]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2018
Courtesy Mail Online COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Sri Lanka’s military said Saturday that it will recall its commander leading a UN peacekeeping contingent in Mali, a day after the world body asked him to be repatriated over his human rights background. Military spokesman Sumith Atapattu said that it will comply with the UN request […]
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Friday, October 19th, 2018
නිරන්ජලා ආරියවංශ,ක්රිස්ටීන් ඇන්තනි උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම ත්රස්ත විමර්ශන ඒකකයේ හිටපු ප්රධානි නියෝජ්ය පොලිස්පති නාලක සිල්වා විසින් ජනාධිපති මෛත්රිපාල සිරිසේන මහතා ඝාතනය කිරීමට කුමන්ත්රණය කළා යැයි නැඟෙන චෝදනාව යටපත් කිරීමට, රට තුළ දේශපාලනික කුමන්ත්රණයක් ක්රියාත්මක වන බව…ජනාධිපති ජේයෂ්ඨ උපදේශක නීතිඥ ශිරාල් ලක්තිලක මහතා ඊයේ මාධ්ය හමුවක් පවත්වමින් අවධාරණය කළේය. එය දේශපාලනික අවශ්යතා මත යටපත් කිරීමට ඉඩ දිය නොහැකි […]
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Thursday, October 18th, 2018
Courtesy Mail Online (UK) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – An official says security has been tightened for Sri Lanka’s president as police investigate an alleged plot to assassinate him. Presidential adviser Sarath Kongahage told reporters on Thursday that precautionary measures have been taken to protect President Maithripala Sirisena. He declined to give further details. A […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
lanka C news තමන් විසින් වාර්තා කරන ලද සියළු කාරණා සත්ය බවට තහවුරු කල හැකි යයි ද හින්දු පුවත්පතේ මාධ්යවේදිනී මීරා ශ්රීනිවාසන් පවසයි. ජනාධිපති මෛත්රිපාල සිරිසේන ඝාතනය කිරීමට රෝ කුමන්ත්රණයක් පවතින්නේ යයි තමන් විසින් පල කරන ලද වාර්තාව සනාථ කර ගැනීමට තමන් කැබිනට් ඇමතිවරුන් සිවු දෙනෙකුට කතා කල බවද ඇය සදහන් කරන්නීය. ඇය මෙම අදහස් […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, October 17 (newsin.asia): The President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the telephone on Wednesday, to categorically reject reports in sections of the media about him alluding to India’s involvement in any manner in an alleged plot to assassinate him and the former Defense Secretary of […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Kalathma Jayawardhane Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Joint Opposition (JO) today said the Indian national, who claimed of a plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members, was identified as an India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) member bearing the RAW identity card number of RB317217/VJ. JO member MP Wimal […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Courtesy Ceylon Today With an alleged conspiracy to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa unfolding, the involvement of the Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the Tamil Diaspora, and the Avaa gang in the North has come to light, MP Wimal Weerawansa said. Addressing a Press conference held in Colombo […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Courtesy The Island ‘Indian national must be a RAW agent trying to kill me. The Indian PM may not be aware. That is often the case. Trump may not be aware of CIA’s similar moves’ The Hindu has reported that President Maithripala Sirisena, at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, accused India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Clarifying the media reports that President Maithripala Sirisena was reported to have mentioned at the cabinet meeting held on Tuesday (16), about an alleged plot to assassinate him by the Indian Intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Advisor and Coordinating Secretary to President Sirisena Shiral Lakthilaka said the President had […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
By Meera Srinivasan/The Hindu Colombo, October 16: In a move that might seriously impair Indo-Lanka relations, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday accused India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of plotting his assassination. Mr. Sirisena, who was speaking at the weekly Cabinet meeting, told Ministers that the Indian intelligence agency was trying to kill” […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
by Shamindra Ferdinando and Norman Palihawadana Courtesy The Island The National Police Commission (NPC) yesterday interdicted Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Nalaka Silva. The seven-member NPC, headed by P.H. Manatunga, by letter informed IGP Pujith Jayasundera of its decision. Secretary to the NPC Saman Dissanayake told The Island that the NPC deliberated and decided on […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
By Charunya Rajakaruna Courtesy Adaderana Police Sergeant Sanath Gunawardena holding Police ID number 4925 was a topic of controversy due to an incident of arresting a lorry which illegally transported sand. Sanath Gunawadena commenced his police career on 10th January 1989 from Bambalapitiya Police Station and has been in the service for nearly 30 years. In June […]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
Tharindu Jayawardane Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) DIG Kaushal Nalaka de Silva today failed to appear before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over the inquiry into the alleged assassination plot on President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, CID sources said. Therefore, the CID officials had sent summons via Cinnamon […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
By Sugeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today Any allegation of coup attempts or assassination plots cannot be taken lightly, as there were instances in post-independent Sri Lankan history that changed the destiny of the Nation and some important national leaders. Although there were palace coups after the sudden death of the first Prime Minister, D.S. Senanayake, in […]
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Friday, October 12th, 2018
Courtesy The Island Civil society activist Namal Kumara, who recently alleged a conspiracy against President Maithripala Sirisena and wartime Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is now under investigation by the Criminal Investigation (CID) following a complaint by the Presidential Secretariat. Dr. Samantha Kumara Kithalawaarachchi, Director, Presidential Task Force on Drug Prevention yesterday said that a complaint […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
ඉෂාරා සිල්වා උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම පසුගිය දිනෙක මුලතිව් දිස්ත්රික්කයෙන් හමු වූ ත්රස්තවාදීන්ට අයත් ආයුධ තොගය පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු ශ්රී ලංකා පොලිසිය ජනතාවගෙන් වසන් කරන බවත් මේ පිළිබඳ සත්ය තොරතුරු හෙළිකරන ලෙස පොලිස් මාධ්ය ප්රකාශකවරයාට අභියෝග කරන බවත් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රි මහින්ද යාපා අබේවර්ධන පවසයි. මෙලෙස කරුණු වසන් කිරීම ජනාධිපති සහ හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඇතුළු ඔහුගේ පවුල ඝාතන කුමන්ත්රණයේ මූලික පියවරක් […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
Courtesy Mailonline Sri Lanka last year granted Beijing a 99-year lease on the Hambantota deep-sea port, situated along key shipping routes Sri Lanka rejected on Wednesday US claims that China might establish a “forward military base” at a strategic port leased to Beijing by the indebted Indian Ocean island nation. Sri Lanka last year granted […]
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
ශ්රී ලංකා සමාජ ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී පක්ෂය ශ්රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාව මත්ද්රව්ය පාලනය සියතට ගන්නා බවට නුදුරු දිනවල මාධ්ය වාර්තා පළ විය. නමුත් මත්ද්රව්ය ජාතික ගැටලුවක් නොව අන්තර්ජාතික ගැටලුවක් බව යුධ හමුදාව නොදන්නවා විය නොහැක. ලොව පුරා මත් යුද්ධය අවසන් කිරීම ගැන සංවාද ඇතිවෙන යුගයක ශ්රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාව එම සංවාදයෙහි කොටස්කරුවන් වීම අරුමයක් නොවන්නේ ය. ලෝක […]
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
Nimanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Government Analyst’s report states that the voice samples provided by DIG Nalaka de Silva and Namal Kumara have tallied with those in the tape, the CID said. It submitted the relevant voice samples to the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today after they received the samples from the Government Analyst […]
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Monday, October 8th, 2018
ඉෂාරා සිල්වා උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම හම්බන්තොට වරාය චීනයට පවරාදීම හේතුවෙන් අනාගතයේදී චීන නාවික කඳවුරක් හම්බන්තොට වරාය පදනම් කරගනිමින් ඇති වන බවට ඇමෙරිකානු උප ජනාධිපතිවරයා සිදුකළ ප්රකාශය සාවද්ය බවත් ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය එම ප්රකාශය හෙළා දකින බවත් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රි ආචාර්ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන පැවැසීය. ජාත්යන්තරයට මෙවැනි ප්රකාශ සිදුකිරීමට අවශ්ය වාතාවරණය සකස් කර දුන්නේ අගමැතිවරයා බවද මන්ත්රිවරයා අවධාරණය කළේය. ඊයේ (07දා) […]
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Saturday, October 6th, 2018
Source: PTI Courtesy Adaderana China is using debt diplomacy” to expand its global influence, US Vice President Mike Pence alleged, citing example of a Sri Lankan port which he said could soon become a forward military base for Beijing’s growing blue-water navy. Pence said China was offering hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure loans to […]
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Saturday, October 6th, 2018
පයාගල – සුජිත් මාරියෝ උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම ඒ මෙරට ආරක්ෂක අංශ හා එල්ටීටීඊ ත්රස්තවාදීන් යුද වැදුණු සමයයි. එදා 1990 වසරේ ජුනි මස 13දායි. ඔඩ්ඩුසුඩාන් පොලිසියට ප්රහාරයක් එල්ල කළ කොටි ත්රස්තවාදීන් එහි සිටි පොලිස් නිලධාරීහු 44 දෙනකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගත්හ. ඔවුන්ගේ අත් හා පාවලට මාංචු දමා දම්වැල්වලින් බැඳ පොළොවේ හාරන ලද විශාල වළවල් තුළ දමා දස වධ දෙමින් තබා […]
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Friday, October 5th, 2018
By Tharindi Pabasara Courtesy Adaderana Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa claims that two LMG firearms belonging to the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) had been prepared at the ‘Jana Balaya Colombata’ protest to be fired at its participants in case of a tense situation. The police also operate as a criminal gang at present and the police operations carried […]
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Friday, October 5th, 2018
කුරුණෑගල අධිකරණ_ ඉන්දුජ හිරුජි උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම ‘මූල්ය අපරාධ විමර්ශන ඒකකයේ බණ්ඩාර මහතා ඇතුළු නිලධාරීන් තුන් දෙනකු පැමිණ ණය මැම පත් වෙනස් කර ලියන ලෙස මට බල කළා. අපේ ෂොප් එකේ තිබූ ණය මැම පොතකින් කොළ ඉරාගෙන එයාලා ළඟ තිබූ ලැයිස්තුවක් අනුව එහි ලියන ලෙස මට කිව්වා. මගේ නිවෙස සතොසට යාබදව තිබෙන නිසා මේ දේවල් නොකළොත් මටත් […]
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Thursday, October 4th, 2018
Kalathma Jayawardhane Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Joint Opposition (JO) today alleged it is now being revealed that some government forces had a hand behind the communal violence in Digana, Kandy earlier this year, as claimed recently by the Anti-Corruption Movement. JO MP Shehan Semasinghe told a news conference that as revealed there was an alleged […]
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Thursday, October 4th, 2018
Darshana Sanjeewa Courtesy The Daily Mirror Legal and judicial procedures have to be followed if DIG Nalaka De Silva is to be arrested, Law and Order Minister Ranjith Maddumabandara today said. Responding to a question at a news briefing as to why the DIG has not been arrested yet, the minister said there were ongoing investigations […]
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