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UN sends Sri Lanka peacekeeping commander home over alleged atrocities

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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No Strings Attached? How Sri Lanka Can Make the Most of Security Grants

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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Sri Lanka to recall peacekeeping commander on UN request

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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ජනපති ඝාතන කුමන්ත්‍රණය යට ගහන්න ඇතුළෙන්ම කුමන්ත්‍රණයක්

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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Security tightened for Sri Lankan leader amid alleged plot

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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ජනපති ඝාතන රෝ කුමන්ත‍්‍රණය ගැන මා ලියූ වාර්තාව සත්‍යයි.. ඇමතිවරුන් සිවු දෙනෙකු සාක්‍ෂියි..- The Hindu මාධ්‍යවේදීනිය කියයි..

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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Lankan President phones Modi to deny he said India is involved in assassination plot

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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Suspect a RAW member bearing ID number RB317217/VJ: JO

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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Assassination plot: Arrested Indian is a trained RAW agent – Weerawansa

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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Sri Lanka rubbishes RAW assassination plot reports (English)

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018

 

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Sirisena says RAW plotting to kill him – The Hindu

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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President referred to an Indian intelligence service but not RAW: President’s Advisor

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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Lankan President told cabinet Indian intelligence agency RAW was trying to kill him, says report

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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DIG interdicted – Prez Media calls special briefing today Assassination bid

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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Thebuwana Police Sergeant speaks to Ada Derana

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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Fmr. TID DIG Nalaka failed to appear before CID

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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Assassination plots should be taken seriously

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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Prez Office seeks CID probe Namal Kumara in fresh controversy

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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තුවක්කු එළියට ගත්තේ මහින්ද – ගෝඨා ඇතුළු අපේ නායකයන් ඝාතනය කිරීමටයි

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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Sri Lanka says no Chinese military base at port

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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ලංකාවට මත් යුද්ධයක් එපා! -ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමාජ ප්‍ර‍ජාතන්ත්‍ර‍වාදී පක්ෂය

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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Namal Kumara reveals another secret about alleged assassination plot

Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
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Voice samples match with those in tape: CID

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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හම්බන්තොට වරායේ පිහිටුවන චීන නාවික කඳවුරක් ගැන ඇමෙරිකා උප ජනාධිපති කියා ඇත්තේ බොරුවක්

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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Hambantota port could soon become a forward military base for China’s navy – Mike Pence

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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ටී-56 අරන් පාරට බැස්ස පොලිසියේ පරණම සාජන් මහත්තයා

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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Mahinda claims govt. had 2 LMG firearms ready at Jana Balaya

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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ජොන්ස්ටන්ට එරෙහි නඩුව FCID නිලධාරීන් ණය මැමපත් වෙනස් කරන්න මට බල කළා

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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The Joint Opposition alleges govt. behind Digana violence

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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Have to follow procedure if Nalaka is to be arrested: Minister

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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