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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island October 23, 2018, 11:47 pm Accountability issues Former External Affairs Minister and Chairman of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday urged the current dispensation to review its position as regards the accountability issue in the wake of UN admission that fresh evidence pertaining to Sri Lanka’s […]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
Courtesy Reuters COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police on Tuesday won permission from a court to ask Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei to help recover data from a phone used by a police informant who has alleged a plot to kill President Maithripala Sirisena. Informant Namal Kumara said at a news conference last month he had discussed […]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
දිනසේන රතුගමගේ යාපනයේ ඩෙල්ෆ්ට් දූපත්ට ආසන්නයේ මුහුදේ නීති විරෝධී ලෙස මසුන් මරමින් සිටි ඉන්දීය ධීවරයින් පස් දෙනෙකු හා ඔවුන්ගේ ට්රෝලර් යාත්රාවක් නාවික හමුදාව විසින් 22 දා අත් අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබේ ඉන්දීය ධීවරයින් සහ ට්රෝලර් යාත්රාව ශ්රී ලංකා නාවික නෞකා උත්තර ආයතනය වෙත රැගෙන ඒමට කටයුතු කළ අතර, එම ධීවරයින් පිරිස වෛද්ය පරීක්ෂණයකට භාජනය කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව […]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
දිනසේන රතුගමගේ උතුරු පළාත් ප්රධාන අමාත්යවරයා විසින් නායකත්වය දරණ දෙමළ ජාතික සභාවේ රැස්වීමක් මේ මස 24 වෙනිදා පැවැත්වෙන බව දැණුම් දෙමින් බෙදා ඇති අත් පත්රිකාවක එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ.සංවිධානයේ ලාංඡන හා අදහස් ඇතුළත් කොට තිබීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් යාපනයේ ආරක්ෂක අංශ පරීක්ෂණයක් ආරම්භ කොට තිබේ. පසුගිය 21 දා සවස සිට යාපනයේ බොහෝ ස්ථාන වල මේ අත් පත්රිකාව බෙදා හැර තිබූ […]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2018
lanka C news නියෝජ්ය පොලිස්පති කාලකද සිල්වා පසුපස සිටින්නේ පොලිස්පතිවරයා බවත් ඔවුන් දෙදෙනා මෑතකදී කැළනි විහාරයට පාන්දර ගොස් පුජාවක්ද පැවැත්වූ බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රි එස්.බී දිසානායක මහතා පවසයි. පොලිස්පති පසුපස සිටින්නේ අගමැති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ සිටින බවත් පවසන මන්ත්රිවරයා මෙම කුමන්ත්රණය රාජ්ය මට්ටමේ කුමන්ත්රණයක් යයි සිතෙන බවද සදහන් කරයි. රෝ සංවිධානය විසින් ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඝාතනය කිරීමට කුමන්ත්රණය කලේ […]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2018
දිනසේන රතුගමගේ යාපනයේ කොණ්ඩාවිල් තාවාඩි ප්රදේශයේ වෙළද සැලකට 21 දා රාත්රී ”ආවා කල්ලියේ” බවට සැකකරණ පිරිසක් පහර දී එම වෙළද සැල ඉදිරිපිට නවතා තිබූ ත්රී රෝද රථයකටද පහර දී අලාභහානි සිදු කොට තිබේ. මේ ප්රහාරයෙන් වෙළද සැලට හා ත්රී රෝද රථයට අලාභහානි සිදුව තිබේ. සිද්ධිය දුටුවන් පවසන්නේ මේ ප්රහාරය සදහා පස් දෙනෙකු පැමිණි බවත් ඔවුන්ගෙන් […]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2018
Nirmala Joseph Courtesy Gulf Today Informed people have rejected an allegation raised by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena that the now-defunct Tamil Tiger outfit had planned to attack Colombo with an aircraft flying from Chennai in 2009. Speaking to the Sri Lankan community in New York where he spoke at the UN General Assembly, Sirisena […]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2018
Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu Call alleged assassination plot ‘serious’ Sri Lanka’s investigation authorities must expedite their probe into the alleged assassination plot targeting President Maithripala Sirisena, his advisers have said, terming it a very serious matter”. Addressing media persons here, presidential adviser Shiral Lakthilaka said Mr. Sirisena’s security has been heightened, following reports of an […]
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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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