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Thursday, September 13th, 2018
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Continuing controversy over Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravi Wijegunaratne, wanted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with allegedly aiding and abetting Lt. Commander Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi, a suspect in two major wartime cases, leaving for Mexico on Sept. 10 has taken a dramatic turn with the Tamil […]
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Thursday, September 13th, 2018
Suhasini Haidar and Amit Baruah Courtesy The Hindu The former Sri Lankan President says he is ready to put past ‘misunderstandings’ with India behind him, and could lead his party in the 2019 elections Sri Lanka’s former President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is visiting New Delhi to deliver a public lecture and meet with various leaders, in the first […]
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island September 11, 2018, 9:45 pm Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka’s recent admission that the cabinet had never discussed Sri Lanka’s response to alleged war crimes allegations highlighted the culpability on the part of the National Unity Government for depriving the country of a proper defence. Cabinet regularly meets on Tuesday morning […]
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
Shehan Chamika Silva Courtesy The Daily Mirror Filing a revision application in the Court of Appeal, President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva today said the order given by the Kurunegala High Court Judge remanding former Minister Johnston Fernando pending the conclusion of the trial was legally wrong. President’s Counsel was of the view that the alleged High […]
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Monday, September 10th, 2018
lanka C news වසර හතළිහක් හමුදාවේ සේවය කළ හමුදාපතිවරයෙකුට යුද්ධය තිබියදී රටේ තත්ත්වය තේරුම්ගත හැකි වූයේ නම් යුද්ධය නැති අවස්ථාවේ රටේ තත්ත්වය තේරුම් ගත නොහැකි යයි වත්මන් හමුදාපතිවරයා සිතන්නේ නම් ඔහු වල්ගය පාගාගෙන ඇතැයි හිටපු හමුදාපති වත්මන් කැබිනට් අමාත්ය ෆීල්ඩ් මාෂල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහතා පවසයි. වත්මන් හමුදාපතිවරයා අදාළ බලධාරීන්ට සත්ය තත්ත්වය තේරුම් කර නොදෙන්නේ යැයිද […]
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Friday, September 7th, 2018
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island September 7, 2018, 11:01 pm Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, yesterday, acknowledged that there hadn’t been any Cabinet discussion on how Sri Lanka should respond to Geneva allegations of war crimes against the country. Sri Lanka brought the war to a successful conclusion in […]
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Friday, September 7th, 2018
Tharindu Jayawardane Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Attorney General today instructed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara to take legal action under the Penal Code against UNP MP and former state minister Vijayakala Maheswaran, who made controversial statement on resurgence of the LTTE. A senior Police officer said the AG had instructed to take legal action […]
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Friday, September 7th, 2018
Courtesy Adaderana Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that unfortunately due to an incorrect opinion regarding the country’s war against terrorism in the international community, Sri Lanka was not able to give a host of lessons to the world on ending war and the post-war development activities of the military. I regret that due to […]
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Sunday, September 2nd, 2018
Sri Lankan Solidarity Movement Our organisation, The Sri Lankan Solidarity Movement, is extremely alarmed by secret defence reports written by our adversaries, the US, UK, which accuse our Sri Lankan Armed Forces of being responsible for the perishing of civilians during the last phases of the war with no proof whatsoever to prove such bogus […]
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Saturday, September 1st, 2018
by C.A.Chandraprema Courtesy The Island September 1, 2018, 9:13 pm The Colombo Defence Seminar 2018 commenced in Colombo last Thursday. The theme for this year was ‘Security in an Era of Global Disruptions’ The Keynote speech was delivered by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe. If this Seminar featured in the news, it would mainly be due to the […]
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Saturday, September 1st, 2018
ECONOMYNEXT –Courtesy The Island Arrangements are in place for the long-awaited arrest of Sri Lanka’s senior-most military officer in connection with an extortion racket and the horrific murder of 11 young men, official sources said. The Colombo Fort magistrate on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne after the CID said it had evidence […]
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Saturday, September 1st, 2018
පුබුදු වික්රමතිලක උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම කුරිරු ත්රස්තවාදය වෙනුවෙන් තම තරුණ ජීවිතය කැපකළ විරුවන් අපමණය. ජීවිතය පුදා හෝ තම මවුබිම කුරිරු ත්රස්තවාදීන්ගෙන් බේරා ගැනීම ඔවුන්ගේ එකම අදිටන විය. රටේ සතර දිග් භාගයෙන් යුද හමුදාවට එක්වූ සියලු රණවිරුවන්ගේ එකම අදිටන වූයේත් ඒකීය රටක් වෙනුවෙන් දිවි පරදුවට තබා සටන් වැදීමය. ඒ වෙනුවෙන් තම ඇස්, ඉස්, මස්, ලේ පිදූ රණවිරුවන් අපේ […]
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Saturday, September 1st, 2018
Courtesy Lanka Lead News මේ වන විට මුලතිව් දිස්ත්රික්කයට අයත් නොවන සිංහල පවුල් 7000ක් මුලතිව් දිස්ත්රික්කයේ පදිංචි කොට සිටින නිසා මීට වඩා එක් පවුලක් හෝ බලහත්කාරයෙන් පදිංචි කළහොත් එයට එරෙහිව මාරාන්තික උපවාසයක් ආරම්භ කරන බව රවිහරන් මන්ත්රිවරයා ප්රකාශ කරයි. උතුරු පළාත් සභාවේ දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානයේ මන්ත්රි ටී. රවිහරන් (29දා) මුලතිව් පළාතට පැමිණි අවස්ථාවේදී මාධ්යවේදීන් විසින් […]
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Friday, August 31st, 2018
By Sally Rawsthorne Courtesy Brisbane Times Star Sri Lankan student Mohamed Kamer Nilan Nizamdeen allegedly planned to attack a hit list of “symbolic” individuals and landmarks across Sydney in an ISIS-inspired lone-wolf terror attack that was foiled on Thursday when a co-worker stumbled across the list and alerted police. Mr Nizamdeen, 25, was arrested by police in dramatic […]
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2018
අනුරුද්ධ බණ්ඩාර රණවාරණ මාධ්ය ලේකම් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ lanka C news බෙදුම්වාදී කොටි ත්රස්තවාදීන්ගේ ඝාතන හේතුවෙන් අවසානයේ දෙමළ සමාජයේ ඉතිරි වූයේ බෙදුම්වාදී පරඬැල් වැනි දේශපාලනඥයන් පිරිසක් බවත් දැන් තමන්ට සහයෝගය දෙන බෙදුම්වාදී මුස්ලිම් දේශපාලනඥයන්ට අවි ආයුධ තොග පිටින් රැස්කර ගැනීමට ඉඩ දීමෙන් මුස්ලිම් සමාජයටත් එකී ඛේදනීය ඉරණම උරුම කර දීමට මේ ආණ්ඩුව කටයුතු කරන බවට […]
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2018
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 27: The port town of Trincomalee in Eastern Sri Lanka is known for its scenic beauty eminently qualified to be featured in the National Geographic Channel. But historically, it has been noted for something very different – its strategic value as a naval base. Trincomalee’s military value had been grasped […]
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2018
Nimal Tissa Wijetunga Fellow of Institute of Fire Engineers, UK (FIFireE) Recent fire disasters in the world have interestingly occurred primarily in developed countries that abide by Fire Engineering rules and regulations known as Codes, Standards, Data Sheets” or Engineering Standards”. These rules and regulations are statutory documents and offenders found in breach can be […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2018
By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 25: The United States and Japan have both cast their eyes on the Eastern Sri Lankan port of Trincomalee to counterbalance the presence of the Chinese in Hambantota in the South and Colombo in the West and its growing clout around the Bay of Bengal. The Trincomalee harbor was meant […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2018
By P.K.Balachandran/DailyFT Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The visit of Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera to Sri Lanka, the very first in the history of Sri Lanka and Japan, is of great significance to the Indian Ocean region. Onodera’s itinerary, which included a trip to Hambantota, Trincomalee and Colombo ports, assumes importance in the light of China’s bid to […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2018
අරුණි මල්ලවආරච්චි උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම 2017 වසරේ එක්තරා දිනයකි. වෙලාව මධ්යම රාත්රියත් ඉක්මවා තිබිණි. නිවෙසක කාමරයක් තුළට වී තරුණ කාන්තාවක් නිදිවර්ජිතව සුසුම් හෙළමින් සිටියාය. තම සැමියා ඒ වන විටත් නිවෙසට නොපැමිණීම ඇගේ වියවුලට හේතු වී තිබිණි. ඇයගේ මනසේ මැවෙමින් තිබූ සැකය හා බියමුසු සිතිවිලි සිතේ සැනසීම නැති කොට තිබිණි. ඇය වරෙක කාමරයේ ඒ මේ අත ඇවිද්දාය. තවත් […]
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2018
එරික් ගාමිණී ජිනප්රිය උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින එක්නැලිගොඩගේ පස්සෙන් ගිය බව පිළිගන්නා ලෙස තම සැමියා වූ කෝප්රල් වසන්ත උළුගෙදරට සීඅයිඩී නිලධාරීන් බලපෑම්කරන බව කෝප්රල් වසන්තගේ බිරිඳ වූ මහේෂි උළුගෙදර මහත්මිය ඊයේ (22 දා) පිටකෝට්ටේ පිහිටි පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය මූලස්ථානයේදී පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවේදී පැවැසීය. සිය සැමියාට අත්වී ඇති ඉරණම පිළිබඳව කරුණු පැහැදිලි කරමින් උළුගෙදර මහත්මිය වැඩිදුරටත් මෙසේද පැවැසීය. […]
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Sunday, August 19th, 2018
By Jonathan Power Courtesy Tha Daily Mirror Two mistakes, committed on President Barack Obama’s watch, were the triggers for the end of the long post-Cold War period of good relations with Russia. They were the attack on Libya by the US, France and the UK and the subsequent killing of its long-time dictator, Muammar Gadhafi. […]
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Sunday, August 19th, 2018
By Arjuna Ranawana Courtesy Ceylon Today It is not surprising that we have dozens of mass graves, full of undocumented human remains in many parts of the country,because, in the short span of 38 years we have had multiple armed civil conflicts which were put down with overwhelming brutality by the State.In each case, of […]
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Thursday, August 16th, 2018
By Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror Military strength should be maintained above 150,000 Country’s military needed to face not only internal threat but also external threat PM should be next candidate There are corrupt Police officers harassing my people No point in complaining to Law and Order Minister Just because these people are doing political […]
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
By Pushpa Weerasekara Courtesy : Sunday Lankadeepa The untold suffering and dedication of the war heroes, who were engaged in a thirty-year-armed-conflict, are indescribable. They were once treated as the saviours of this nation. However, this is the tragic story of a war hero, who waged war on behalf of territorial integrity and peace. Parts […]
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Sunday, August 12th, 2018
Courtesy India Today Twenty seven Indian fishermen have been taken into custody and their boats seized by the Sri Lankan Navy. On August 10, while Sri Lankan forces were patrolling near Neduntheevu, they noticed Indian fishermen from Rameswaram fishing along the Sri Lankan border. Indian fishermen taken into custody by Sri Lankan navy. Apart from […]
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Saturday, August 11th, 2018
චාමර අමරසූරිය උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම ඒ 1992… හරියටම කිව්වොත් දිනය අගෝස්තු අටවැනිදායි…… ෆයිනල් කවුන්ට් ඩවුන් මෙහෙයුමට පැය 38ක් තිබියදී යාපනය කයිට්ස්හි අරාලි තුඩුවේදී පුපුරා ගිය පීඩන බෝම්බයත් සමඟ මෙරට යුද හමුදාව සලිත වී යන පුවතක් අසන්නට ලැබෙන්නේය. ඒ යුද හමුදාවේ සිටි විශිෂ්ට සෙන්පතියකු වූ ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් ඩෙන්සිල් කොබ්බෑකඩුව මහතා ඇතුළු රණවිරුවන්ගේ මරණයයි. එම සිදුවීමෙන් යුද හමුදාව පමණක් […]
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2018
උපුටා ගැන්ම Lanka Lead News ඊළාම් යුද්ධයේදී කොටි ත්රස්තවාදයට එරෙහිව සුවිශේෂි බුද්ධි මෙහෙයුම් රැසක් සිදුකළ යුද හමුදා සන්නද්ධ බුද්ධි බලකායේ මේජර් ඩික්සන් රාජමන්ත්රී හා එහි කෝප්රල් රාජකරුණා යන අයට ත්රිකුණාමලයේ මහාධිකරණයේ දී අද (08) මරණ දණ්ඩනය නියම කර තිබේ. 1998 දී යාපනයේ තිරුනල්වේලිහිදී කොටි බුද්ධි අංශබලකායේ ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ සාමාජිකයකු අත්අඩංගුයට ගෙන ප්රශ්න කිරීමේදී ඔහු අසනීප තත්වකට පත්වීමේන් […]
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2018
Courtesy Adaderana Two former Army officers have been sentenced to death by the Trincomalee High Court for assaulting and murdering an individual from Gurunagar area in Jaffna after taking him in for interrogations, says Ada Derana reporter. Following a lengthy trial, the verdict was delivered by the High Court Judge Manikkavasagar Illancheliyan. Accordingly, former Army […]
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2018
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 7 (newsin.asia): The Sri Lanka army, which in May 2009 did what was thought to be impossible”, namely, annihilate the dreaded separatist militant group, the Tamil Tigers, is today in the process of transforming itself into a multi-faceted and capacity-based force capable of tackling multifarious threats to national security from a […]
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