by Zacki Jabbar Courtesy The Island September 16, 2018, 11:52 pm Close on the heels of President Maithripala Sirisena’s statement that military personnel should not be kept in police custody for prolonged periods, the government has queried if  interrogating the Chief of Defence Staff Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, in connection with alleged protection granted to “Navy […]

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 […]

by C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island September 15, 2018, 8:59 pm Last week, a special cabinet meeting was held to discuss among other things the move by the CID to arrest the highest ranking military officer in the land and 24 hours later, a political activist made public, recordings of a senior police officer plotting […]

 උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඝාතන චෝදනා එල්ල වී ඇති ත්‍රස්ත විමර්ශන අංශයේ ප්‍රධානී නියෝජ්‍ය පොලිස්පති නාලක ද සිල්වා සේවයෙන් පහකර විමර්ශනයක් පැවැත්විය යුතු යැයි එක්සත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක නීතිඥ මෛත්‍රී ගුණරත්න මහතා ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. ඔහු එසේ පැවැසුවේ පසුගියදා (14දා) එම පක්ෂය රාජගිරිය වැලිකඩවත්තේදී පැවැත්වූ මාධ්‍ය හමුවේදීය. මෛත්‍රී ගුණරත්න මහතා වැඩිදුරටත් මෙසේද පැවැසීය. නියෝජ්‍ය පොලිස්පති නාලක […]

 උදේනි සමන් කුමාර මහනුවර _ ගයා ශ්‍රී කාරියවසම්උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ජනාධිපතිවරයා සහ හිටපු ආරක්ෂක ලේකම්වරයා ඝාතනය කිරීමට නියෝජ්‍ය පොලිස්පතිවරයකු කරන ලද කුමන්ත්‍රණයක් හෙළිවීම නිසා දේශපාලන අංශ තුළ මහත් ආන්දෝලනයක් පැනනැඟී තිබේ. මෙම ඝාතන ප්‍රයත්නයට අදාළ සියලු තොරතුරු මේ වන විට ජාතික පොලිස් කොමිසමට භාරදී තිබේ. එකී රහසිගත කරුණු හෙළි කරනු ලැබ තිබෙන්නේ දූෂණ විරෝධී බළකායේ මෙහෙයුම් අධ්‍යක්ෂ […]

By Charunya Rajakaruna Courtesy Adaderana Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said so far no investigations have been commenced on the DIG in charge of the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID), Nalaka de Silva, regarding the alleged conspiracy to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Immediate investigations should be conducted and the truth should be […]

ARJUNA Courtesy Ceylon Today President Maithripala Sirisena told the Media yesterday (14), that he had summoned the IGP, Head of CID, the Attorney General and other senior officials earlier in the week and given them a dressing down about the way in which they were handling cases involving Armed Forces personnel. I told them not to […]

The Editorial Courtesy The Island Saturday 15th September, 2018 September 14, 2018, 10:14 pm The police have made President Maithripala Sirisena see red. He has taken exception to the manner in which high ranking military officers are treated when allegations against them are probed and legal action instituted. There have been quite a few ‘show arrests’ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former President Mahinda Rajapksa, who is in New Delhi, has said that the number of war casualties in Sri Lanka including the terrorist casualties may not have exceeded 8,000, the Hindu reported. Delivering a public speech on Wednesday, Mr. Rajapaksa said extravagant numbers reaching up to 40,000 have been recklessly bandied […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Speaking on the alleged conspiracy to assassinate him and former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President Maithripala Sirisena said today the investigation into the incident would be handed over to the CID no sooner the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) concluded its probe and submitted its preliminary report. Speaking to the Heads of […]

‘අම්මට හුඩු හතරක් හිටිය.. දෙකක් වැඩම කරලා.. ආතල්’ පොලිස්පති උත්සව සභාවක රංගනයේ.. භික්‍ෂුන්-ගුරුන්-සිසුන් තුෂ්නිම්භූතයි…[Video] තමන් විහිළු සපන්නේ බවට ජනමාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ ඉදිරිපත් කරන්න එපා යයා පොලිස්පති පූජිත ජයසුන්දර මහතා ඉල්ලා සිටියේය. ඒ මහතා මේ බව කියා සිටියේ මාතර කොටපොල ජාතික පාසලේ ශිෂ්‍ය නායක නිල ලාංඡන පැළදවීමේ උත්සවය දීය. එහිදී සභාවේ සිටි ගුරු මණ්ඩලය පොලිස්පතිවරයා විසින් අමතනු […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to take over the investigations into the allegations against DIG Nalaka de Silva of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID). Meanwhile Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for a full report from the IGP on the investigation, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan […]

Courtesy Adaderana At the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, President Maithripala Sirisena will announce a set of new proposals for consideration at the March 2019 session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR). He will also submit these proposals to the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres as […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

 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 […]