Courtesy Hindustan Times Among the charge-sheeted persons are C Gunashekharaan alias Guna and Pushparajah alias Pookutti Kanna, Sri Lankan nationals who run a drug syndicate in the island nation and work closely with Pakistani drugs and arms supplier Haji Salim, the NIA said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against 13 […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A total number of 73 police officers have been found to have failed in their duty to prevent the violence on May 9 2022, the Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles told Parliament today. Responding to an oral question raised by MP Jagath Kumara Sumithrarachchi in the House, the Minister said […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Responding to an oral question raised by MP Jagath Kumara Sumithrarachchi in the House, the Minister said some 35 OICs have been transferred so that inquiries carried out against them will not be affected. A total number of 73 police officers have been found to have failed in their duty to […]

Courtesy Adaderana ගජේන්ද්‍රකුමාර් පොන්නම්බලම් මන්‍ත්‍රීවරයා සමග ආන්දෝලනාත්මක සිද්ධිය ඇතිවූ පොලිස් නිලධාරීයා වන්නේ පොලිස් සැරයන් සනත් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාය. ඔහු 1990 වසරේදී ඔඩ්ඩුසුඩාන් පොලිස් ස්ථානයට අනියුක්තව සේවය කරමින් සිටින අතරතුර LTTEයේ පැහැරගැනීමට ලක්වී එම කඳවුරක වධ බන්ධනවලට ලක් වූ අයෙකි. එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ.යෙන් නිදහස ලබා පැමිණි සනත් ගුණවර්ධන පොලිස් සැරයන් ධුරයට උසස් කෙරුණු අතර යළි උතුරු පළාතට ස්ථාන මාරුවක් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Highly placed security sources told Daily Mirror that security has been beefed up in Colombo and its surrounding areas following an intelligence report that IUSF students were planning to march into the city in their hundreds over the weekend to take over key government institutions and launch a fresh ’Aragalaya’ against […]

Courtesy Adaderana A heavy presence of security personnel was observed in parts of Colombo city since last night (May 12). This development came after it was reported that a group of at least 750 individuals was preparing to exert pressure on the government. Unspecified intelligence information had revealed that the group in question was planning […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Claiming that plans were afoot to set on fire some 100 houses of politicians including SJB MPs and political leaders on May 10 last year, Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today these plans were foiled as armed forces were ordered to shoot on sight. He told Parliament that a list of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror LFormer Parliamentarian J. Sri Ranga was today granted bail after being produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court regarding the investigations over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Colombo. Sri Ranga was ordered to be released on a cash bail of Rs.Rs.20,000 with a Rs. 5 […]

Courtesy The Island Retired Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda has, in a letter to US Ambassador Julie Chung, challenged the legality of the US decision to blacklist him in violation of the principle of natural justice. Referring to media disclosure that Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry, PC, had been informed of the blacklisting ahead […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් පසුගිය සමයේ පැවැති ගාලුමුවදොර අරගලයට අමෙරිකානු අතපෙවීම් සිදු වූ ආකාරය පිළිබඳ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා තවත් කරුණු රැසක්අ නාවරණ කළා.ඒ, හිරු සලකුණ දේශපාලන වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමින්.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror In a strongly-worded letter to US Ambassador Julie Chung, North Western Province Governor Wasantha Karannagoda yesterday accused the envoy of infringing upon his human rights with the recent decision to designate him and his family. Wrongful imputations made by you has seriously affected my honour and reputation” earned over a period […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island ‘I haven’t sought US visa for more than 15 years’ Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda yesterday (27) said that he had not applied for a visa to visit the US and was not planning to do so. He said so when The Island sought his response to him […]

By:Methmalie Dissanayake Courtesy Ceylon Today The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday (25) said the President and the Government should have tabled the complete report of the Easter Sunday Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI), in Parliament first before giving it to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL). The full report was handed over […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් යම් සමාජයක් ආරක්ෂා කර ගත හැක්කේ එහි දේශපාලන සාක්ෂරතාව බලගැන්වීමෙන් බවත් ඒ අනුව යමින් විෂම රැලි – කුණාටුවලට ගොදුරුවීම වළක්වා” ලාංකේය සමාජයේ දේශපාලන සාක්ෂරතාව බලගැන්වීමේ අරමුණින් නවය; සැඟවුණු කතාව” කෘතිය ජනගත කළ බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා පදනම් ආයතනයේදී තමන් විසින් ගෝල්ෆේස් […]

By Daya Gamage Foreign Service National Political Specialist (ret) U.S. Department of State Draconian Patriot Act exposed Six weeks after the September 11 attacks on American soil, the U.S. Congress passed the USA/Patriot Act,” nation’s hurried surveillance laws that expanded the government’s authority to check on its own citizens, while simultaneously reducing checks and balances […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando  Courtesy The Island National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa on Tuesday alleged that having failed to thwart Ranil Wickremesinghe’s ascent to presidency, the US was now working with the UNP leader to achieve its objectives. MP Weerawansa, the Chairman of the Uththara Lanka Sabhagaya said that President Wickremesinghe already consented to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The highly controversial Antiterrorism Bill is subject to amendments and changes in Parliament and as such no one should have any fear or feeling of threat from the proposed Bill, Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said. The government is aware of concerns raised by the global and local community on certain provisions […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් තමන්ට තීන්දුවක් ගත හැකි, නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කළ හැකි, බලයක් සහිත කාල වකවානුවේ දී කිසිවක් නොපවසා, විශ්‍රාම යන මොහොතේ කුමන්ත්‍රණකාරී සිදුවීමක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු නීතිපති දප්පුල ද ලිවේරා සිදු කළ ප්‍රකාශය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂගෙන් විවේචනාත්මක ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් වී තිබෙනවා. අද (22) පෙරවරුවේ මහනුවර අස්ගිරි විහාරස්ථානයට ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත සම්බන්ධයෙන් […]

By P.k. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), comprising countries from Europe and North America, has informally sought a partnership with India, in an effort to contain Russia and China. Apart from 32 full members, NATO has 40 partners around the world in Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania. Though India […]

Courtesy The Island Police inaction to prevent arson attacks against SLPP politicians in the Western province on May 9 may have been due to orders not to carry weapons to deal with protesters, a new investigation has revealed.A review of the role of the police at the time showed Senior Deputy Inspector General Deshabandu Tennakoon […]

PRESS RELEASE  Pathfinder Foundation  A symposium on maritime security in the Bay of Bengal was convened, Colombo.  Pathfinder Foundation organised the event with U. K. based Torchlight Group International (TAG) and the Royal United Services Institution (RUSI). The symposium culminated in a 6-month pilot project involving three countries, namely Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former DIG Nalaka Silva, who was arrested on charges of conspiring to assassinate former presidents Maithripala Sirisena and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been reinstated. Police department sources said that he has been appointed as the DIG in charge of Puttalam area. DIG Nalaka Silva, who was in charge of the Terrorist Investigation Division […]

By Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today We have pledged to make India’s national security our topmost priority. This was first articulated in 2020 by the then Foreign Secretary Admiral (Rtd) Jayanath Colombage. During incumbent Foreign Minister Ali Sabry’s recent visit to India, this pledge was again reiterated. He explicitly stated that Sri Lanka would go […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has requested the Attorney General to consider instituting criminal proceedings against three pyramid-type prohibited schemes operating in the country. Accordingly, the CBSL has carried out investigations to ascertain whether the entities Fast 3Cycle International (Pvt) Ltd (F3C), Sport Chain App, Sports Chain ZS Society Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy The Indian Express The roadmap of activities was expanded in 2022 and adopted by the member countries – India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mauritius – with Bangladesh and Seychelles participating as observer countries. Commander Coast Guard Region (North-East) Inspector General Iqbal Singh addresses the Colombo Security Conclave in Kolkata, Wednesday. PTI THE INDIAN Coast Guard […]

Courtesy The Morning Police HQ calls up riot control reserves to the Capitol The Police Department, on Tuesday (14), instructed the relevant officers from regional commands to send the surplus anti-riot equipment kept in storage which are allocated to Police divisions in other districts, to the Police Field Force Headquarters (HQ) in Colombo. The order, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has instructed the Special Investigation Division to immediately initiate an investigation against the HQI of the Bandarawela Police in connection with his action following the arrest of the mother of the infant who was abandoned at Fort Railway station on Friday. Police said the investigations […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island CIA Chief’s cloak-and-dagger visit: Pivuthuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader, Udaya Gammanpila, MP, yesterday (06) said that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government and the US embassy in Colombo should come clean on CIA Director William Joseph Burns’ Colombo visit. The former Power and Energy Minister said so in response to The Island query whether the […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පෙබරවාරි 14 දා ලංකාවට රහසිගතව පැමිණි ඇමෙරිකානු දූත පිරිස අතර ඇමෙරිකානු සීඅයිඒ සංවිධානයේ ප්‍රධානී විලියම් බර්න්ස් ද සිටි බවට නොනිල තොරතුරු ඇතැයි පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කර සිටියේ අද දින (03) පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකට එක් […]