WION The so-called Islamic State may be on the retreat in Iraq and Syria but it would be premature to predict the demise of its ideology in India.

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today Early this month (August, 2021), a farmer in Vilavotei, Kilinochchi, whilst preparing his paddy field, detected a part of a uniform worn by Sri Lankan soldiers with skeletal remains. He promptly informed the Police. The investigators found besides the aforementioned also evidenced that strongly suggested a site used by […]

By Toby Antony Express News Service Courtesy The New Indian Express The NIA has found that the conspiracy to smuggle drugs and weapons from Pakistan using fishing vessels started in the second half of 2020. KOCHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the seizure of five AK-47 rifles and `3,000-crore worth of heroin from a Sri Lanka boat […]

Courtesy Adaderana The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India conducted searches at multiple locations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, in the Vizhinjam arms recovery case, where heroin and arms were seized from six Sri Lankan nationals in March this year. NIA teams conducted searches at seven locations, spread across Chennai and Tiruvallur districts in Tamil […]

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Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZMSpokesperson  , United Sri Lanka Assn, Wellington NZ Rt Hon Jacinda ArdenPrime Minister of New Zealand. Dear Prime Minister, Tamil Genocide / Mullivaikal  Massacre Remembrance Day In Auckland –  Stirring Up Communal Strife In New Zealand  Based On A Disproven Allegation The United Sri Lanka Association (USLA) of Wellington and it’s members […]

The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka The Hon.Minister of Tourism and Aviation has instructed this office of the following: 1. For Passengers not arriving via the Sri Lanka Tourism Bio Bubble and who have not been vaccinated or only partially vaccinated can be carried by Airlines only up to a maximum of 75 passengers […]

Kamal Weeraratne (RP) Courtesy Ceylon Today Attorney General Sanjaya Rajaratnam yesterday informed the Supreme Court a probe conducted into the April 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, had revealed that SJB MP Rishad Bathiudeen and his sibling Riyaj Bathiudeen had supplied a stock of State-owned copper, at a concessionary rate, to a copper factory owned by […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ලංකා ගුරු සංගමයේ ප්‍රධාන ලේකම් ජෝසප් ස්ටාලින් මහතා මෙරට පැවති යුද්ධය අවසාන කාලයේදි ඊට බාධා කළ පුද්ගලයකු බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී මධුර විතානගේ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. එවන් සිදුවීම් කිහිපයක් පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු තමන්ට ලැබී ඇති බවත් එම තොරතුරු ත්‍රස්ත විමර්ශන අංශයට ලබාදීමට කටයුතු කරන බවත් මන්ත්‍රීවරයා පැවසීය. යුද සමයේ දී රටේ ආරක්ෂාවට […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මෙරට ප‍්‍රභූ ඝාතනයක් සඳහා හිටපු කොටි සාමාජිකයන් යොදා ගෙන ඔවුනට අරමුදල් සැපයීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් කොටි සංවිධානයේ ජාත්‍යන්තර ජාලයේ ක්‍රියාකාරිකයෙකු ත්‍රස්ත විමර්ශන කොට්ඨාසය විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත. ඔහු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත්තේ කටාර් රාජ්‍යයේ සිටියදී ජාත්‍යන්තර පොලිසියේ සහාය ඇතිවයි. මේ වන විට සැකකරු නිරෝධායනය සඳහා යොමු කර ඇති අතර එම කාලය අවසානයේ ඔහු […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Madras High Court, on Thursday, allowed Nalini Sriharan and her husband Murugan, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to make video calls to Sri Lanka and London. Nalini’s mother Padma had filed a petition before the Madras High Court, seeking permission to allow Nalini and Murugan to speak to […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Flabbergasted by LTTE being rechristened as ‘independence group’ Retired infantry Maj. Gen. Chagie Gallage says the recent US declaration that some sections of traditional Tamil homeland remains so militarized 12 years after the war with ‘up to one soldier for every two civilians in the most war affected regions,’ […]

Sri Lankan American Action Coalition (USA) FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE Sen. Menendez, RobertSen. Cardin, BenjaminSen. Shaheen, JeanneSen. Coons, ChristopherSen. Murphy, Christopher S.Sen. Kaine, TimSen. Markey, Edward J.Sen. Merkley, JeffSen. Booker, CorySen. Schatz, BrianSen. Van Hollen, ChrisSen. Risch, JimSen. Rubio, MarcoSen. Johnson, RonSen. Romney, MittSen. Portman, RobSen. Paul, […]

By Rathna Kulathunga Toronto – May 25, 2021. Bill 104: Tamil Genocide Education Week Act was passed in Ontario without fact checking and amid a huge line-up of deputation requests to the Clerk of the committee by thousands of concerned Sri Lankans of Canadian Origin. This Bill was released to the 3rd reading without modification on […]

M R Narayan Swamy Courtesy The Hindu Rajiv Gandhi is greeted before his address at an election rally in Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991, moments before he was killed by a suicide bomber.   May 21 marks the 30th anniversary of the grotesque killing of the former Prime Minister, who was believed to be on […]

Insight – නැණස At last Great film, today the first time I have seen it.First time I read about the so-called white flag incident, but Share among the world in the English version, the different version on the atrocities of LTTE against their own, how many died of Army bullets, how many committed suicide by […]

Courtesy Hiru News Intelligence Bureau and Kerala Police have started to dig into Kerala connections of All Ceylon Makkal Congress Leader and Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen after he was arrested by Sri Lankan Police on April 24 in connection with April 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people and injured hundreds. While the specifics of […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 26 (ECONOMYNEXT): Sri Lanka’s ruling party MPs have requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to initiate legal action against the entire cabinet of the United National Party (UNP)-led Yahapalana government over the 2019 Easter bombings, a top minister said. Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage told reporters yesterday that the Presidential Commission of Inquiry […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) yesterday (25) protested against the arrest of its Vanni District member Rishad Bathiudeen and his brother, Riyaj in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Rishad Bathiudeen is the leader of the All-Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), a constituent of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says that the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks were politically driven. He claims that the Eater attacks were not carried out over religious extremism but a group that attempted to strengthen their political power by using religious extremism as a pawn. Urging not to use religion, language, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Five persons have been taken into custody for promoting the now-defunct separatist group LTTE, says Minister of Public Security, Rear Admiral (Rtd.) Sarath Weerasekara. The arrest has been made by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID). Three of the arrestees are from Jaffna and the other one is from Kilinochchi, according to Minister Weerasekara.

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Public Security, Rear Admiral (Rtd.) Sarath Weerasekara says measures will be taken to forfeit the assets of proscribed extremist Islamic organizations. He made this observation responding to the queries raised by the media in Colombo. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on April 13, published an extraordinary gazette notification banning 11 extremist Islamic organizations. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Naufer Mawlawi, who is currently in remand custody, has been identified as the ringleader of Easter Sunday terror attacks, says Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara. The minister’s remarks came during a special media briefing held this evening (April 06). The press conference was also attended by Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella and […]

Courtesy OneIndia New Delhi, Apr 05: Preliminary investigations into the Sukma attack by the naxalites suggest that CPI (Maoist) leader Basava Raju led the execution. Basava Raju alias Nambala Keshav Rao took over as the general secretary of the CPI (Maoist) and has been part of the naxal movement since the 1970s. The National Investigation […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two suspects, who had been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) after being deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have been revealed to have propagated extremist ideologies. Sri Lanka Police and the TID recently arrested two individuals who were deported from the UAE over various offenses. One suspect, a 44-year-old from […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Action should be taken against former President Maithirpala Sirisena without delay as he has been held responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today. Cardinal Ranjith who was speaking to the media after Easter Sunday services said a question arises whether some politicians who are […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two more persons have been arrested for propagating Wahhabism and extremist ideologies through social media, says the Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) had made the arrest on Friday (April 02). The suspects, aged 28 and 29 years, were identified as residents of Kattankudy area in Batticaloa. The duo had […]

Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror The officers of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) had arrested four suspects in connection with the offences of spreading extremist ideologies and Wahabism with the help of social media platforms, police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. He said the two suspects, a 31-year-old man from Wellampitiya and a […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has arrested two persons including a female in Jaffna for maintaining a website and YouTube channel allegedly promoting LTTE terrorist propaganda.  Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said that the TID had conducted a special raid in respect of an office situated at Navalar Street in Jaffna this morning […]

Courtesy Adaderana Archdiocese of Colombo says that it makes them wonder as to whether there are external interferences that hamper the efficiency of investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks seeing as the culprits of this crime have not been identified even after 2 years. As the Easter Sunday bombings were an attack on […]