by Zacki Jabbar Courtesy The Island Kurunegala District UPFA MP Johnston Fernando said yesterday that he would sue the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID), for getting him remanded on what he termed a false allegation. Johnston Fernando along with his private secretary Sakeer Mohamed and former SATHOSA Chairman Nalin Fernando, were acquitted by the Kurunegala High […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Ports and Shipping Minister and SLFP spokesman Mahinda Samarasinghe yesterday alleged a deliberate attempt by a member or some members of the Cabinet to cause unprecedented rift between President Maithripala Sirisena and India. Samarasinghe said there was absolutely no basis for reports which quoted unidentified sources as having said that President […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි   විෂ්ණු කතරගම සුරිදුනි මෙසිරිලකට සුව සදනා හනික බලනු මැනැ මැති අගමැතිදුන් මේ රට කරනා යහපාලනයක් ගෙනවිත් ජනතාවට විනකරනා පියඹා යන උන් සැමදෙන යලි මේ මත නොඑනු මැනා   මේ සැමදෙන හනි හනිකට ඇයි මේ පියඹන්නේ රට රකිනා සුරිදුන් සැම පමණයි එය දන්නේ රට වනසන බව දැන දැන ඇයි උන් සුරකින්නේ රට […]

All these years the fabrications & humiliations targeted against the armed forces of Sri Lanka has been many. Even the UN system has blatantly misused their status and have based on hearsay chided the armed forces & ridiculed them going so far as to quote these unproven allegations on their reports thus tarnishing the image […]

RANJITH SOYSA The Island editorial on Learn from History (13 Oct) touched on an important issue concerning the use of children and teachers in the North to canvass the release of LTTE suspects now in custody. As mentioned in the editorial the irony of the effort on the part of the organizers of the movement […]

Courtesy BI INDIA BUREAU IRCTC to launch special train to attract international tourists from Buddhist countries like Japan, China, Thailand and Sri Lanka. The first rake of the train will roll out by the end of October although the train will be functional from December. The train’s route will include important Buddhist destinations like Bodh Gaya, […]

Courtesy  lanka C news ඉන්දීය රෝ ඔත්තු සේවය විසින් තමන් ඝාතනය කිරීමට කුමන්ත‍්‍රණය කරන්නේ යයි ජනාධිපති මෛත‍්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලයට ප‍්‍රකාශ කල බව තමනට පැවසුයේ කැබිනට් ඇමතිවරුන් සිවු දෙනෙකු විසින්ම බව ‘ද හින්දු’ මාධ්‍යවේදිනී මීරා ශ‍්‍රීනිවාසන් පැවසීය. ඇය මේ බව සදහන් කලේ කැබිනට් මාධ්‍ය හමුවේදී ඇමති රාජිත සේනාරත්න විසින් කරන ලද ප‍්‍රකාශයකට විරෝදය පල […]

COLOMBO, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka has reversed a decision to award a $300-million housing deal to China in favour of a joint venture with an Indian company, the government said, ahead of a visit by the prime minister to its South Asian neighbour. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet his counterpart Narendra Modi […]

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 […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, October 18 (newsin.asia): Realpolitik has made Sri Lanka and India paper over the rift that came about as a result of President Maithripala Sirisena’s  remark hinting that the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) may be  behind an alleged plot to assassinate him. Both President Sirisena and Indian Prime Minister […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s much-talked about Fuel Pricing Formula was revealed in detail to the media by Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera, at a press conference in Colombo today (18). The Cabinet of Minister had granted approval for the implementation of a cost reflective formula based pricing system of auto fuels effective […]