BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS After the election of Yahapalana regime in 2015, there are many concerns to people of Sri Lanka and the major question was whether the government was a responsible government which focused to protect people and fulfill the needs of people. Immediate after the election of the president, the Central Bank of Sri […]

Palitha Senanayake The position Sri Lanka confronts today as a nation clearly is a case of electing political apologist of terrorism to power before the nation could recover completely from 30 years of terrorism. Ranil Wickremesinghe, like his current political mentor Chandrika Kumaranatunge, were such avowed supporters of the theory of ‘appeasing terrorist to win […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane     There are ample historic records which describe vividly the atrocities committed by Muslims against millions of Buddhists in several countries. Their criminality has not subsided despite their living among other religions in different countries. Buddhists have been the most victimized and harassed religious community in the world, owing to actions of Muslims […]

Dilrook Kannangara The incompetent Prime Minster quite correctly stated that returnees from Syria could not be punished sufficiently as the law does not cover it. As per the current Sri Lanka law, they have committed no grave crime. However, can the people and the nation rely solely on the law and legal means to save […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Terrorism of any type, destroying human life & property, deserves Zero Tolerance.  A three decades of death & destruction by the Tamil Tiger Terrorists LTTE ended by the Leadership of President Rajapaksa & Defence Secretary Gothabhaya Rajapaksa. Sri Lanka suffered the thirty years of a dirty war, supported by several foreign governments, […]

RANJITH SOYSA In its efforts to complete investigations into the Easter Day carnage and to revamp the national intelligence services the Government is obviously seeking the assistance of the FBI and other similar organizations in the West and India. The government should first draw up suitable guidelines when seeking such  advise to prevent the situation […]

Chandre Dharmawardana It is often asked  why educated youth  coming from good homes” join extremist organizations.  Simple  references to  brain washing”, or the stupidity of the young are no explanations. There is no scientifically recognized   process called brain washing”.   It is also  naive to assume that  educated youth  join the IS (Islamic state)  to go […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena says he would not excuse himself from the lapse on the part of intelligence information sharing and the government should bear the responsibility for failing to prevent the attacks on Easter Sunday. The President stated this addressing the Heads of media institutes today (26). Stating that a major search operation […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s former defence secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, said on Friday he would run for president in elections this year and would stop the spread of Islamist extremism by rebuilding the intelligence service and surveilling citizens. More than 250 people were killed in bomb attacks on hotels and churches on Easter Sunday that the […]

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Sunil Vijaya When will Sri Lankan learn? It is laughable to note that ‘experts’ emerge after any conflict.  So is the case with the last Sunday’s Diabolical bombing.  In fact, this would have been the most catastrophic incident in Sri Lanka’s recent history where both locals and foreigners perished. As expats have noted our country […]

By New York Times News Service in Kattankudy Mastermind Zahran Hashim was killed in blast at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, says Sirisena Zahran Hashim, a radical Muslim preacher accused of masterminding the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, never hid his hatred. He railed against a local performance in which Muslim girls dared […]

By Amanda Woods Courtesy  New York Post Security forces in Sri Lanka were involved in a shootout — and seized bomb-making equipment as well as ISIS flags and uniforms — during sweeping raids within the country’s eastern region Friday, according to a new report. https://nypost.com/2019/04/26/sri-lanka-raids-net-bomb-making-equipment-isis-flags/ The forces were searching for suspects linked to the Easter Sunday bombings […]

Courtesy The Straits Times Bombs, ISIS uniforms found in raid; Easter death toll cut to 253 COLOMBO • A gun battle broke out between Sri Lankan police and a group of men during a raid on a house in an eastern Sri Lankan town yesterday, with the premises believed to have been used to make […]

Adeela Naureen Courtesy The Nation A devastating series of eight bomb blasts ripped through churches holding Easter services and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka on 21 Apr 19, killing nearly 300 people, including dozens of foreigners and injuring nearly 500. International media especially that of India are in the forefront in reporting that a local […]

Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror Three suspects were taken into Sri Lanka Navy custody with one kilogram of C-4 explosives and a three-wheeler near the Wellawatte railway station today, Navy Spokesman Isuru Suriyabandar said. He told Daily Mirror that the suspects were handed over to the Army and they would handover them to the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s tourism industry fears losing around $1.5 billion in revenue this year due to Sunday’s attacks, the country’s Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said. Tourism will be the worst affected,” Samaraweera told reporters in Colombo on Friday. We expect a 30 percent drop in arrivals and that means a loss of about $1.5 […]