Courtesy The Daily Mirror The US believes members of the militant group blamed for Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday attacks may be at large and planning more assaults, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Alaina Teplitz has told Reuters on Tuesday. We do believe that the terrorist threat is ongoing and there may be active plotters. Active members […]

Courtesy Adaderana The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that some of the Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people were likely still at large and could be planning more attacks. Sri Lankan security forces also said they were maintaining a high level of alert amid intelligence reports […]

සුදත් ගුණසේකර මානම් හිතුවේ ලන්කාවෙ ඉන්න හාමුදුරුවරු ඔක්කොම සාසනය සහ ජාතිය බේරගන්ත මහපාරට බසි කියලා.මේ රතේ 30000 දාහක් පමන් ඉන්නවා කියන හාමුදුරුවරු අදවන තුරු හමුදුරුවරු100 පාරට බෑස්සාද ඒ හාමුදුරුවෝ වෙනුවෙන්  1818 නිදහස් සටනේදිත් සුද්දගෙ පෑත්ත අරගෙන රට හා ජාතිය පාවාදුන්න එක්නෙලිගොඩ පරම්පරාවෙ උපාසක අම්මා කෙනෙක් මස් රාත්තලම ඉල්ලා සතනේ. අඩුගානෙ මේ පාපකර්මයෙන් බේරෙන්ට කියලා මේ […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera   I was trying to drive to Cinemen Grand Hotel  and found that driving to the foyer was  blocked .Tried few other places and failed due to increased checking , Managed to enter one of the four star hotels by Galle Face but parking was not allowed .I got down and walked […]

Ira de Silva Canada The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is giving interviews to foreign news media regarding the bombings on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. He tried to tell the world that he did not know that there were warnings given to Sri Lankan authorities prior to the bombings. To the BBC it was […]

By ; A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA The foreign servile Ranil Wickremesinghe has acknowledged in an interview with Susan Ormisten of the CBC News when he was asked as to why, as prime minister, he did not known about repeated serious warnings, he has  accepted accountability and said: My being aware is separate from the fact that […]

Ben Silva The brutal act of terrorism that killed over 250 innocent civilians, by an Islamic terror group is beyond comprehension. During the attack a man lost his wife and two children. Another man lost his three children. The victims were doing peaceful things attending a church or having a meal in a  luxury hotel […]

Mohammed Rasooldeen- Justice of the Peace Media Secretary Western Province Governor’s Office අතිගරු ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මැතිතුමා විසින් හදිසි නීතිය යටතේ සදුදා දින සිට වහාම ක්‍රියාත්මකවක පරිදි මුහුණූ ආවරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පනවන ලද තහනම තරයේ පිළිපදින ලෙස බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරතුමා විසින් මුස්ලිම් පාසල් ප්‍රධානීන්ගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටින ලදී. පසුගිය සදුදා දින බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවර කාර්යයාලයේදී මුස්ලිම් පාසල් […]

අද දින පැවැති ශී‍්‍ර ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුනේ මාධ්‍ය හමුව අද දින පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් x පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්තී‍්‍ර අනුර පි‍්‍රයදර්ශන මහතා x පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්තී‍්‍ර ලක්ෂ්මන් යාපා අබේවර්ධන මහතා x පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්තී‍්‍ර එස්. එම්. චන්ද්‍රසේන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්තී‍්‍ර අනුර පි‍්‍රයදර්ශන මහතා අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් ඇමතිවරයා විරුද්ධ පක්ෂය මළමිනි මතින් දේශපාලනය කරන බව ප‍්‍රකාශ කරලා […]

Malin Abeyatunge Let me give a grim reminder what happened during Eelam War. In year 2000, when the then Govt., accepted Norway’s help to facilitate the negotiations with the   Terrorist LTTE outfit, I wrote a small letter to Sunday Observer on March 12, 2000  titled SCREEN PEACE TALKS FACILITATORS and not to accept the chief […]

Bodhi Dhanapala Quebec Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during Chandrika Kumaratunga’s presidency and today as well, has in his many statements on the Easter suicide bombings emphasized the global nature of the problem, and referred to the need for international help.. Given all the US and Western support available to the Prime Minister, didn’t his security […]

Sunil Vijaya Sarath Fonseka states his security personnel hid the information from him about the terrorist attack on Easter Sunday. Mahinda Rajapakse states the same thing and the so is the incompetent Ranil Wickremasinghe.  What does this mean? Simply the security people have no confidence in any of them and would have thought ‘what use […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන්  එම් ජයතුංග ඒබ්‍රහම් තුල මානසික අසමතුලිතභාවයක් තිබුනේය. ඔහුට කටහඞවල් ඇසුණි. ඔහු සිතුවේ දෙවියන් විසින් ඔහුට නියෝග දෙනවා කියාය. වරක් ඒබ්‍රහම්ට තම දරුවා වූ අයිසෙක් කඳු මුදුනට ගෙන ගොස් බිලිදෙන ලෙසට කට හඞ නියෝග කලේය. මෙම ශ්‍රවණ භ්‍රාන්තිය මත ඒබ්‍රහම් තම කුඩා දරුවා වූ අයිසෙක්ව රැගෙන කඳු මුදුනට ගියේය. කන්ද උඩදී ඒබ්‍රහම් තම දරුවාව […]

Rev. Fr. Vimal Tirimanna, CSsR  Rome Courtesy The Island Ever since the Easter carnage the previous week, we had been saturated with all sorts of bizarre and horror stories linked to those blasts which depict how just a few fanatic human beings could be so cruel and inhuman towards their fellow human beings. According to […]

By Norman Palihawadana and Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island Eastern Province Governor, M. L. A. M. Hizbullah’s driver and former cook were arrested, yesterday, following the detection of 48 rounds of ammunition in a building at Kattankudy. The Police and Special Task Force officers had searched the building rented by the Governor, and detected the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 30 (newsin.asia): In a press release issued by the Sri Lankan Presidential Media Division on Tuesday, the government refuted Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s allegation that the Presidential Commission appointed to probe the Easter Sunday suicide blasts has not even started its work. The Special Investigation Committee appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena on […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The Special Task Force (STF) raided Eastern Province Governor A.L.M. Hizbullah’s Kattankudy office today (30) and found 35 Type 56 bullets which the Governor claims belongs to the Police security officers working for him.  According to the Police Media Unit, this office was shut down a month ago. The STF detained two […]

By Amra Ismail Courtesy The Daily Mirror laws could also have been swiftly amended to deal with any gaps Politicians are just trying to come up with excuses Emergency Regulations are overbroad and prone to abuse We could have made meaningful progress in preventing the attacks Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Skynews that there were […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lankan Muslims are the greatest strength in the country’s fight against Islamic extremism. However, their radicalization is also the greatest long term threat On Friday, the imam of a Sufi mosque in Saindamarudu was alerted by the locals about a suspicious crowd in a house in the neighbourhood housing scheme […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister has criticised suggestions that Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were retaliation for the Christchurch mosque shootings, saying his country is being misused, The Age reported today. But New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters on Tuesday reiterated his government had seen no evidence of a link. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Referring to a statement made by a pro extremist Islamic Group in Britain that they would teach a lesson to all Sri Lankans, Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told a news conference today the British Government should be keep a close tab on these groups. We are not against Britain, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Army through its seven formations encompassing the entire country is carrying out search operations to apprehend extremist terrorists.  The successful operation in Santhamaruthu in the Eastern Province is a good example of the outcome of these search operations, the Ministry of Defence said.  Arrested suspects and items are directed for investigations […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The van bearing No 250-5680, which is believed to have transported explosives and suspects to Sainthamaruthu, has been taken into the custody of the Kekirawa Police. The vehicle in question was seized at Ihala Puliyankulama in Maradankadawala today (30). The vehicle owner, who was arrested by the police, revealed that the van was […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Batticaloa Campus Sri Lanka (BCSL) in Punanai should be brought under the authority of the government, says the National University Teachers’ Associations (NUTA). The Secretary of NUTA Professor Channa Jayasumana stated this speaking at a press conference yesterday (30). Batticaloa Campus was not initially registered as a university but a vocational training […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena says the report of the special committee appointed to probe the terror attacks on Easter Sunday will be made public. On April 21st, in the wake of the attacks, the President appointed a special committee headed by a Supreme Court judge to conduct an inquiry into the explosions and their […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Special Investigation Committee appointed to probe Easter Sunday terror attacks has recorded statements from former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara, the President’s Media Division (PMD) stated. The Committee appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena on April 21 to conduct investigations into the series of incidents occurred in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Footage obtained by Sky News tracks the final hours of one of the Easter Sunday bombers as he prepares to commit mass murder. It is the most detailed record yet to emerge of any of the attackers ahead of their coordinated strike against churches and hotels across Sri Lanka. Islamic State has said […]

Courtesy Adaderana An external lecturer of a university, who has allegedly conducted lectures at mosques belonging to the National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), has been arrested at Mundalama in Madurankuliya. The arrest was made in a joint search operation conducted by the Police and the Army yesterday (30). The 39-year-old arrestee is a father of four […]

DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA President Maithripala Sirisena must resign immediately and make way for new Presidential elections.  It is the decent thing to do, and more importantly is in the interests of the country.  Sri Lankans must have a chance to choose a leader capable of conducting a vigorous and sustained campaign against Islamist terrorism, the new […]