H. L. D. Mahindapala Kusal Perera (KP), a Senior  Journalist writing a Friday Colum to the Daily Mirror and Jehan Perera, CEO of the National Peace Council. are two underdeveloped peas of the same anti-Sinhala-Buddhist pod. They can be categorised as minoritarians because they believe that the most  evil force in Sri Lanka is the […]

By Rohana R. Wasala You take a country like Cuba. For us to test the possibility that engagement leads to a better outcome for the Cuban people, there aren’t that many risks for us. It’s a tiny little country. It’s not one that threatens our core security interests, and so [there’s no reason not] to […]

Lahiru Pothmulla reporting from Anuradhapura Courtesy The Daily Mirror SLFP stalwart MP Duminda Dissanayake, who joined SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the latter’s political stage in Anuradhapura along with several other SLFP MPs said the victory was with Gotabaya and invited all SLFPers to back him at the upcoming presidential election. Speaking to the […]

Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will hold talks with the presidential candidate of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Gotabaya Rajapaksa shortly, a party official said today. Jaffna district TNA parliamentarian M.A.Sumanthiran told Daily Mirror yesterday that Mr. Rajapaksa had sought a meeting with him. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa will be accompanied […]

Courtesy Adaderana SLPP Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa says his duty is to make Sri Lanka a safe country once again and also promised to release all war heroes who have been imprisoned over ‘false’ charges. He made these comments while addressing the maiden election rally of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in Anuradhapura today […]

Courtesy Adaderana Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando have been remanded till October 23. The Colombo Chief Magistrate delivered the order the when the case the duo as taken up today (09). The Colombo High Court today (09) dismissed the previous order issued by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court granting […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to remain neutral at the Presidential election scheduled next month even as his party will support former defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse at the elections.  Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekera said that President will not take the stage and support any candidate at the election.  […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් මධ්‍යම සංස්කෘතික අරමුදලට අයත් සීගිරිය ව්‍යාපෘති කාර්යාලයේ සේවය කරන සේවකයින් සියලු දෙනා බලහත්කාරයෙන් හෙට කොළඹදී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත දේශපාලන රැළියකට සහභාගී කරවීමට එහි ව්‍යාපෘති කළමණාකාරවරයා බලපෑම් කරන බව හිටපු අමාත්‍ය ජනක බණ්ඩාර තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පවසනවා. ඔහු මේ අදහස් පළකළේ දඹුල්ල ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලයට මැතිවරණ පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කරමින්. හිටපු අමාත්‍ය ජනක බණ්ඩාර තෙන්නකෝන්, […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් තුර්කි නැවකින් විදුලිය මිලදී ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පැවැත්වූ රැස්වීම් පිළිබඳව තමන්ට කිසිදු මතකයක් නොමැති බව විදුලිබල අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් ආචාර්ය සුරෙන් බටගොඩ මහතා පවසනවා. ඔහු මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ කෝප් කමිටුව වෙත විදුලිබල අමාත්‍යාංශ නිලධාරීන් ඊයේ කැඳවූ අවස්ථාවේදී

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