Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake ‘The Owl of Minerva takes flight only at Dusk’ –Walter Benjamin We have met the enemy, and he is us” — Pogo Comics quoted in the IS is US: The Shocking Truth Behind the Army of Terror.” April is the cruelest month: Four years ago as the Fahrenheit rose on a beautiful Easter […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The highly controversial Antiterrorism Bill is subject to amendments and changes in Parliament and as such no one should have any fear or feeling of threat from the proposed Bill, Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said. The government is aware of concerns raised by the global and local community on certain provisions […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Stern action would be taken against the organisers who organise indecent events at New Year festivals, Buddhist and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickramanayake said. He said a special team is enaged in collecting information on such New Year festival celebration events. The Buddhist and Cultural Affairs Ministry had received information that […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A 21-year-old Moulavi who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for making two false calls to the 118 emergency call centre about an attack on a mosque in Akurana and an area with a majority of Muslim community, was remanded till May 4 by the Hultsdorf Magistrate’s Court today. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Sri Lanka Mission in Thailand has noticed recently that Sri Lankan nationals are being lured for employment in Thailand particularly for the positions in the Information Technology (IT) sector by dubious IT firms involved in call-centre scams and crypto currency fraud, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. According to the statement, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, together with the European Union (EU), today (22 April) officially launched a new programme to strengthen food security in Sri Lanka by boosting the productivity and sustainability of the paddy cultivation sector. The four million Euro (approximately Rs. 1.5 billion) initiative funded by […]

Courtesy Adaderana The games at Sinhala & Tamil New Year festivals organized in the future will be regulated, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Vidura Wickremanayake says. Speaking further on the matter, the lawmaker rebuked organizing games that are deemed ‘inappropriate’ for the country’s culture and traditions. Wickremanayake said such events should be nipped in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The youth, who was arrested for giving an anonymous false tip-off to the police about a possible bomb threat to Akurana area recently, was remanded until May 04. The 21-year-old was produced before the Hulftsdorp Police earlier today (April 22). On April 19, he had called the 118 online emergency complaint system and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The High Commission of India in Colombo has issued an advisory for travellers to Sri Lanka on fraudulent visa websites. The Controller General of Immigration & Emigration of Sri Lanka has warned travellers to Sri Lanka about misleading websites that charge exorbitant fees for Sri Lanka ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) visas. The high […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් තමන්ට තීන්දුවක් ගත හැකි, නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කළ හැකි, බලයක් සහිත කාල වකවානුවේ දී කිසිවක් නොපවසා, විශ්‍රාම යන මොහොතේ කුමන්ත්‍රණකාරී සිදුවීමක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු නීතිපති දප්පුල ද ලිවේරා සිදු කළ ප්‍රකාශය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂගෙන් විවේචනාත්මක ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් වී තිබෙනවා. අද (22) පෙරවරුවේ මහනුවර අස්ගිරි විහාරස්ථානයට ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත සම්බන්ධයෙන් […]