Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, October 22 (Daily Mirror) – The government will not accept the report of the Committee headed by retired Judge A.N.J. De Alwis that probed the Easter Sunday bomb attacks in its entirety as it is politically motivated, Minister Vijitha Herath said today. He told the weekly media briefing to announce […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Oct 22 (Daily Mirror) – Secretary to the Public Security Ministry former Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ravi Senaviratne and Director of Crimes of Sri Lanka Police, former Director CID, SSP Shani Abeysekera will not be removed from their positions for any reasons, Minister Vijitha Herath said today. He told […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to make a special statement tomorrow on the two committees he had appointed to probe the Easter Sunday bomb attacks.   Sources close to Wickremesinghe said he has decided to come up with a statement following the revelations made by former Minister Udaya Gammanpila on Monday.  […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith questioned the motive behind former President Ranil Wickremesinghe appointing a committee headed by Retired Judge A. N. J. Alwis earlier this year, to look into actions taken by the certain intelligence authorities in the lead up to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombing. The committee was […]

Courtesy Adaderana Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando, Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of Colombo, says that they reject the report of the Committee of Inquiry, chaired by retired High Court Judge A.N.J. De Alwis. He made this statement in response to comments made by Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader and former MP Udaya Gammanpila […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government does not accept the investigative committee report on the Easter Sunday bomb attacks, which was released by former MP Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (21), Cabinet Spokesman Minister Vijitha Herath said.  However, he stated that the government will conduct a new investigation into the incidents.  He revealed this stance while speaking during the […]

Chanaka Bandarage Channel 4 and some influential people with vested interests want to stir the pot. They do not like a calm, settled, prosperous Sri Lanka. Now they try to link politicians, top law enforcement officials with the Easter Sunday attack. For eg. attempt to link the ex-President, Gota with the crime. True, few days […]

Courtesy Adaderana Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader and former MP Udaya Gammanpila says that former Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne, who has been named as a main accused in an investigative committee reports on the Easter Sunday attacks, should be immediately removed from the post of Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security. He made these […]

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Sarath Wijesinghe ( former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President’s counsel in Sri Lanka, Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s forum in UK and SL) Statehood and behaviours of states 2/3rd of the world family are non align or neutral – that is to say  is they do not belong to any power block […]

From: Palitha Ariyarathna Kandy 10th October 2024 To:His Excellency Anura Kumar DissanayakaPresident of Sri LankaPresidential SecretariatColombo, Sri Lanka. CC: Presidential SecretariatGalle Face, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka prsec@presidentsoffice.lk CC: Dr. Harini Amarasuriya Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka info@pmoffice.gov.lk Subject: Addressing Historical Injustices and the Importance of Restoring the Central Hill Country Dear […]

Palitha Ariyarathna, Kandy Date: 21st October 2024 To: Ven Madagama Dammanada TheroAsgiriya Maha Viharaya Subject: Seeking Guidance on National Issues Dear Venerable Thero, May this letter find you in good health and peace of mind. With great respect, I write to share an important letter I have sent to His Excellency Anura Kumar Dissanayaka, President […]

 Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Oct 18, 2024 During his speech at the BRICS Business Forum, President Vladimir Putin, in particular, praised bilateral cooperation between BRICS members and the group’s growing global clout. Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed participants of the BRICS Business Forum ahead of the 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan, due to open early next […]

Courtesy TomDispatch Yes, it’s hard even to remember (if you aren’t of a certain advanced age), but I grew up in a world where the two superpowers, the United States and Russia, both increasingly armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons and so unable to fight each other directly without the possibility of the planet […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයට අදාළව පරීක්‍ෂණ කිරිමට පසුගිය රජය විසින් පත් කල කමිටු වාර්තා දෙකක් තමන් වෙතද ලබාදී ඇති බව අගරදගුරු මැල්කම රංජිත් කාදිනල්තුමන් පවසති. නමුත් එම වාර්තා වන්හිද තිබුණේ ඊට පෙර ජනාධිපති කොමිෂන් සභාවේ නිර්දේශම බවද පැවසූ අගරද ගුරුතුමන් ඊට අමතර නිර්දේශ දෙකක් කමිටුව වාර්තාවට එකතු කර තිබූ බවද සඳහන් කළේය. […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් නොවැම්බර් මස 14 වනදා පාර්ලිමේන්තු ඡන්ද විමසීම පැවැත්වීමට නිකුත් කර ඇති ගැසට් නිවේදනය ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට පටහැනි යයි තීන්දුවක් ලබාදෙන ඉල්ලා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය හමුවේ පෙත්සමක් ගොනුකර ඇත. මෙම පෙත්සම ගොනු කර ඇත්තේ ‘අපි ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික සංවිධාන’යේ, කැඳවුම්කරු එච්. එම්. ප්‍රියන්ත හේරත් මහතා විසිනි. වගඋත්තරකරුවන් ලෙස ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙනුවෙන් නීතිපතිවරයා, ජනාධිපති ලේකම්වරයා, මැතිවරණ […]

Courtesy Adaderana The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), has decreased to -0.2% in September 2024 from 1.1% in August 2024, according to the latest data released by  the Department of Census and Statistics.  Meanwhile, food inflation also decreased to 0.5% in September, down from 2.3% in August. […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila stated that the second report concerning the Easter Sunday attack will be released on October 28. He made this announcement during a special press conference held today (21) to address the findings related to the attack. At the event, Gammanpila unveiled the first committee report, which […]

Shenali D Waduge The Upcountry Charter Several questions emerge as a result of the Extraordinary Gazette 2403/28 published on 25 September 2024 – just days after the appointment of a new President. Violation of EQUALITY” as clearly laid out in the Constitution of Sri Lanka. Why should the Malaiyaha Tamils from India be treated above […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 13-19 October 2024 ‘Ha! A new Prez with 3 ministers into just 3 weeks… & critics wanting to undo/reset what has been done over three-quarters of a century! Grow up!’ The above is a sample retort from fans of the present […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS There were Tamil occupants in north Sri Lanka before Settler Colonialism started. The Pandya dynasty ruled in Tamilnadu in two bouts, 6th to 10th and again from 13th to 14th century .In the second bout, they entered Sri Lanka. When they departed, in 1323, they left a military outpost in Jaffna, with an […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ බලය ඇත්තේ ජනතාව තුලය.. බලය ඉල්ලමින් ජනතාව අමතන දේශපාලකයින්, බලය ලැබුන පසු හැරෙන්නේ රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරින් දෙසටය. තමන්ට ලැබුන බලයට වඩා බලයක් මේ රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරින් තුල ඇත. ඒ බව නොදත් දුර්වල දේශපාලඥයා, ජනබලයෙන් උදම්ව සර්බලධාරියෙකු සේ වැඩ ආරම්භකර පසුව, රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරියාගේ බලය, ඉදිරියේ, නිවටයෙකු සේ කටයුතු කිරීම ආරම්භ කරයි. රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරියා දෙවියකු බවට පත්ව, […]

By Garvin Karunaratne former GA Matara, It is sad that the IMF, one of the two premier organizations created by the United Nations to enable financial stability did attend to the ignominious task of implementing the Structural Adjustment Programme from the Seventies, which did really cause all countries that sought financial assistance to become overly […]

By Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe (LLB- Colombo, LLM – SAU New Delhı, MA-Moscow ) A Navy contingent is indispensable for islands, being the pinnacle of its security. Navies often resonate with the pride of a country on the one side and simultaneously enable modern states to be much more dominant in global governance. It is by […]

by A. Abdul Aziz (Source: Al Hakam, London) A prophet is successful! An essential characteristic of a true prophet is success. Consider the example of Prophet Muhammad(PBUH). In his early life, he was a humble merchant, widely respected for his honesty and trustworthiness. Although involved in his community, the Prophet (PBUH) would often spend time […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පාස්කු බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරය සඳහා විශේෂ අවධානයක් යොමු කර ඇති බව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. අදාළ පරීක්ෂණය සිදුකිරීම සඳහා පොලිස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව මේ වන විට සුදුසු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවක් බවට පත්කර ඇති බවද හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේය. 2019 පාස්කු බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරය බලය ගැනීම සඳහා කුමන්ත්‍රණකාරීව භාවිතා කළ අය අද නැවතත් නින්දෙන් අවදි […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Oct 19 (Daily MIrror) – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said there are 400 files related to corruption and fraud lying with the Attorney General and all of them will be opened for the institution of legal action. He made these remarks while addressing an election rally in support of his […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila says the deadline given for the President to release the two unpublished reports regarding the Easter Sunday attacks will expire at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow (21). Speaking to the media today (20), Gammanpila stated, The time I have given the President to release the two reports, which he […]