Adele, who introduced the cyanide capsule to LTTE child soldiers, also the wife of late LTTE Theoretician,Anton Balasingham has deserted the LTTE and is yet to massive funds of the LTTE that were lying to the credit of her husband in banks (joint accounts with her) in several banks in the West,reports from London said. [...]
Defector from the UNP, Galle District parliamentarian Manusha Nanayakkara has commenced an advertising agency called High Ads and is openly working with government institutions. Parliamentarian Nanayakkara has attended a meeting with officials from the People’s Bank and Lotteries Board with project proposals to promote advertising. The advertising office is located at No. 23/A, Delgahawatte Road, [...]
Sources from the criminal investigation Dept . (CID) and the Terrorist investigation Dept. (TID) who pass information to the Lanka e news said, a letter had been sent by Defense Ministry advisor Hendawitharne to the CID and TID to commence investigations into whether there is a conspiracy to assassinate Gen. Fonseka who is presently incarcerated [...]
Sri Lanka plans to bring new anti-terrorism rules into force effective on Wednesday, local media reported, replacing tough wartime emergency powers lifted this month under heavy international pressure. A nearly three-decade separatist conflict ended in 2009 with the defeat of Tamil separatists. But Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa only moved last week to end wartime emergency powers in force since the [...]
Mobile porn display in buses to embarrass young girls is on the increase. Police have so far nabbed two men in the act in Piliyandala and Mt Lavinia while two teenage girls have been embarrassed, Police said. Police believe that there is an organized gang of men boarding buses at off peak hours and sit [...]
UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe invited him to accept the deputy leadership of the party says the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Rajithe Senaratne. He revealed this at a meeting held in Hambantota recently. Speaking further Minister Senaratne said, “Ranil asked me to join the party again promising the deputy leadership of the party. He [...]
Sri Lankan players have been told they must notify team medical staff if they plan to consult faith healers following the drugs ban being served on opening batsman Upul Tharanga. The team’s new Australian physiotherapist, Steve Mount, said players involved in the Test series against Australia had been made well aware of the potential pitfalls [...]
A state counsel, appointed by the attorney general, is investigating ITN journalist Sudarman Radaliyagoda, who stands accused of having sold a fake document to two scrap iron dealers to obtain a scrap iron consignment from Sri Lanka Telecom. Peliyagoda Police informed Colombo Fort magistrateTikiri K. Jayatilake today (Aug. 29) that lawyer RanjanJanaka Bandara will probe the accused. Lawyer Gunaratne Wanninayake, who appears on behalf of the two scrap [...]
Gen.Fonseka went from prison to attend a funeral of his relative this noon. It was the funeral of the daughter of his brother Kithsiri Mahindalal Fonseka at Kelaniya . It is reported that Fonseka who went to the funeral house with prison escort stayed there for about half an hour. A large crowd thronged the [...]
A large number of SLFP activists who have served in the local government bodies for a long period of time are displeased with the President’s decision to appoint new comers to the SLFP as mayoral candidates to the local government bodies. Former minister Milinda Moragoda who joined the SLFP a few days back has been [...]
The mayoral candidate for the Dehiwala-Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council was named following discussions in the UNP’s national nominations board, says MP Tissa Attanayake. The UNP General Secretary said a request had been received to not name anyone and keep the mayoral candidate open. However, after attention was given to all facts and information the party [...]
UNP Rathmalana organizer and MP Mohan Lal Greruis to take a political decision as a mark of protest against naming Sunethra Ranasinghe as the party candidate for the Dehiwala - Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council, reports say. Mr. Greru has also opposed against SusilJayasinghe’s name being slashed by SunethraRanasinghe. Political sources say that Mr. Greru is to go on as an independent Parliamentarian rather than joining theSajith group or crossing over to the government. Mr. Greru has disagreed [...]
India today welcomed the decision of the Sri Lankan government to withdraw emergency from the island nation and said it would want that country to investigate human rights violations in a transparent manner. Replying to a short duration discussion on steps taken by the government on relief and resettlement of Sri Lankan Tamils in the [...]
The removal of emergency laws is democratic only in a country which is governed by laws, says Anura Kumara Dissanayake. There is no law in this country, he told media today (August 26). There is no democracy in a country that has no law, the JVP Parliamentarian pointed out. He further pointed out that Prime [...]
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