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It has been reported that Hudson Samarasinghe has logged a complaint with the Cinnamon Gardens Police regarding the accusations made by Poorna Sampath De Alwis on a YouTube video. The complaint has been made against Poorna Sampath and the presenter named Sudaththa Thilaksiri. The inquiring officer has repeatedly requested Poorna and Sudaththa to provide the name of the person whom they are … [Read more...]
" ජවිපෙන් මාධ්යවේදීන් පහක් මරුට: ප්රේමකීර්ති ඝාතකයෝ මෙන්න!" මැයින් ධර්මන් වික්රමරත්න විසින් ලියන ලද ඉරිදා රිවිර පුවත්පතේ 2014 දෙසැම්බර් 21 ඉරිදා පලවූ ලෙයින්, යකඩින් සහ ගින්දරින් මර්ධනය කල 1986-90 භීෂණ යුගයේ සත්ය කථා - 26 කොටස. ජවිපෙ දෙවැනි කැරැල්ලේදී ප්රථම මාධ්ය දඩයම ඇරඹුණේ එජාප ආණ්ඩුවේ පැත්තෙනි. එහි ප්රතිඵලයක් ලෙස බැංකු නිලධාරියෙකු සහ දිවයින දිනපතා පුවත්පතේ වමේ කථාව නමින් ලිපි පෙලක් … [Read more...]
Sri Lankan ambassador in the USA has come under the attack by the website (http://lankanewsweb.net) run by Foreign Minister, Mangala Samarasweera's goons. The web site strongly citizens Ambassador Kariyawasam for his staffing decisions. Contrary to the accusations, Ambassador Kariyawasm is a career diplomat and well known for fair and equal treatment of both local and home based staff. … [Read more...]
It has been realizably learned that Ranil/Maithree government is to begin hunting down journalists and civic leaders who supported the then president Mahinda Rajapaksa and who were critical of then opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe. It has been learned that there were no corruption or wrong doing evidence against these journalists and the government is cooking up charges based on … [Read more...]
Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Dilrukshi Dias Wickramsinghe has been accused of misusing the funds of CIABOC to purchase a mobile phone with a market value of Rs 65,000 for an amount exceeding Rs 125,000. This is among 12 charges against Wickramasinghe in a no confidence motion signed by 105 UPFA MPs. Wickramasinghe is accused of arbitrary … [Read more...]
In response to an interview question with Aljazeera, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said he was confident that he could win the next General Elections if he was to content. … [Read more...]
In a recent interview, with the Daily Mirror of Sri Lanka, the Foreign Minister, Managala Samaraweera has stated his key goals for the position. The excerpts of the interview are as follows; -Domestic investigative mechanism ready by late July -Whoever is responsible for accountable issues will be dealt with -South Africa’s concept of confession and forgiveness not applicable … [Read more...]
The president of Sri Lanka said in his speech to the nation that the present government does not eavesdrop on telephone conversations between people for political reasons unlike the previous government. Contrary to his claim, previous president Mahinda Rajapaksa was unaware of defectors from his party until a press conference announced the current President's candidacy from the opposition United … [Read more...]
It has been reported that SLFP Central Committee has notified their support of constitutional reforms and agreed to support 19A amendment. In April 2015, 5 senior members of the SLFP Central Committee were sacked and replaced with the loyalists of current President. … [Read more...]
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