By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Sept 23, 2023Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that irrefutable evidence had emerged, linking the Zahran group, which carried out the Easter Sunday terror attacks, to the Army intelligence. Participating in the debate on the Channel 4 exposure on the Easter Sunday terror attacks, Premadasa said that there were instances that pointed to links between the Army intelligence and the Zahran group. Firstly, there was an…
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report in Daily FT,, 23 September 2023The Lawyers’ Collective, a civil society group consisting of legal practitioners in Sri Lanka issued a statement yesterday condemning the recently proposed Anti-Terrorism and Online Safety Bills which were published through gazette announcements this year. The collective said the Government has failed to respond to the serious and fundamental concerns raised about the Anti-Terrorist Bill and adopt any transparent and accountable process through which the bills were explained, justified…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Sept 23, 2023Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that irrefutable evidence had emerged, linking the Zahran group, which carried out the Easter Sunday terror attacks, to the Army intelligence. Participating in the debate on the Channel 4 exposure on the Easter Sunday terror attacks, Premadasa said that there were instances that pointed to links between the Army intelligence and the Zahran group. Firstly, there was an…
report in adaderana.lk, Sept 21, 2023Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles has stated that no police personnel have been charged in connection with the Easter Sunday bombings of 2019 thus far. Speaking in Parliament today (20 Sep.), he stated that as per the reports submitted by the relevant Presidential Commission of Inquiry, no police personnel have been charged in this regard, and have only been under observation thus far. The Minister asserted this in response…
by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror, Sept 21, 2023 is reported to have stood his ground, refusing to allocate any more Cabinet portfolios despite persistent requests from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Daily Mirror learns. The president has continuously resisted requests to increase the size of the Cabinet even despite some MPs such as S.B. Dissanayake warning to explore ways to topple the government. The position has been taken over concerns that such a…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Sept 19, 2023Rebel SLPP MP Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (18) asked President Ranil Wickremesinghe whether the latter intended to postpone the next presidential election indefinitely by claiming the government lacked sufficient funds for conducting elections. The former External Affairs Minister raised the issue in the wake of UNP MP Vajira Abeywardena’s recent declaration that the government wouldn’t be able to meet the basic requirements of the people if…
by Khushboo Razdan in SCMP, Sept 19, 2023New York: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday declared the Aukus security pact between Australia, Britain and the US “a mistake” while rejecting any concerns over Beijing’s perceived influence on his debt-ridden island nation. “It is a military alliance moved against one country – China,” he said at an event hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in New York on the sidelines of the United…
by Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Sept 18, 2023An artificial shortage of medicinal drugs had been created in government hospitals to enable emergency drug purchases, Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) President Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne said recently, testifying before the parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on an Open and Accountable Government. Dr. Ariyaratne also said that carcinogenic foods had flooded the market without any regulations, and action had to be taken to protect the public. “We must…
report in The Island, Sept 17, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a committee led by a retired Supreme Court judge to investigate allegations by Britain’s “Channel-4” related to the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. The committee will be chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice S.I. Imam, the President’s Media Division said on Friday. The other members are Retired Air Force Commander ACM, Jayalath Weerakkody and Harsha A.J. Soza PC. Releasing the video earlier this month, ‘Channel…