Day: 11 September 2016

So desperate has discussions until midnight (Lanka-e-News -10.Sep.2016, 11.45PM)  Mahinda Rajapakse the former corrupt brutal ruler,  who treated Duminda Silva as a watchdog and allowed to commit all the crimes including drug peddling had got so frightened and  panic stricken following Duminda’s death sentence on the 8th  . Here is a photo depicting Mahinda clinging on to a straw (vide photo). Poor Mahinda who was  so shaken and unnerved following Duminda’s death sentence , had invited a Christian Pastor  yesterday evening through his private secretary Uditha Lokubandra to invoke blessings…

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By C.V. Wigneswaran – C.V. Wigneswaran – Northern Chief In recent times complicated political issues and activities made the life of the people of this area precarious. The youth here therefore revolted against the Central Government and its agents due to the repressive measures they resorted to. This in turn led to a long war which took the lives of thousands and thousands unnecessarily. *Translation of the Chief Guest Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran’s speech at the National Youth Services Council organised 28th National Youth Sports Festival held at Jaffna Central College Playground on 10.09.2016…

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By Niranjala Ariyawansha The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has concluded the investigation into the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda and the final report is expected to be referred to the Attorney General (AG) within two weeks seeking indictment of the suspects. A senior CID source told this reporter that there was adequate evidence to file murder charges against the eight army intelligence officers, who have been remanded on allegations of abducting and killing Ekneligoda. The source said the CID expected the Attorney General to indict these suspects in the High…

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Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra today made public a photograph of her father, Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, which was taken after he was shot dead in 2011. The photograph which was published on her Facebook page, shows the body of her father with a gun-shot wound on his head. “Everytime I see this picture I don’t think it’s real, because I only remember his handsome face with a smile on. For the first time in my life I am posting this picture.. not for your sympathy but for you to understand this is…

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By Taylor Dibbert Editor’s Note: Sri Lanka represents that rare turnaround in counterinsurgency, where a beleaguered government fighting one of the world’s most formidable insurgencies – the Tamil Tigers – gained momentum and eventually crushed the rebels. But what happened after victory? Instead of redressing many of the grievances that allowed the insurgency to flourish, the government conducted a broad crackdown on the Tigers’ supporters, imprisoning many on the basis of at most scant evidence. Taylor Dibbert of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs calls on the United States and…

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