Day: 16 October 2016

(Lanka-e-News -15.Oct.2016, 11.30PM) President Maithripala Sirisena the ‘great villager’ who had never heard of the tale of of the long living prince ‘ look far without looking near’ even when  his aachi (grandmother) was feeding him , related a  ‘  cyanide ‘ story which  created a feeling of triumph and joy among the brutal corrupt group of scoundrels of the  nefarious decade gave a fresh lease of life to them and provided  encouragement to more  corruption and murder . This in  fact is tantamount to most ungratefully and unmercifully hitting…

by Rajan Philips Donald Trump is in a free fall in the US presidential election. Facing what appears to be certain defeat he is behaving like a wounded Neanderthal and is threatening to take down the American political system with him. He is riling his base for a post-election showdown, accusing the political and media elites of rigging the electoral system to engineer his defeat. He is equally rousing his followers with his (empty) victory promise to subject Hillary Clinton to special prosecution for a lifetime of lies and criminal…

The suicide of the retired Army Officer, who claimed to have killed Sunday Leader Founder Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, has resulted in new questions being asked, even before answers to the old questions were found. The most burning question that is currently being asked is who gave orders to the 51 year old retired Army Officer to kill Wickrematunge, and if he was re-employed by the main culprits after his retirement to carry out the assassination. The Army Officer retired in 2007; however Wickrematunge was murdered in 2009. Therefore, the biggest…

With undue pressure from President Maithripala Sirisena, an Army Intelligence Officer who was identified as the culprit behind the assault of former editor of Rivira Newspaper, Upali Tennakoon and his wife was released on bail today. kaveendra-nanayakkara Gampaha Magistrate Kaweendra Nanayakkara Gampaha Magistrate Kaweendra Nanayakkara ordered Army Intelligence Officer Premananda Udalagama to be released on a cash bail of Rs. 25,000 and three sureties of Rs. 500,000. The decision comes just days after President Sirisena launched a verbal attack against the arresting and remanding of Army Intelligence Officers who have…

BY STANLEY SAMARASINGHE Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sarath Jayamanna yesterday told the Supreme Court that the Army… …is not giving any support for the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda. He added that a high ranking officer of Army was summoned to Attorney General’s Department and requested to support the investigations, but the Army did not respond to the request. The Bench comprised Chief Justice K. Sripvan and Justices Sisira de Abrew and Upali Abeyratne when two Fundamental Rights Petitions were taken up for hearing. L/Cpl. Rupasena and…

My dear Maithri, I thought I must write to you because many people- including myself – have begun wondering whether there is someone who looks exactly like you who is going around impersonating you at important public functions these days. Please let me explain why we think so, Maithri. This week, we heard someone who looks just like you and dresses like you speaking at a function. He blamed many people for carrying out their duties. He was very angry and lashed out at officials in a harsh manner. He…

ECONOMYNEXT – Police investigating the hanging of an ex-military intelligence officer after claiming responsibility for the murder of editor Lasantha Wickrematunga found his telephone records mysteriously wiped out. Ilandarige Jayamanne, 52, was found hanging at his kitchen Friday along with a hand-written note claiming he killed the anti-establishment editor in 2009, two years after he retired from the army in 2007. The man’s 22-year-old eldest son told investigators that the handwriting was similar to that of his father, but an expert report is awaited. The purported suicide note intended for…

Public outburst on CIABOC has chilling effect on judiciary, police and international community Civic action groups question credibility of Government’s anti-corruption drive, JVP also condemns Sirisena’s remarks By Our Political Editor For the first time in his 21-month tenure as President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena fired strong salvos at his own United National Front (UNF) Government led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. He warned he would take action if the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) and the Bribery Commission were working on a “political agenda.” He…