The Government has refused visa for American singer Akon who had denigrated the Buddha Dhamma and the Buddhist culture. The Sri Lankan Government decided not to grant visa to the pop singer who was the issue to the clash opposite the Sirasa head office at Braybrooke Place in Colombo

Comprehensive investigations are being carried out into the incident reported opposite the “Sirasa” media institution. Expressing views at a news briefing today, Director General of the Media Centre for National Security Lakshman Hulugalla said that certain groups were exploiting the incident

The Government has deplored efforts made to drag it to the thug attack on the Sirasa Head Office. Expressing views to the media today, Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said that the Cabinet ratified the Government’s decision to reject a visa to American pop singer Akon, on the basis

Monitoring election violence in Sri Lanka Parliamentary Election 2010: Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) Media Communiqué 3 23 March 2010, Colombo, Sri Lanka: CMEV continues to receive reports regarding the misuse of public resources for electioneering. CMEV has recorded...

The 16 persons arrested for attacking ‘Sirasa’ head office, injured its employees and damaged property were released on police bail today (23rd) morning. The police spokesman SP Prishanthe Jayakody said those who were arrested were released on police bail and a report will be submitted

The “Sirasa” staff had attacked the protest staged opposite the Sirasa Head Office against the denigration of local culture and the Buddha Dhamma. Critics point out that neither a media establishment nor any other individual can take the law into their hands. The demonstrators who were caught

The government should take measures to punish those goons who carried out the attack on the head office of ‘Sirasa’ media institution and prove that it was not engineered by the government say ‘Journalists against Suppression.’

The Slave Island Police yesterday took into custody 16 suspects who are alleged to have damaged the buildings of Sirasa...

(Lanka-e-News 23.March.2010 1.30AM) Sirasa Media chain which has its news unit at the Maharaja Organization Building at Braybrooke place came under attack last afternoon...

The Braybrooke Place office of MBC Network, owners of MTV/Sirasa TV was attacked a short while ago by a group who pelted stones at the complex. READ MORE...