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The Reformists The Reformist groups’ attempt to oust the current leader of the United National Party seems to have experienced some serious setbacks. Ranil Wickremesinghe is still the leader; his Working Committee is still intact and as committed to him as it was at the height of the crisis. Although the Party suffered yet another humiliating electoral ...
A Governance Analysis of Frequency Allocation & TV Rights in Present Sri Lanka Frequency Allocation- A Grand Corruption? Understanding the state capture by Kleptocrats does not require a dedicated study; it is easily recognizable. For the benefit of keen students of governance, let me begin this article with the definition of Kleptocracy: “A form of political and government ...
By Dinouk Colombage Following the United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva, Sri Lankan state media and members of the government have been on the offensive against human rights activists and independent media groups calling them ‘traitors’. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, acting Minister of Mass Media, in an interview with The Sunday Leader says he ...
aHSBC has partnered Asia Exhibition and Conventions to hold the biggest exclusive lifestyle fair, ‘The Big Deal,’ scheduled to be held from 23-25 March at the BMICH. This comes in the wake of the bank’s latest campaign, ‘Wake Up!’ which inspires customers to live their unspoken dreams with the assistance of a Lifestyle Loan. ...
(Srilankamirror) - Former chief justice Sarath N. Silva says any suspected war criminal could be taken before The Hague despite not being a signatory to the Rome convention. He has refuted opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s claim that no Sri Lankan could be hauled before the International Criminal Court as he had not signed the convention as the then prime minister. Speaking to...
The debate between UNP MP Dr. Harsha de Silva and Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya on the current economic crisis will go live tonight at 10:30 p.m. on Sirasa TV.
By Lakmal Sooriyagoda The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court ordered the news directors of four television channels that the video footage of the UNP led protest held in front of the Fort railway station be handed over to the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) in order to trace persons who behaved in an unruly manner. Filing a ...
(Srilankamirror) - The Colombo Crime Division says it is investigating to identify the persons who had caused damage to public property during the joint opposition protest in Colombo Fort a week ago. The CCD informed Colombo Fort magistrate Kanishka Wijayaratne today (Feb. 24) about this and sought permission to obtain video footage of the protest from television stations. The magistrate o...
Media organisations in Sri Lanka have urged the authorities to investigate all recent attacks on media personnel and institutions. The watchdogs say they will stage a protest on 25 January in Colombo against a series of attacks against media personnel in recent years. It will especially mark “Black January” during which many prominent media personnel ...
UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe’s tirade against Sirasa TV has not been taken lightly and the network has now hit back by erecting billboards at several locations in Colombo with images of him holding the stone he claims was used by Sirasa to attack Siri Kotha recently. Picture by Thusitha Kumara
(Srilankamirror) - Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says the mobs who hurled stones at him at Sirikotha on December 19 missed their target and hit the Buddha statue in front of the party headquarters building. At a media briefing at his office yesterday (Dec. 20), he displayed one of the rocks, which he said was aimed at him, and said it was thrown by Keli Rajamahendran. As a Christm...
Srilankamirror - Administrative director of Sirikotha D.B. Medagedara today (20) launched a complaint against the Sirasa TV station. The complaint stated that the TV station evoked the public into attacking Sirikotha, leading to the threatening of the UNP leader with death
Sarath Fonseka was found guilty on the first charge in an indictment filed in the High Court of Colombo, consequent to an article carried in The Sunday Leader on December 13 2009 - front page under the caption “Gota Ordered Them To Be Shot - Gen. Sarath Fonseka.” The case was heard at a Trial-at-Bar before ...
“There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.” – Brutus, in Julius Caesar, Act 4 Winning ...
The Ceylon Continental Hotel recently hosted the very popular Continental Weddings Exhibition. One of the highlights of this exhibition was the raffle draw that allowed a lucky couple to win an all paid for dream wedding. Ceylon Continental Director Sales and Marketing Harsha Samaranayake (centre) draws a winner watched by Amaya Resorts and Spas ...
OCTOBER 17, 2011: Status: Not Free Legal Environment: 23 Political Environment: 30 Economic Environment: 18 Total Score: 71 Despite the end of the government’s long-running war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel group in May 2009, media freedom remained restricted in Sri Lanka, with journalists subject to myriad forms of legal harassment and physical intimidation. Altho...
The Media Organizations Collective says it unreservedly condemns the arrest of Sirasa TV journalist Indika Sri Aravinda, who was taken to Moratuwa Police Station, where his recorded video footage was deleted. It says in a statement that the journalist faced the incident yesterday (Oct. 05
Six Media organisations today condemned the action of the Police for forcing a TV journalist to delete pictures he had taken in relation to a news item he had covered in the Moratuwa area. The organizations said that a Sirasa TV journalist Indika Shri Aravinda had videoed the family members weeping
Two-day exhibition will grant a lucky bride and groom the prize of a lifetimeOn the 1 and 2 October, Ceylon Continental Hotel will host a Wedding Exhibition showcasing new trends, well-known leading suppliers and the latest wedding ideas and inspirations at the recently renovated Sapphire Ballroom. It is the first time in Sri Lanka that ...
On 1 and 2 October, Ceylon Continental Hotel will host a Wedding Exhibition showcasing new trends, well known leading suppliers and the latest wedding ideas and inspirations at the recently renovated Sapphire Ballroom. It is the first time in Sri Lanka that a five star hotel is gearing to organize an exhibition of such scale ...
Sirasa Superstar Generation Four steps out of the blues By Ranee Mohamed It was a Friday night, a night when Colombo was ablaze with talent. There were songs from everywhere, singers in five star hotels set hearts and minds aflame and this language of love was listened, learnt and spoken. Elsewhere
The UNP’s tumultuous Working Committee meeting on Wednesday resulted in many allegations and jibes thrown back and forth between senior party members. Rosie Senanayake yesterday together several UNP members held a press conference at the Bodhi Ranasinghe Foundation Narehenpita following a dispute with the UNP Working Committee. She alleged that the UNP Working Committee was ...
The Colombo Fort Magistrate today order the private hospital which is treating former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka and media channel Sirasa TV to hand over video footage taken at the...
JVP politburo member and DNA parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (24) charged that the government has used emergency regulations suppress the people’s rights and to silence dissent. Dissanayake speaking during the debate on the extension of emergency regulations in parliament has called on the government to relax the emergency regulations. He has also spoke of ...
Some members of the gang that attacked Sirasa TV last year are contesting the March 17 local government election in the Kelaniya area, DNA MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake charged in...
by Harim Peiris Last week Sri Lanka commemorated her 63rd anniversary of freedom from colonial rule and Sri Lankans rightly celebrated the achievement of our political independence and democratic rights as a free and sovereign nation. That freedom and sovereignty...
By Harsha De Silva I am generally not the street-protesting type. I try to articulate my arguments with facts and figures, be it writing, speaking or engaging in debate. But the other day, I was in a demonstration and this...
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “People want their freedom. People want their bread. People want to stop their lousy dictators from looting their countries”. — A Jordanian Dissident (New York Times – 30.1.2011) Tunisia and Egypt, in revolt, are at the end...
Two Criminal Investigation Department Officers who recorded statements of Derana and Sirasa News Editors yesterday testified before the Trial-at-Bar consisting of three High Court Judges hearing Sarath Fonseka’s white flag issue. The two CID officers Inspector Asela Indrajith and Sub
Lasantha’s Killers Still Walk Free By Frederica Jansz A year ago, a high profile investigation into the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunge and the attacks on Editors Upali Tennekoon, Keith Noyahr and Namal Perera got underway as senior sleuths attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Terrorist Investigations Department (TID) sifted through a smattering ...