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By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya Since their visit to India at the invitation of the Indian government in February, leaders of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna-led National People’s Power coalition have become the poster-boys and girls of a complicated Sri Lankan political landscape, in a pre-election period. The once-marginal parliamentary group’s leader is now viewed as a potential […]
By N Sathiya Moorthy The figure is still low yet for ten per cent of Sri Lankans to indicate a preference for authoritarian rule does not augur well for the nation’s democracy, which is already under multiple pressures. The continuing economic crisis, which some experts say could push the nation back to a 2002-like situation is […]
The founder of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Basil Rajapaksa, hinted at the possibility of the SLPP forming an alliance with President Ranil Wickremesinghe ahead of the upcoming elections. In an interview on Sirasa TV, Rajapaksa said that in his opinion Wickremesinghe has what it takes to lead the country. He also said that […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita A National People’s Power (NPP) administration will not do anything that will undermine Indian security, but it will maintain economic and political relations with China, the NPP delegation to India told Indian officials, JVP/NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in an interview with Sirasa TV, on Thursday (15). In his first interview […]
Easter Sunday controversy: By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Ambassador to Germany, Switzerland and ex-High Commissioner in South Africa, Sarath Kongahage, yesterday (12) alleged that British television Channel 4 had tricked him into discussing political developments with the focus on the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage. Claiming that the Channel 4 programme didn’t reflect what he had said […]
JAT Holdings PLC, the market leader for wood coatings in Sri Lanka, is proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership with MTV Channel Private Limited, a leading broadcaster and media organization. This strategic collaboration, which is the first of its kind, will see JAT Holdings join forces with MTV Channel Private Limited as the media partner […]
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warns electorate not to expect early general election By Shamindra Ferdinando Veteran politician DEW Gunasekera (22) said that there must have been a tacit understanding between the new Sri Lankan administration and the Western camp, regarding the deployment of the military and the police to remove Galle Face protesters in the early hours of yesterday. […]
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today revealed some of the incidents that took place before his private residence was set on fire on Saturday. He also said that the fire destroyed several valuable books and paintings. Wickremesinghe said that the books were to be donated to Royal College and the Peradeniya University. The Prime Minister said […]
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Colombo (News 1st); 17-year-old Shukra Munawwar from a little village in Katugoda, Galle in the South of Sri Lanka made history when she won the Rs. 02 Million prize on Sirasa TV’s Lakshapathi program, the Sri Lankam version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’, on Saturday (23). When Shukra Munawwar made it in the […] WINNER! – Shukra bags Rs. 02 Mn Prize in Sirasa La...
Colombo (News 1st); 17-year-old Shukra Munawwar from a little village in Katugoda, Galle in the South of Sri Lanka made history when she won the Rs. 02 Million prize on Sirasa TV’s Lakshapathi program, the Sri Lankam version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’, on Saturday (23). When Shukra Munawwar made it in the […] WINNER! – Shukra bags Rs. 02 Mn Prize in Sirasa La...
Colombo (News 1st); 17-year-old Shukra Munawwar from a little village in Katugoda, Galle in the South of Sri Lanka made history when she won the Rs. 02 Million prize on Sirasa TV’s Lakshapathi program, the Sri Lankam version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’, on Saturday (23). When Shukra Munawwar made it in the […] WINNER! – Shukra bags Rs. 02 Mn Prize in Sirasa La...
Colombo (News 1st); 17-year-old Shukra Munawwar from a little village in Katugoda, Galle in the South of Sri Lanka made history when she won the Rs. 02 Million prize on Sirasa TV’s Lakshapathi program, the Sri Lankam version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’, on Saturday (23). When Shukra Munawwar made it in the […] WINNER! – Shukra bags Rs. 02 Mn Prize in Sirasa La...
COLOMBO (News1st): Parliamentarians and ministers must abide by quarantine laws since a parliament reporter tested positive for the virus, a government lawmaker said. “Closing down the institution is not the answer,” Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna parliamentarian Madura Vithanage said during the Satana programme on Sirasa TV. However, he conceded that parliamentarians and ministers must ...
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 ...
(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...
(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...
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 ...
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) after he had videoed the mourning relatives of a dead man, who was one of the suspects in the killing of...
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 over the death of a suspect who died in Police custody when the Police had taken him to the Moratuwa...
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...
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 ...
Vogue Jewellers and Sirasa TV join hands to make wedding dreams a reality! Colombo. Tuesday 04 January 2011. “Mangala Sihinaya”, Sri Lanka’s first-ever wedding reality show hits local television screens this month as Vogue Jewellers and Sri Lanka’s premier television channel Sirasa TV, join hands to both reward and entertain hundreds of thousands of television viewers across the country. Billed...