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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...
- Don’t talk to media-IGP (Category: Breaking News)
- National Museum robbery: Another suspect arrested from Maligawatta (Category: Breaking News)
- New media spokesman for Sri Lanka police (Category: Breaking News)
- 60,000 Police Officers on election duty (Category: Breaking News)
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 in the city were ...
- Video: Sirasa Superstar 06 - Trailer | Final 3 (Category: Video)
- Video: Sirasa Superstar Season 06 | Final 3 | trailer full #SirasaSS6 (Category: Video)
- Video: Sirasa Damsara Sirasa 06th November 2014 (Category: Video)
(Lanka-e-News -16.Aug.2011, 11.50P.M.) At the last General election ,Kili Raja Mahendran of the Maharaja Organization requested two slots in the National list of MPs at the general elections to which I did not agree . Therefore , his Sirasa media has turned hostile...
The Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday ordered the news director of the Sirasa media network and the ..
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...
Sarath Kongahage, Chairman Rupavahini Corporation, lawyer, political activist, media personality and now ambassador-designate to Germany, spoke to Faraz Shauketaly on his impending appointment and work at Rupavahini Corporation. He dispelled rumours that he was being replaced at SLRC due to consistent internal dissent. Excerpts: Q: On what merits were you appointed as Chairman, Rupavahini Corpor...
- The new DGI to assume duties on Friday (Category: Breaking News)
- Athugala appointed Director General of Govt. Info. Dept. (Category: Breaking News)
- A Mass Media Maestro becomes the DGI (Category: Breaking News)
- Ariyaratne Athugala takes over (Category: Breaking News)
By Tisaranee Gunasekara "….too many people desire to suppress criticism simply because they think that it will give some comfort to the enemy to know that there is such criticism. If that comfort makes the enemy feel better for a...
- The Darusman (UN) Report was inevitable due to colossal failure by the Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
- Why did the the Rajapaksas lie to the people of Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- UN Under Siege in Sri Lanka: Why Accountability for War Crimes Matters (Category: Breaking News)
- UN Chief Should Establish International Inquiry - HRW (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- Relaxation of emergency regulations to be debated over 2 days (Category: Breaking News)
- Emergency regulations relaxed (Category: Breaking News)
- Anti Terror law to remain (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka imposes new anti-terrorism measures (Category: Breaking News)
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...
- Attack on journalists at BIA, State sanctioned attempt at suppressing media freedom - Free media... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka FM hits back over crackdown criticism (Category: Breaking News)
- SL hits back at accusations of press harassment (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan government denies blame made by the US (Category: Breaking News)
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...
- More than 2,700 arrested across Russia as protests swell for jailed opposition leader Navalny (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- More than 2,700 arrested across Russia as protests swell for jailed opposition leader Navalny (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- More than 2,700 arrested across Russia as protests swell for jailed opposition leader Navalny (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- More than 2,700 arrested across Russia as protests swell for jailed opposition leader Navalny (Category: USA, New Mexico)
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...
- JVP for Tunisia style option (Category: Breaking News)
- Tyrants and Their Families: Gaddafis and Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
- Telephone call from Gaddafi tp Rajapaksa shows Mahinda is on the wrong side of history (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksa project of establishing familial control over the State Army and the SLFP (Category: Breaking News)
By Karu Jayasuriya (The following is the statement issued by UNP deputy Leader and Gampaha district Parliamentarian Karu Jayasuriya on the arson attack against the Lanka e-news media organization) A new chapter has been added to the threat to the...
- “Boothaya” arrested (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka e news besieged by threats again: international phone lines forcibly cut (Category: Breaking News)
- Advance cash payment up to Rs. 4,000 for Government employees (Category: Breaking News)
- The IGP must explain the circumstances of Prageeth Ekanaliyagoda's disappearance -AHRC (Category: Breaking News)
(Lanka-e-News, 17,Jan.2011, 11.05PM) It is over two years since Sunday Leader newspaper Editor Lasantha Wickremetunge was...
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 Inspector H M Janananda examined by Senior State Counsel Dilan Ratnayake said that they record...
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 ...
- CID sleuths dispatched in search of Katuwana murderers (Category: Breaking News)
- Witch-Hunt Against CID Sleuths: Lasantha’s Daughter Seeks Intervention Of Witness Protection Aut... (Category: Breaking News)
- Witch-Hunt Against CID Sleuths: Lasantha’s Daughter Seeks Intervention Of Witness Protection Aut... (Category: Breaking News)
- Witch-Hunt Against CID Sleuths: Lasantha’s Daughter Seeks Intervention Of Witness Protection Aut... (Category: Breaking News)
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...
- Sri Lanka's defense reality TV show grand finale today (Category: Breaking News)
- ABC’s Hiru TV to launch on 23 May (Category: Business)
- The reality roadshow (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Stardom reigns at the 16th Sumathi Awards Night (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr.Vickramahu Karunaratne I came back from England on November 7, Tuesday. I was warned by friends that I could get arrested by the Mahinda regime. But the ruler had a better arrangement set for me. I was not disturbed...
The Free Media Movement (FMM) unequivocally condemns Tuesday’s (7th December) attack on journalists at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and views it as yet another serious blow to media freedom, ethical and democratic right to impartial reporting. Lanka E News...
- Punish Goons That Attacked ‘Sirasa’ And Prove Your Innocence (Category: Breaking News)
- Freedom of media is vital -UN (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan journalists take to the streets against attack on website office (Category: Breaking News)
- Media Ire (Category: Business)
(Lanka-e-News 07.Dec.2010 10.30PM) Lanka e news Journalist Shantha Wijesuriya and Sirasa Katunayake Airport reporter Premalal were attacked by hiring vehicle drivers and Airport employees when they were at the Katunayake Airport to cover the arrival of Left Front leader...
- Development work of Batticaloa airport commence today (Category: Breaking News)
- Security threat sparks brief evacuation at MSP airport (Category: USA, Minnesota)
- Security threat sparks brief evacuation at MSP airport (Category: USA, Minnesota)
- Security threat sparks brief evacuation at MSP airport (Category: USA, Minnesota)
While The Sunday Leader is encouraged to see WikiLeaks picking up where the Western media fell off, we wonder where the leakers are in our own island. America, the country exposed by the latest leaks, is already one of the most transparent in the world. What of Sri Lanka, where so much goes on behind ...
- Weerawansa: US Led Intl Operation Against SL (Category: Breaking News)
- WikiLeaks to leak Lankan memos (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘BJP’s cronyism has crossed Palk Strait’: Rahul Gandhi slams Modi Government over Sri Lanka powe... (Category: Breaking News)
- GA Threatens To Sue US Ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
Mega Star Or Mega Joke? For many years, I have been a loyal fan of Swarnavahini. For the past one year, I have been a keen viewer of their reality show Mega Star, which finally turned out to be a ‘Mega Joke’. Practically, every right thinking citizen of Sri Lanka and any person who has ...
- Now, Military Mega Star (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranaviru Real Star: Mission 2 SMS revenue donated for Armed Forces welfare (Category: Business)
- Live: The Voice final four (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Ranaviru Real Star Mission 2 commences (Category: Business)
A protest was held at noon today against the police attack on several journalists. The demonstration was held at Lipton Circus, and was attended by journalists and representatives from several media organisations, who held placards and chanted slogans demanding that legal action be taken against the officers behind the attack. The incident occurred during the ...
- Joint Opposition March (Photos) (Category: Breaking News)
- Protest For Udul (Photos) (Category: Breaking News)
- Tsunami Drill (Photos) (Category: Breaking News)
- Fire In Ministry Of Agriculture Building (Photos) (Category: Breaking News)
Here MP and possible UNP Leader Sajith Premadasa talks to Sirasa TV about the 18th Amendment
By Tisaranee Gunasekara The welfare of the people in particular, has always been the alibi of tyrants…” — Camus (Resistance, Rebellion And Death) After a lull, the onslaught on the media has resumed. “We need to maintain emergency laws...
- Ruling family's determination to have a "Rajapaksa security state" is costing Sri Lanka dear (Category: Breaking News)
- Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith speaks truth to power on justice, reconcilation and peace (Category: Breaking News)
- Why are we not outraged about child rape in Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Power grab and dictatorial ambitions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa exposed (Category: Breaking News)
Spellmaster’s” four grand finalists have finally evolved after eight months of “tense” competition. They are Sivapalan Chelvaniththilan (St. Patrick’s College Jaffna), Rukshala Illukkumbura (Gateway College Colombo), Rashidah Hassan (Good Shepherd Convent Kandy) and Sarith Bandara (Trinity College Kandy). Originally there were 20 contestants, with 16 of those being eliminated. Contestants had to g...
- Jeopardy's first host after Alex Trebek's death is former champ Ken Jennings - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Jeopardy's first host after Alex Trebek's death is former champ Ken Jennings - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Jeopardy's first host after Alex Trebek's death is former champ Ken Jennings - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Jeopardy's first host after Alex Trebek's death is former champ Ken Jennings - CNET (Category: Technology)
Jun 04, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court further remanded former News Director of the Sirasa channel under the MTV/MBC media networks and defeated United National Party Colombo District candidate, Susil Kumara Kindelpitiya until June 17.
By Ranee Mohamed They have been burned, they have been battered, they have been attacked, their studios have been razed to the ground. Their vision and mission have almost been blackened by the smoke. But the Maharaja Organisation’s MBC MTV and Sirasa have emerged from the debris each time, wiped away the ashes of wrath and began [...]
Colombo Fort Magistrate Miss Lanka Jayaratne ordered police to arrest all those who are in the video of the incident when the main office of ‘Sirasa’ network was attacked and produce them before Court.
There is a threat of termination of the broadcasting license of MBC media network of ‘Maharaja Group’ say reports. According to internal sources of MBC the threat is due to the appointment of Mervin Silva, known as an ardent enemy of the network, as the Deputy Minister of Media. Already, a special team has been deployed to collect data necessary to revoke the broadcasting license of the MBC ...
- Court issues interim injunction over Olympics telecast rights (Category: Breaking News)
- Court orders MTV/MBC to suspend Olympic rights (Category: Breaking News)
- MBC Network office attacked by group (Category: Breaking News)
- Court wants Sirasa tapes (Category: Breaking News)
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