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...

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...

(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 ...

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...

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...

(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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

The media institutions Sirasa, Siyatha and Lankaenews have reportedly not been permitted to cover the inaugural sessions of the seventh parliament.

  Mervyn Silva has said that MEP Leader and UPFA Colombo District candidate, Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has received money from Sirasa networks owner Kili Maharajah for his election propaganda campaign.

Former Sirasa media Director and UNF Colombo district candidate for the upcoming General Elections, Susil Kindelpitiya was remanded till April 16 by the Colombo Magistrate today. He was arrested this...

The UNP claims that the arrest of UNF Colombo district candidate and former Sirasa media Director Susil Kindelpitiya was an act of political revenge by the government at a time when a General Election is at hand. UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayaka speaking to Daily Mirror online stated that there was an acepted method of conducting an arrest after a complaint was lodged. And that an arrest of ...

The UNP claims that the arrest of UNF Colombo district candidate and former Sirasa media Director Susil Kindelpitiya was an act of political revenge by the government at a time when a General Election is at hand.

The UNP claims that the arrest of UNF Colombo district candidate and former Sirasa media Director Susil Kindelpitiya was an act of political revenge by the government at a time...

(Lanka-e-News, April 2, 2010, 4.55PM) United National Front (UNF) Colombo District candidate and former News Director of the Sirasa Media, Susil Kindelpitiya was taken into...

Colombo  district  UNP candidate Susil  Kidelpitiya and three others arrested on charges of threatening a woman and carrying a gun says Welikada Police.Kidelpitiya was the ex-News Director of Sirasa television.

Today the Colombo Fort Magistrate reprimanded the Slave Island Police for not producing the 16 suspects who were granted bail over the attack on the Sirasa Tv and radio headquarters in Braybrook Place Colombo 2.