Here is the full written statement of Hansir Azad Maulana who shocked the world with the Channel 4 video..!

(Lanka-e-News -22.Sep.2023, 6.00PM) The documentary “Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings”, which was broadcast on 5 September by the British Channel 4 has created considerable interest in Sri Lanka. Various articles and editorials have been written, and while th Read more >>

Pioneering a New Dawn for Sri Lanka's Economic Renaissance

By Shantha Jayarathne

(Lanka-e-News -22.Sep.2023, 6.10PM) Amidst the intricate tapestry of Sri Lanka's political landscape, a beacon of hope emerges in the form of the National People's Power (NPP). Beyond its role as a sociopolitical force, the NPP embodies a visionary outloo Read more >>

Rajapaksa officials ‘linked to Easter Sunday Sri Lanka bombs’

-Report published in England's The Times on September 4, 2023. By Catherine Phillips, Diplomatic Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -04.Sep.2023, 6.45PM) Sri Lankan officials loyal to the Rajapaksa family were complicit in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people, including eight British tourists, whistleblowers have alleged... Read more >>

Deterioration of Nations Social Security and Protection

-By Jayasri Priyalal

(Lanka-e-News -13.Aug.2023, 2.00 PM) The policymakers both in developed and developing countries are keen in promoting resource distributive policies, anticipating growth in the economies take effect automatically. Such dysfunctional growth policies are e Read more >>

Debt restructuring, austerity and the IMF: a panacea or an exacerbation? Neo-liberalism is not the solution.! (Part 2)

-By Dr. Lionel Bopage

(Lanka-e-News -13.Aug.2023, 1.45PM) Neo-liberalism Neo-liberalism is not a solution, but the principal cause of the problem. I would like to offer some personal insights here from my working life with regard to... Read more >>

Debt restructuring, austerity and the IMF: a panacea or an exacerbation? (Part 1)

-By Dr. Lionel Bopage

(Lanka-e-News -13.Aug.2023, 1.25PM) An outline of the problem Post-independent Sri Lanka (Lanka) has suffered from recurrent economic crises; the more notable ones being in August1953, in the late 1970s... Read more >>

In Sri Lanka, Chaotic Social Security Reform Denies People’s Rights

“Aswesuma” Program Applies Complex and Arbitrary Targeting, Leaving Millions in Limbo

(Lanka-e-News -07.Aug.2023, 11.00PM) Last month, Sri Lanka’s electricity company cut power to Shanti’s home in a town near Colombo, where she lives with her sixteen-year-old son. Shanthi lost her job last year during a severe economic crisis still roiling Read more >>

Sri Lanka's Sovereignty at Risk: Concerns Over Controversial Connectivity Deals with India..!

-Shantha Jayarathne

(Lanka-e-News - 04.Aug.2023,7.00PM) In a recent meeting on July 21, 2023, between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe, discussions centered on enhancing connectivity between the two nations. However, these a Read more >>

Unraveling the Inflation Illusion: Staying Informed Amidst Presidential Rhetoric

-By Shantha Jayarathne

(Lanka-e-News - 02.Aug.2023, 11.00PM) As citizens of Sri Lanka, we find ourselves facing challenging economic times, with the recent economic contraction of -11.5% in the first quarter of 2023, according to recent Mid-Year Fiscal Report by the Ministry Read more >>

Sri Lanka’s Road to Recovery: A call for Progressive Leadership

-By Shantha Jayarathne

(Lanka-e-News -31.July.2023, 11.00PM) In the wake of a devastating economic collapse, Sri Lanka found itself in the midst of an unprecedented crisis, leaving its citizens grappling with despair and uncertainty. Long fuel queues, bare shelves in food store Read more >>

SRI LANKA: Is contempt of court unlike any other crime?

-By Basil Fernando

(Lanka-e-News -29.July.2023, 11.25PM) The purpose of the proposed Bill on the Contempt of Court is to criminalise the acts which may be considered to constitute the offence of contempt of court and to punish it. Clearly, this proposed Bill is meant to cr Read more >>

Does the proposed contempt of court Bill amount to 23rd amendment to the constitution?

-By Basil Fernando

(Lanka-e-News -28.July.2023, 8.10PM) The draft Bill entitled 'Contempt of Court, Tribunal or Institutions', has been included in the parliament's order paper and the issue of the constitutionality of this Bill will now be subjected to debate.... Read more >>

Nandalal Weerasingha - the local Nero who fiddled while the country burns..!

-S. Piyawardhana's article translated by Ananda

(Lanka-e-News -12.July.2023, 10.00PM) The current Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasingha is the Governor appointed by Gotabaya Rajapaksha, the deposed former president of Sri Lanka. Nandalal recently had a long media discussion with Amal Jayasingha of Read more >>

The Perils of 'Familycracy': Sri Lanka's Downfall and the Rajapaksa Dynasty

-By Shantha Jayarathne -Former Senior Consultant (SLIDA)

(Lanka-e-News - 10.July.2023, 6.10 PM) Sri Lanka, once hailed as the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean," now stands as a failed state in South Asia. The reasons for this downfall have been debated by commentators, with some attributing it to external forces like Read more >>

Sri Lankan Government's DDR Plan Deals Crushing Blow to Pension Funds of Workers

-By Shantha Jayarathne -Former Senior Consultant(SLIDA)

(Lanka-e-News - 07.July.2023, 6.15PM) On Saturday, the Sri Lanka parliament approved President Ranil Wickremesinghe's domestic debt restructuring/optimization (DDR) plan, delivering a devastating blow to the pension funds of millions of workers, primarily Read more >>

Sri Lanka's Debt Restructuring: Fairness at Stake and an Uncertain Future

-By Shantha Jayarathne -Former Senior Consultant(SLIDA)

(Lanka-e-News -03.July.2023, 10.00 PM) In a dramatic turn of events, Sri Lanka's Central Bank and Finance Ministry have finally unveiled their long-awaited plan for domestic debt restructuring-vital step in achieving debt sustainability as demanded by the Read more >>

The food crisis in Sri Lanka: Why we must act now..!

-By Pramod Perera

(Lanka-e-News -01.June.2023, 4.40PM) Sri Lanka is passing one of the worst economic crises it has ever seen since independence. Some people say it is as same as 1991 in India. Forex reserves for just three weeks of imports, external debt 23% of GDP, econo Read more >>

Against the theft of Sri Lanka's energy rights..!

(Lanka-e-News -11.May.2023, 11.30PM) The following press release outlines the complaint lodged with the Public Utilities Commission and the Criminal Investigation Department regarding the future energy production in Sri Lanka, domestic energy security, th Read more >>

Rathmalana Air Force base is shared with India..! Bridge connecting India to Sri Lanka will start in November..!

-A staff member writes

(Lanka-e-News - 07.May.2023, 5.45 pm) It is reported to Lanka E News that the government is working to share Rathmalana Air Force Base, which is one of the six main air force bases in Sri Lanka, with the Indian Air Force. This has been proposed by India a Read more >>

Force the government to withdraw the cruel and inhuman Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) immediately..! With hundreds of signatures, a petition to the diplomatic missions in Colombo..!

(Lanka-e-News -12.April.2013, 9.45PM) A petition has been submitted to the Colombo diplomatic missions to force the Sri Lankan government to immediately withdraw the proposed Sri Lanka Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). Below is the complete petition sent by more Read more >>

CLA, CMJA, and CLEA joint Statement concerning the Independence of the Judiciary in Sri Lanka.!

(Lanka-e-News -07.April.2023, 8.45PM) The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA), the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association (CMJA) and the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) are very concerned about the Government of Sri Lanka’s r Read more >>

IMF Loan Risks Eroding Rights..! Ensure Fair Taxes, Accountability for Corruption..!

By Human Rights Watch

(Lanka-e-News -01.April.2023, 8.00PM) The government of Sri Lanka should ensure that policies to enhance revenues do not further erode economic and social rights and that anti-corruption reforms provide accountability, Human Rights Watch said today. On Ma Read more >>

IMF Executive Board Approves US$3 Billion Under the New Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement for Sri Lanka

(Lanka-e-News - 21.March.2023, 3.30PM) ⋆ The IMF Board approved a 48-month extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of SDR 2.286 billion (about US$3 billion) to support Sri Lanka’s economic policies and reforms.... Read more >>

Police forcibly entered the University premises, the death of one person police was attacked within the university premises

-FUTA condemns state violence against protesting students

(Lanka-e-News - 09.March.2023, 6.10PM) The illegitimate government led by Ranil Wickremasinghe continues to resort to State violence in suppressing peaceful protests with impunity. On 08 March the State used brutal police force to disperse a peaceful prot Read more >>

Authorities must exercise restraint in use of force and facilitate the right to peaceful assembly - Amnesty International

(Lanka-e-News - 17.Feb.2023, 11.15PM) Responding to the news that one protestor had been killed and dozens injured as a result of the unlawful use of water cannons and tear gas by the police in Colombo in Sri Lanka on Sunday, Harindrini Corea, Regional R Read more >>

Boycott of the GCE (A/L) Examination, 2023 Evaluation..! -FUTA

(Lanka-e-News - 23.Jan.2023, 8.25PM) The Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA, has long remained the conscience of this nation in relation to the education and higher education sectors, while taking a broad leadership role in fearlessly c Read more >>

The Story of RIOCOCO (Video)

(Lanka-e-News - 17.Jan.2023, 10.15PM) A documentary program about a Sri Lankan business that conquered the world despite the country's bankruptcy Read more >>

Sri Lanka: Crisis of Rights, Accountability..! New Administration Fails to Reverse Damaging Policies of Its Predecessor..!

-Human Rights Watch

(Lanka-e-News -15.Jan.2023, 11.10 pm) The change of presidents of Sri Lanka in 2022 did not lead to any improvement in the country’s human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today(12) in its World Report 2023. During 2022, thousands of Sri Lankans too Read more >>

Secrets revealed due to eunuch service extension given to “Fair and Lovely” army commander..! Gota's wonderful assurance to Kamal Gune..! National security is in danger..!

-By LeN defense correspondent

(Lanka-e-News - 24.Dec.2022, 2.00 am) Presidentman Ranil Rajapaksa, who was elected by one hundred and thirty-four votes, has given a one-year service extension to the "fair and lovely" Vikum Liyanage, who appears as the current Army Commander. The relate Read more >>

"I am not bound to carry out your illegal orders..!" - SSP says to Police Minister and leaves the meeting..!

-LeN defense correspondent writes

(Lanka-eNews - 18.Nov.2022, 5.30 pm) It is happy as well as rare news that a Senior Superintendent of Police said to the face of Police Minister Tiran Alles that he is not bound to implement illegal orders, and then left a meeting of the Minister of Polic Read more >>

Need to Restrain the Power of Shadow Finance..!

-By Jayasri Priyalal

(Lanka-e-News -08.Nov.2022, 11.30PM) Charles Ponzi left his name, creating a legacy for one of the most common financial frauds repeated throughout history. Human weakness of greed has been tapped and trapped by tricksters promising extraordinary returns Read more >>

Coimbatore Bomb Blast- A Red Alert to Sri Lankan Authorities Too..!

-Council of Ex-Muslims of Sri Lanka

(Lanka-e-News -30.Oct.2022, 6.45PM) October 23rd 2022 a car bomb blasted at the early hours in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Initial investigation by Tamil Nadu police found it to be a Jihadist terrorist activity. Following further investigation and arre Read more >>

Sri Lanka: Draft ‘Rehabilitation’ Law Would Spur Abuse..! Proposes Detention Without Judicial Review at Military-Run Centers

-Human Rights Watch

(Lanka-e-News -17.Oct.2022, 11.30PM) The Sri Lankan government should withdraw a draft law that would give the authorities broad powers to detain people in military-run “rehabilitation” centers, placing them at great risk of abuse, Human Rights Watch said Read more >>

President, Police Minister, and Defense Secretary of Sri Lanka support drug crimes for money..?

-A reporter of LeN Internal Information Service writes

(Lanka-e-News - 10.Oct.2022, 2.55 pm) Currently, the main smuggler of heroin to Sri Lanka is the underworld leader "Nandun Chinthana Wickramaratna" who is also known as "Herath Disanayakage Roshan Isanka" and nicknamed ‘Harak Kata’ (cow's mouth). Although Read more >>

Sri Lanka: Human rights compliant recovery measures critical to stop spiraling hunger and poverty

-Amnesty International

(Lanka-e-News -04.Oct.2022, 7.30PM) The Sri Lankan authorities and the international community must fully incorporate human rights into their responses to the country’s economic crisis, Amnesty International said in a new report today, as people in the co Read more >>

Sri Lanka: Revoke Sweeping New Order to Restrict Protest - Misuse of Official Secrets Act Latest Measure to Suppress Dissent

-Human Rights Watch

(Lanka-e-News -28.Sep.2022, 11.00 PM) The Sri Lankan government should reverse a new regulation that unlawfully restricts protests in large areas of the capital, Colombo, Human Rights Watch said today. On September 24, 2022, a day after the measure was is Read more >>

End Casino Capitalism: Sri Lanka to join the Global Minimum Tax Agreement

-By Jayasri Priyalal

(Lanka-e-News -03.Sep.2022, 11.00PM) The unrestrained neo-liberal policies that catalyzed the globalization process finally applied breaks with the 2007 financial crisis that emerged in Europe and North America. Deregulations and liberalization in interco Read more >>

Not Repression, only the Democratic Reforms will end the people's struggle in Sri Lanka -AAGGSL

(Lanka-e-News -02.Sep.2022, 6.50AM) A just and spontaneous people’s struggle in Sri Lanka for socio-economic rights, accountability, and democratic and political reforms has met with severe repressive measures under the notorious Prevention of Terrorism A Read more >>

Sri Lanka: End Use of Terrorism Law Against Protesters...! Respect for Rights, Accountability Key to Addressing Economic Crisis

-Human Rights Watch

(Lanka-e-News -31.Aug.2022, 12.15PM) Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe should immediately end the use of draconian counterterrorism laws to target peaceful protesters and release those in custody, Human Rights Watch said today (31). The authoriti Read more >>

Ranil imprisons students using PTA despite strong international opposition..? Terrible conspiracy against the people revealed.

-A report from LeN Internal Information Service

(Lanka-e-News -22.Aug.2022, 11.30PM) Sri Lanka's insane President Ranil has today signed the order to detain the three university students, namely Wasantha Mudalige, the convener of Inter University Students’ Federation, Galwewa Siridhamma Thero, the... Read more >>

Black hatmen are UNP supporters.! All-party strugglers and conspiracy to ban Peratu Gami Party is revealed..!

-Sniper writes

(Lanka-e-News -07.Aug.2022, 9.05 pm) 'Lanka e News' responsibly declares that the so-called black hat group, who made a public statement that they would leave the struggle ground, was never in the GotaGoGama (struggle ground). By not standing on the groun Read more >>

A complaint from the Ceylon Teachers Union to the European Union

(Lanka-e-News -05.Aug.2022, 10.30PM) The Ceylon Teachers Union today handed over a complaint to the Sri Lanka office of the European Union regarding the arrest and remand of Joseph Stalin, the general secretary of the Ceylon Teachers' Union.... Read more >>

Another young unidentified dead body was found on the Galleface beach today..!

(Lanka-e-News -30.July.2022, 1.00 pm) Another unidentified young dead body has been dumped on the Galleface beach today (30) . The body is wearing a wristwatch and is wearing only an undergarment. No one has been identified so far. Fort Police... Read more >>

Sri Lanka- Civil Society standing on attacks and reprisals against peaceful protesters

(Lanka-e-News -29.July.2022, 4.30PM) We, the undersigned individuals and organizations strongly condemn the ongoing attacks including violence, false labeling and legal reprisals against unarmed peaceful protesters by the Sri Lankan government. We call.. Read more >>

A record from the Navy..! Due to frustration, 9 sailors left their ship and ran away..!

-A Revelation by Good Sailor

(Lanka-e-News - 25 July 2022, 8.00 pm) It is reported that 9 other officer sailors have escaped from the Sri Lanka Navy where they have been serving for many years and the ship where they were now on duty. This has been written in Navy history as the one Read more >>

A perversion of country's democracy..! Ruling party makes Ranil president to protect corrupt Rajapaksas..!

-A staff reporter writes

(Lanka-e-News -20.July.2022, 4.30PM) Confirming that Sri Lanka has no Democracy but Kakistocracy (government by stinking politicians), Ranil Wickramasingha, who guaranteed the security of the Rajapaksa corruptors, became the 8th Executive... Read more >>

SRI LANKA: Emergency regulations must not lead to further crackdown on human rights..!

-Amnesty International

(Lanka-e-News -20.July.2022, 5.30PM) Responding to the government notification for emergency regulations released online as a new President was voted to power today in Sri Lanka, Thyagi Ruwanpathirana, Amnesty International’s South Asia Regional... Read more >>

Speaker received Gota's resignation...! In the end, Sharia law resolved the fate of anti-Muslim Gotabaya...!

- A LeN staff reporter writes

(Lanka-e-News 14.July.2022, 7.35 PM) While ruling the country, he made it a mess; even when fleeing the country, he plunged it into chaos by not formally resigning. Once he was an American citizen, but America did not allow him to enter into their country Read more >>

This is the spot where Gotabaya, Mahinda, Basil and his family are hiding...! Why does Gotabaya take 4 days to resign...?

- A revelation by LeN Internal Intelligence Service

(Lanka-e-News 10.July.2022, 7.15PM) Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the most crooked and murderous Medamulana Rajapaksa family regime was finally ousted by the new People's Sovereignty of the Sri Lankan People's Struggle on 9 July. But he has not yet... Read more >>

Kanchana the “Babbler II” doesn’t know where the fuel is..!

-Ananda translated an editorial in දිවයින into English

(Lanka-e-News -02.July.2022, 3.30PM) Steve Hankey, a professor at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, is an economist with a special interest in inflation. Hanke's inflation index is now well known around the world. According to his observatio Read more >>

Why is Sri Lanka below the breadline...? Another true reason nobody talks about...!

-Sunanda Deshapriya reveals

(Lanka-e-News -30.June.2022, 11.30PM) The people of the South were able to see a shadow of militarization when Gotabaya Rajapaksa imposed emergency rule and curfew, and called the army to Colombo to face the "GotaGoHome" youth protests.... Read more >>

Forty-day “Zheng He Operation” begins..!

- Asaba reveals

(Lanka-e-News -18.June.2022, 5.20PM) Various nations have been at war for centuries to gain trade domination in the Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka was in the midst of all these conflicts, and the compensation she paid throughout history... Read more >>

Rajapaksha family has gone to buy another island in the Maldives despite lack of dollars in the country...! Dealer returned to Sri Lanka Sunday...! Here is photo evidence...!

-Chandrapradeep reveals

(Lanka-e-News -14.June.2022, 2.30PM) The treacherous Rajapaksa family, who has been robbing the country of its national wealth for decades, are now planning to buy another new island from the Maldives, even though the country does not have a single dollar Read more >>

A historic case is filed against the Rajapaksas and their cabinet, Central Bank fraudsters, for deliberately bankrupting the country..!

(Lanka-e-News-03.June.2022, 7.15 pm) A fundamental rights case has been filed today against former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, former finance minister Ali Sabri and 26 former cabinet ministers have been accu Read more >>

Murderer Kudu Duminda arrested by CID at hospital..!

(Lanka-e-news-02.June.2022, 4.30 PM) The murderer convicted of four murders, Kudu Duminda, was arrested by the CID at 3.30 pm yesterday (01) while he was a resident at the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital, according to a Supreme Court order.... Read more >>

FUTA condemns repressive measures against social activists and political opponents aftermath May 09 incidents

(Lanka-e-News -27.May.2022, 10.40AM) The Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) wishes to raise serious concerns about various repressive measures the government has initiated against social activists involved in the ongoing peoples struggle Read more >>

India Handing over of humanitarian assistance worth more than SLR 2 billion

(Lanka-e-News -22.May.2022, 6.35PM) High Commissioner Gopal Baglay handed over a large consignment of humanitarian assistance worth more than SLR 2 billion from the people of India to Hon’ble Foreign Minister Prof. G.L Peiris in Colombo on 22 May 2022. Th Read more >>

IGP reveals devastation done to Police by Rajapakshas' herd in a year..! More than 300 policemen are drug addicts..!

(Lanka-e-News -21.May.2022, 10.30 AM) IGP C. D. Wickramaratna has revealed in writing with proofs the devastation inflicted on the Sri Lanka Police in the first 11 months of 2021 alone, after the President and his brother Mara, the ignorant scoundrels... Read more >>

Statement by the FUTA on the Appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister.!

(Lanka-e-News -17.May.2022, 6.45PM) As the national trade union representing university academics, which has stood firmly behind the ongoing people’s struggle for democracy and economic stability, the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) Read more >>

2000 organizations ready for island wide hartal..! If Gota and the government do not go, the continuous battle will start from 11th.. !!

(Lanka-e-News-2022.May.04, 7.25 pm) The trade unions and civil society organizations are all set to launch a 24-hour hartal day after tomorrow (May 06) demanding the government, including the President, to step down. If the government does not respond... Read more >>

A letter from Afar: 1971 April Rebel to the 2022 April rebellion.!

-Sunanda Deshapriya writes

(Lanka-e-News -30.April.2022, 10.15PM) It was still raining heavily. We only had massive trees for shelter. That was 51 years ago in the month of April in the year 1971. We were in the mountainous jungle between Walapane and Kivulakele, adjoining the Bad Read more >>

Rajapaksas start firing on peaceful protests..! The first victim was in Rambukkana..! One dies, 2 seriously injured, 24 hospitalized

(Lanka-e-News -19.April.2022, 9.00PM) The Rajapaksa government yesterday appointed a new cabinet and appointed Kanchana Wijesekera, the son of a notorious assassin, as energy minister. His first task was to raise fuel prices to an unaffordable level. The Read more >>

Former Finance Minister of Sri Lanka fled the country..!

-By a staff reporter

(Lanka-e-News - 16.April.2022, 5.45PM About a few of hours ago, LankaeNews revealed the plan of former Sri Lanka Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to flee the country tomorrow (17). It has now been confirmed to LankaeNews that Basil had fled the country so Read more >>

Ali Sabri - a Sri Lankan bastard still unknown to the international community...!

- An open letter from Hyder Ali to Ali Sabri

(Lanka-e-News -12.april.2022, 11.00PM) People in this country think of Ali Sabry as a great legal scholar, intellectual, and gentlemen. But people may not know your cruel face behind you. You are primarily responsible for all the problems facing this co Read more >>

Rats fleeing a sinking ship...!

(Lanka-e-News -08.April.2022, 9.00AM) It is reported that the rats in the wrecked Rajapaksas’ vessel have started fleeing one by one. While the innocent people of the country are being starved, the mouths of the Rajapaksa bastards who robbed the people o Read more >>

Temporary Closure of Sri Lanka’s Another Three Embassies

(Lanka-e-News -06.April.2022, 5.20 AM) Following a recent decision by the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has initiated action to temporarily close down the Sri Lanka Embassy in Oslo, the Kingdom of Norway; the Sri Lanka Embassy in.. Read more >>

All social networks and messages have been blocked all over Sri Lanka since last night..!

-NetBlocks observers say

(Lanka-e-News- 03.April.2022, 5.45AM) NetBlocks metrics confirm the restriction of multiple social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Viber and YouTube in Sri Lanka after midnight on Sunday 3 April 2022 local timeReal-time network data Read more >>

Buses in Mirihana set on fire by Army Intelligence

-Writes a Special Security Correspondent

(Lanka-e-news -03.April.2022, 6.30 am) Senior security observers say that it is confirmed that the vehicles were set on fire by the Army Intelligence after the troops arrived and disembarked during the Mirihana mass struggle. From those videos it is clea Read more >>

USA investigation leads to guilty plea from former Sri Lankan Ambassador for defrauding foreign government

(Lanka-e-News- 02.April.2022, 9.25AM) An investigation led by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Washington, D.C. field office led to a guilty plea by a former Sri Lankan ambassador to the U.S. today fo Read more >>

To overcome Challenges, Opportunities, Weaknesses and Threats in Battle of “GotaGoHome”...!

-Sunanda Deshapriya suggests

(Lanka-e-News-25.March.2022, 9.25 pm) Gota go home! (#GotaGoHome) – it is the day-by-day increasing public outcry, and such thing was not happened against any of previous executive president in the country. Can this noise and expectation turn to be a rea Read more >>

Tamil Diaspora allows billions of dollars in funding for North and East..!

(Lanka-e-News-25.March.2022, 8.35 pm) President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has agreed to set up a multi-billion dollar fund from the Tamil Diaspora for development in the North and East. The fund is not for repaying loans in Sri Lanka but only for development ac Read more >>

Grandfather who was in a queue for kerosene with hunger and rain has fallen dead..! (Video)

(Lanka-e-News- 19.March.2022, 10.45 pm) A 71-year-old grandfather who was starving, drenched in rain and waiting in line for a long time in a kerosene queue has died. The deceased has been identified as a resident of Wattegama, Udathalawinna, Kandy. After Read more >>

Will Sri Lanka officially declare 'bankrupt' in 3 days..?

(Lanka-e-News-18.March.2022, 3.25 am) According to China's foreign financial sector information, it is reported that Sri Lanka has not been able to repay the foreign loan due to China. Sri Lanka owes $ 53.596 million to China Development Bank, $ 17 millio Read more >>

The Government Remains Split; No Solution in Sight for Forex Shortage

-Dr. Harsha de Silva

(Lanka-e-News-18.March.2022, 4.20 am) Earlier this week, a senior IMF official visited Sri Lanka to brief the government on the IMF’s assessment of the crisis-hit economy. The IMF Asia and Pacific Department Director Changyong Rhee held meetings with the Read more >>

India was near bankruptcy thirty years ago, but how it became a world economic power?

-Anubhawananda explains..

(Lanka-e-News -16.March.2022, 11.30PM) Wimal Weerawansa is one of the main figures who is directly responsible for the unfortunate situation of Sri Lanka today. During the last three decades of his involvement in politics, he contributed to the political, Read more >>

Pujith, Hemasiri freed...! Easter victims to be found guilty...! No solution other than going international...!

- Russell Hewawasam writes

(Lanka-e-News- 21.Feb.2021, 11.30AM) Special court today gave a good example to prove that the Easter Sunday massacre case was merely a ploy by Gota’s government to kill time. Colombo Special High Court Friday (February 18) acquitted former IGP Pujith Jay Read more >>

Hindu Nationalism Could Breakup India but Ultimately People Will Resist Modi's Fascism -Arundhati Roy (Video)

(Lanka-e-News -18.Feb.2021, 9.300PM) In a comprehensive interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Arundhati Roy says the present situation in the country is “extremely depressing” but she believes there are signs that the Indian people are climbing out of Read more >>

Evil government steals dollars from people’s dollar accounts...! Here is the evidence...!

(Lanka-e-News -14.Feb.2022, 10.40AM) It has been reported to LankaeNews that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and the trade banks are jointly stealing the dollars sent to Sri Lanka by Sri Lankans who are working very hard abroad. The victim of this fraud is Read more >>

Pressure Mounts on Sri Lanka to Reform Abusive Law..! Cosmetic Edits Insufficient; EU Trade Benefits Hang in Balance..!

-By Claudio Francavilla

(Lanka-e-News -13.Feb.2022, 10.20AM) Sri Lanka’s government has recently unveiled a bill to amend its abusive Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), the Foreign Ministry hailing it as a “most progressive step” towards bringing the notorious law in line with “ Read more >>

Large Indian support to Sri Lanka

(Lanka-e-News - 16.Jan.2022, 4.45PM) Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar held a virtual meeting with Finance Minister of Sri Lanka H.E. Basil Rajapaksa on January 15, 2022. This interaction follows Mr. Rajapaksa’s visit to India last month. Read more >>

A man borrows two papayas to feed his starving children..!

-By Basil Fernando

(Lanka-e-News -07.Jan.2021, 9.50pm) A man of about 50 years, walks to a vegetable shop in Savithripura, Anuradhapura, and in front of a few others who also have come to buy some vegetables, he asked the small shop owner whether he could borrow two raw pap Read more >>

Tamils asking Biden to restore the Tamils’ sovereignty from Chinese invasion in the north-east, Sri Lanka

(Lanka-e-News -23.Dec.2021, 6.45PM) Tamils for Biden have sent a letter to U.S. President Joseph Biden to ask him to restore the sovereignty of the Tamil homeland, in order to help prevent the Chinese from their incursion into north-east, Sri Lanka under Read more >>

GTF calls for deep reflection of the messages conveyed by the US and urges for meaningful course correction in Sri Lanka

(Lanka-e-News - 17.Dec.2021, 8.45PM) Sri Lanka is in the midst of many crises. The trajectory it is heading – increasing authoritarianism and militarised governance; further marginalisation of Tamil, Muslim, Hindu, and Christian communities; and the... Read more >>

Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission downgraded by UN body..! (GANHRI)

(Lanka-e-News - 14.Dec.2021, 11.45PM) Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has been downgraded to B status by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), a United Nations Institute of National Human Rights Organisation... Read more >>

Stop exploiting Sri Lankan expat/immigrant community by imposing artificial exchange rates- INSD

(Lanka-e-News- 09.Dec.2021, 7.40 pm) The International Network for Sri Lanka’s Democracy (INSD) calls on the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to stop exploiting the expatriate working community by maintaining state-controlled, unrealistic pseudo-exchange ra Read more >>

Sri Lanka is taking a turn for the worse: The international community needs to recalibrate its engagement strategies -GTF

(Lanka-e-News -02.Nov.2021, 10.15AM) The recent appointment by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of a Presidential Task Force for ‘One Country, One Law’ under the leadership of Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero is a deeply worrying development.... Read more >>

SRI LANKA: Legal and Societal Consequences Arising from the Failure to Deal with Enforced Disappearances

-A statement on enforced disappearances by Asian Human Rights Commission

(Lanka-e-News -28.Oct.2021, 3.00PM) Every year, on the 27th of October, there is a commemoration of the persons who have been made to disappear by force. The day is called ‘the day of commemoration of the enforced disappearances. On this day, many issues. Read more >>

Beware..! The Third Readymade Constitution is Coming Soon..! -AHRC

(Lanka-e-News -23.Oct.2021, 1.10 PM) Professor G.L. Peiris has announced that the drafting process of the Constitution is over and that the text is ready. He said that it was to be presented to the Parliament in January next year. President Gotabaya Rajap Read more >>

Here is the expert analysis of the 'Nano Nitrogen Scam' by the Action Committee for Agriculture of FUTA..!

-FUTA Secretary Dr. Rohan Laksiri writes

(Lanka-e-News -23.Oct.2021, 3.15 PM) The government of Sri Lanka recently imported liquid Nano-Nitrogen fertilizer from Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO). From an initial order of 3.1 million liters, 45,000 liters... Read more >>

Sri Lanka faces substantial credit risk, default 'a real possibility': Fitch Ratings -PTI

(Lanka-e-News -19.Oct.2021, 10.30PM) The beleaguered Sri Lankan economy faces substantial credit risk, with default 'a real possibility', Singapore-based Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday. The rating agency also revised Sri Lanka's growth forecast... Read more >>

The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka says this regarding the Indian Foreign Secretary's visit to Sri Lanka

(Lanka-e-News -07.Oct.2021, 2.30PM) Foreign Secretary of India, Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla visited Sri Lanka for a 3-day Official visit from 02-05 October 2021. This was his first visit to Sri Lanka in his current capacity. During the visit, Foreign Secr Read more >>

Why did FaceBook, Instergram and Whatsapp go down?

(Lanka-e-News -05.Oct.2021, 5.15AM) Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram have all gone down in a major outage. Such problems – especially after they have been ongoing for hours – likely indicates there is a major problem... Read more >>

Mangala Samaraweera: The Utopian Expedient..!

-By Daniel Alphonsus

(Lanka-e-News -29.Sep.2021, 11.45PM) “This is not a Sinhala-Buddhist country”. This war cry, triumphantly proclaimed in the deepest South after the Easter Bombings, were probably Mangala’s most famous words. And rightly so, for they captured the... Read more >>

Youth Dialogue on the Use of Information Act for Justice and Fairness

(Lanka-e-News -29.Sep.2021, 11.00PM) Marking the completion of five years of the first Right to Information Commission of Sri Lanka and in line with international information day (28th September 2021) an awareness program was held in the Central province. Read more >>

Sri Lanka: UN Rights Council Scrutiny Crucial; Member States Should Disregard Government’s Baseless Claims

-Human Rights Watch

(Lanka-e-News -10.Sep.2021, 8.45PM) The United Nations Human Rights Council should maintain its rigorous scrutiny of Sri Lanka’s worsening human rights situation and press for genuine improvements, Human Rights Watch said today(10). At the Council’s upcom Read more >>

INSD urge all democracy-loving Sri Lankans to call for the withdrawal of the declaration of a state of emergency in Sri Lanka.

(Lanka-e-News -03.Aug.2021, 11.30AM) The International Network for Sri Lanka’s Democracy (INSD) vehemently condemns the action of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 30 August 2021 to declare a state of emergency in Sri Lanka when there is clearly... Read more >>

Dollar crisis is getting worse

(Lanka-e-News -03.Aug.2021, 10.45AM) The state Minister of Finance and the Secretary to the finance Ministry are out boasting about the increase of Dollar reserves from 2.8 billion at the end of July to 4 billion. This was solely due to Read more >>

FUTA condemns the continued detention of education sector activists

(Lanka-e-News -30.Aug.2021, 9.30PM) The Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA) condemns the continued detention of several student leaders and trade union activists since the first week of August. The only reason these activists are... Read more >>

Sri Lanka: Journalist ordered to 90-day detention for alleged intelligence breach -IFJ

-International Federation of journalists

(Lanka-e-News -26.Aug.2021, 9.05PM) Keerthi Ratnayake, a journalist affiliated with Lanka e News, was arrested on August 14 by Sri Lanka’s government and accused of providing intelligence information to the Indian embassy in Sri Lanka. He was charged.. Read more >>

LeN journalist Keerthi was detained in CID custody for 90 days.! We are not ready to hear that Keerthi was shot dead by a terrorist group while he was taken to show the hiding terrorists..!​

-Lanka e News Editorial Board

(Lanka-e-News -20.Aug.2021, 11.00PM) Keerthi Ratnayake, a defense and political analyst at Lanka e News, has been arrested by the Rajapakse family government following personal warning information given on loyalty to the Indian embassy in... Read more >>

"Reveal the country the reasons that led to the arrest of Lanka e news journalist Keerthi Ratnayake. Ensure his safety''

-Deshabandhu Karu Jayasuriya

(Lanka-e-News -19.Aug.2021, 11.00PM) We are paying close attention to the arrest of Lanka e News journalist Keerthi Ratnayake by the police. According to his lawyers, the police have not specified anything that led to the arrest of Keerthi Ratnayake. But Read more >>

Is Lanka e News journalist Keerthi Rathnayake taken to Kandy to kill him on the way? Save his life..!

-The Bar Association of Sri Lanka writes to the IGP and the Human Rights Commission

(Lanka-e-News -15.Aug.2021, 9.30PM) Attorney-at-Law Upul Kumarapperuma, has written a letter to the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, Salliya Peirisyesterday that the infamous CCD who took Keerthi Rathnayake Lanka e News journalist... Read more >>

Lanka e News defense and political analyst journalist Keerthi Ratnayake arrested by the infamous notorious CCD

(Lanka-e-News -14.Aug.2021, 1.40PM) Journalist Keerthi Ratnayake, a defense and political analyst at Lanka e News, has been arrested by the Colombo Criminal Investigation Division (CCD) It is reported that the suspects who raided his residence are current Read more >>

There is no such treason ..! Chinese acquire 13 acres in the heart of the country's port, with a logistics business in the port that earns dollars to the country..!

Chandrapradeep expose

(Lanka-e-News -13.Aug.2021, 11.45PM) The traitorous Rajapaksa family government has decided to give one of the main sources of income for the Port of Colombo, with 13 acres of valuable land in the Port of Colombo for a marginal amount to the Chinese... Read more >>

How did the hospital system collapse? 'Corona subterfuge' and the ground reality

-Chandrapradeep exposes

(Lanka-e-News -09.Aug.2021, 11.00PM) With the outbreak of the Delta variant of the Covid virus, the number of patients has become so high that national hospitals are no longer able to cope. The government also introduced a new hotline number.. Read more >>

Sri Lanka: Police Abuses Surge Amid Covid-19 Pandemic..! Suspend International Assistance to Abusive Law Enforcement Agencies..!

-Human Rights Watch from New York

(Lanka-e-News -06.Aug.2021, 7.40PM) Sri Lanka’s police are increasingly killing and abusing people under cover of the Covid-19 pandemic measures and an anti-drug campaign, Human Rights Watch said today. Recent police abuses... Read more >>

SLPP: One Year of Non-Governance..!

By Basil Fernando

(Lanka-e-News -05.Aug.2021, 3.45PM) As the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) is reaching its first year of governance, which some may call non governance, the question that may be in the minds of many is where is it going? That is... Read more >>

Duty free vehicle license bribe before the election..! A wonderful work of the brainless Finance Minister, when there is a shortage of dollars..!

(Lanka-e-News -03.Aug.2021, 5.10AM) The most uneducated finance minister in the world and the brainless man is preparing to issue duty free vehicle import licenses to 1000 government officials and 80 shameless monks ahead of the upcoming... Read more >>

New hope for the country..! Court intervenes to end Padeniya’s dirty work..!

-Keerthi Ratnayake writes.

(Lanka-e-News -28.July.2021, 8.00PM) A court has ruled that GMOA chairman Anuruddha Padenuya and his team, who have been in a dictatorial frenzy for more than ten years, are no longer fit to hold office in the Government Medical Officers Association. The Read more >>

A Gas shortage is imminent..! Terrible Crisis..!

Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon writes

(Lanka-e-News -23.July.2021,7.25 p.m.) The gas crisis is as follows in simple English. Sri Lanka needs dollars to import gas. If Laugh continues to supply gas to consumers, it will have to import $7 million worth... Read more >>

Fort young thero (Kotuwe Podi Nama) and fake fact-checkers..!

-An announcement by the Editorial Board of LeN

(Lanka-e-News -16.July.2021, 12.40 PM) A website called Sri Lanka Fact Crescendo a propaganda tool of the Podujana Peramuna and Iraj’s website (Iraj who wears dresses) publishing distorted news through social media networks. This has been started after.. Read more >>

The young monk of Fort (Kotuwe Podi Nama) cries out to Gota to save him..! Search for those who raped 15 year old girl has been stopped immediately..!

-LeN Internal Information Service Report

(Lanka-e-News - 15.July. 2021, 5.10 p.m) Searching of accuses who have been involved in 15 years old girl’s case has stopped immediately. This decision has taken by Senior IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, a senior police officer revealed to LeN Internal.. Read more >>

Suppression of protests wholly illegal..! Release all detained protesters immediately..! (Photos)

-Says Trade Unions Collective

(Lanka-e-News -11.July.2021, 2.45PM) For the second time too at the Court’s premises itself, police rounded up protesters who were released on bail by the Magistrate and took them away for forced quarantine. Those so taken away were protesters who... Read more >>

No dollars sent to LC..! A ship that brought oil to Sri Lanka was stranded in the Colombo seas for 6 days without unloading oil..! A Fuel ration system is coming up soon..!

(Lanka-e-News -11.July.2021, 4.00PM) A ship carrying fuel to Sri Lanka has been stranded outside the Port of Colombo for 6 days without unloading, due to a shortage of dollar reserves created by the uncivilized family government in... Read more >>

Sri Lanka's century of humiliation..!

By Mangala Samaraweera

(Lanka-e-News- 02.July.2021, 2.15PM) “Reflect continually on the fact that all things as happen now, also happened before, and on the fact that they will happen again. The whole dramas and the comparable scenes…from history of the past….All these... Read more >>

Sri Lanka: Pardons a Meager Response to Abusive Law..! -Human Rights Watch

Repeal Prevention of Terrorism Act to Meet International Commitments

(Lanka-e-News -29.June.2021, 11.50AM)The Sri Lankan government’s pardon of 16 prisoners convicted under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), however welcome, does not address the urgent need to repeal the draconian law, Human Rights Watch said.. Read more >>

Conspiracy to cover up 52 kg of heroin raid caught with SI..! The real owners of the drug stocks are Raththaran Rohitha and Deshabandu? War within police starts

An exposure by Keerthi Rathnayake

(Lanka-e-News -27.June.2021, 12.05PM) On June 18th a sub-inspector was arrested with 52 kilograms of heroin. I police history 52 kg heroin raid is a small quantity. Loads of powder containers have been seized in the past. But at no time did the senior DIG Read more >>

A non-political review of Political Roles of Ranil Wickremesinghe

By JR Mallawarachchige (Part 1)

(Lanka-e-News -26.June.2021, 8.10AM) Ranil Wickremesinghe was a 28-year-old young handsome man when he first appeared in politics from the Biyagama electorate in the parliamentary elections in 1977. Today, he has completed 72 years of his life... Read more >>

Statement by the executive committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka on the pardon given by His Excellency the President to Duminda Silva

(Lanka-e-News -25.June.2021, 6.45PM) The attention of the Executive Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has been drawn to a pardon given by His Excellency the President to Duminda Silva, a prisoner who was convicted for... Read more >>

Shani who was remanded on false charges released on bail and the misconduct of the Attorney General

By Chandrapradeep

(Lanka-e-News -19.June.2021, 11.45PM) Sri Lanka's most outstanding detective and the former director of CID Shani Abeysekere known as Sherlock Holmes, who was arrested and kept in remand custody on false charges... Read more >>

People's rights and freedoms continue to be suppressed with the escalating epidemic..! The rule of law is being broken..!

-54 organizations, 72 intellectuals are calling

(Lanka-e-News -12.June.2021, 11.30PM) We, the undersigned organizations, trade unions, networks and individuals from across Sri Lanka express serious concern about the escalating pandemic and continuing rights violations and deterioration... Read more >>

Huge Salary Increase for Managers and CEO at Peoples' Insurance

(Lanka-e-News -08.June.2021, 11.30PM) There is discussion and a board paper is ongoing proposing millions of Rupees increase for Managers and above categories at Peoples Insurance.... Read more >>

Five million dollars stolen from Sinopharm vaccine similar to 'Mig Deal' system ..! Here is the evidence

By a Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News - 06.June.2021, 11.30PM) A fraud of five million dollars has been committed in bringing the Sinopharm vaccine to Sri Lanka. This fraud has been done through the State Pharmaceutical Corporation with the direct knowledge of... Read more >>

How three Army intelligence chiefs involved in racketeering with narcotic lords..! Soldiers who knew these secrets are to be killed..!

We are in fear of death..! The soldiers in hiding write to the Secretary of Defense and the Army Commander

(Lanka-e-News -03.June.2021, 8.00AM) Colonel Shammi Kumararatne, the then Commanding Officer of the Giritale Army Camp, who was charged by the High Court as the first respondent in the abduction and murder of... Read more >>

Distributing wedding cards at the funeral..! SJB seniors in a no-confidence motion against Sajith

-By a special correspondent

(Lanka-e-News -28.May.2021, 5.40AM) Sri Lanka is on the verge of a catastrophe in the face of the corona epidemic. Fear of death has come close to every citizen. More than 700,000 people have lost their jobs. Farmers are unable to sell... Read more >>

Sajith and Jalani infected by Corona..! both hospitalized ..! Both have knowingly carried Corona since 14th..! Is it punished according to the quarantine laws and the penal code?

(Lanka-e-News- 23.May.2021, 6.00PM) Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and his wife Jalani Premadasa have both been hospitalized with corona infections due to disregard of quarantine laws, and many of his MPs, including... Read more >>

Many clauses of the Traitor Port City Act are unconstitutional ..! Two thirds majority and a referendum is needed ..! Supreme Court strips Gota regime

(Lanka-e-News -18.May.2021, 3.00PM) Similar to the Kandyan agreement that betrayed the country, many clauses of this agreement, that the Gotabhaya Rajapaksa government betraying the country to China are unconstitutional, The Supreme Court has ruled... Read more >>

"Yeah, we'll kill those in our custody. What can you do?” Let us look at our judiciary..!

By Chandrapradeep

(Lanka-e-News- 14.May.2021, 7.05PM) As revealed by Lanka e News 12th evening, Dharmakeerthi Tharaka Perera Wijesekera alias Kosgoda Tharaka, who was in police custody last morning 13th, has been killed by police assassins.. Read more >>

Universities and higher education are going to be militarized in the name of national security..! Citizens, wake up..!

-Strict announcement from FUTA

(Lanka-e-News-07.May.2021, 4.35 PM) In the name of national security, a bill called 'Kotalawela National Defense University Bill' is to be introduced with the aim of militarizing universities and higher education. Explaining its danger,... Read more >>

A message from Dr Olivia, the Officer-In-Charge, WHO Sri Lanka (Video)

(Lanka-e-News -06.May.2021, 9.45PM) A message from Dr Olivia Nieveras, the Officer-In-Charge, WHO Sri Lanka... Read more >>

Here is the conspiracy to betray the country to China by exploiting the Corona new wave

An exposure by Keerthi Rathnayake

(Lanka-e-News -02.May.2021, 6.30PM) The Gota regime which has claimed falsehood as its religion, trying to win covid by applying deceptions is moving the country Read more >>

Chinese defense minister visit Sri Lanka, Great hero degrades the whole country before China..! Shame on you sir..!

(Lanka-e-news -28.April.2021, 6.00PM) Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Feng arrived in Sri Lanka from the Katunayake International Airport yesterday 27th. During the two-day visit of the Chinese Defense Minister, Gotabhaya's government presented... Read more >>

The Promise of Justice for Easter Sunday Massacre Is A Big Lie -AHRC

By Basil Fernando

(Lanka-e-News -27.April.2021, 8.30 PM) Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith presided over the 21st of April commemoration with the participation of other religious leaders. Talking about the issue, he has said that the problem is not just about Catholics,... Read more >>

We are horrified and outraged at the ongoing moves to arrest parliamentarians -NMSJ

(Lanka-e-News -25.April.2021, 9.35PM) ''We are horrified and outraged at the ongoing moves to arrest a parliamentarian for exercising his parliamentary privilege of speaking on the floor of the House.'' The National Movement for a Social Justice has... Read more >>

These are the masterminds of the Easter attack, the revelation made by Manusha at the parliament

On the second anniversary of the Easter attack

(Lanka-e-News -24.April.2021, 5.20PM) Manusha Nanayakkara, Member of Parliament for the Galle District of the Samagi Jana Balawege, said in Parliament yesterday 20th that it was the responsibility of all of us to find out the mastermind behind the Easter. Read more >>

Easter attack is not a religious extremism..! A disaster done to strengthen the political power of a certain group..! The cardinal says for the first time

(Lanka-e-News-19.April.2021, 6.45 PM) His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith yesterday 18th said for the first time that the series of attacks detonated on Easter Sunday was not a religious extremism but a group used... Read more >>

The Rajapaksas are the masterminds of the Rs. 77 billion worth of heroin seized by India..! Those arrested have exposed everything

By A Special Correspondent

(Lanka-e-News- 18.April.2021, 4.00PM) During a special operation launched by the South Indian security forces on March 25th three Sri Lankan fishing trollers and 19 smugglers were arrested found transporting 200 kilograms of heroin,... Read more >>

Dappula’s comic and how Azath Salley's arrest backfired Gotabaya government

By Keerthi Rathnayake

(Lanka-e-News -04.April.2021, 9.00PM) It has been two weeks since Azath Sally was arrested. The statement "We will not change the Muslim law no matter who changes it" appeared to be the immediate reason for Azath Sally's arrest. Minister of Police... Read more >>

Examinations department too is to be privatized..!

(Lanka-e-News - 31.March.2021, 11.00PM) It is reported to Lanka e News that for the first time in the history of Sri Lanka, the Department of Examinations is going to be privatized. The move taken to privatize is a highly secretive and sensitive section o Read more >>

Specialist doctors in Sri Lanka unanimously oppose 'Sinopharm' Chinese marala vaccine..!

(Lanka-e-news-March 31, 2021, 4.45 pm) The Association of Medical Specialists has strongly objected to the illegal approval of the Chinese corona vaccine 'Sinopharm', which is unsafe and ineffective. The full text of the official statement... Read more >>

A Lunatic Police Attack..!

By Basil Fernando

(Lanka-e-News- 31.March.2021, 1.00PM) A brutal attack by Police Officers caught on a video tape has gone viral on social media. It has caused expressions of public dismay about the levels of violence that Sri Lankan Police practice. The video shows how a Read more >>

Human Rights Council strengthens rights office probe into Sri Lanka’s long civil war

-United Nation's official News

(Lanka-e-News- 24.March.2021, 10.20PM) The United Nations Human Rights Council has been given a mandate to collect and preserve information and evidence of crimes related to Sri Lanka's 37-year long civil war that ended in 2009. The 47-member council on Read more >>

UNHRC Resolution: A Ray of Hope for Sri Lanka..!

By Basil Fernando

(Lanka-e-News- 24.March.2021, 9.00PM) The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution “Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka” was adopted with 22 members of the council voting in favour of the resolution, 11 members voting Read more >>

Cardinal's double acting diluted the Black Sunday protest and how Suresh Saleh and Muzammil met Saharan in Malaysia..!

An exposure by Russel Hewawasam

(Lanka-e-News -18.March.2021, 2.25PM) The Black Sunday protest held on March 7th against the current government's failure to bring justice to the perpetrators of the April 21 Easter attacks were somewhat successful. The Sri Lankan Catholic community, as.. Read more >>

Sri Lanka: ‘Religious Disharmony’ Order Threatens Minorities..! Withdraw Expansion of Notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act..! -HRW

(Lanka-e-News -17.March.2021, 4.15PM) Sri Lanka’s government should immediately withdraw an order that allows two-years of detention without trial for causing “religious, racial, or communal disharmony,” Human Rights Watch said today. The Prevention of Te Read more >>

The biggest tax fraud in South Asia or crafty'Nandaseeni' fraud..! Mahinda must resign..!

(Lanka-e-News -13-March-2021, 2.00PM) The finance ministry of the Gotabaa government which says the largest sugar tax fraud done in Asia in broad day light under the Rajapaksa government by conspiring deceiving gazettes... Read more >>

A valuable Interview with Basil Fernando on his new book Body, Mind, Soul, and Society (Video)

An Autobiographical Account by Basil Fernando

(Lanka-e-News -11.March.2021, 5.20AM) I have tried to draw from experiences of the descent into barbaric forms of violence in Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Nepal and several other countries in Asia in order develop new insights into... Read more >>

Hundreds of Soldiers vulnerable to Korona , SLAF is trying to celebrate its 70th birthday without vaccination. Here's the real story of the tragedy.!

(Lanka-e-News- 08.March.2021, 11.00AM) While the soldiers of the main Katunayake air force camp in Sri Lanka was not given the kovid vaccination, despite many kovid infected people are found island wide, the government is... Read more >>

The Easter crime conspiracy cannot be hidden by erasing letters and removing pages Where is the FBI investigation report?

By Russel Hewawasam

(Lanka-e-News- 02.March.2021, 11.00PM) The Presidential Commission appointed in November 2019 to investigate the Islamic extremist attack on Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21, concluded its work last January 27th. The commission... Read more >>

Sri Lanka: Experts dismayed by regressive steps, call for renewed UN scrutiny and efforts to ensure accountability

(Lanka-e-News -08.Feb.2021, 7.45AM) UN human rights experts* have urged the Sri Lankan authorities to stop rolling back hard fought progress made in recent years on rebuilding democratic institutions, and to press for accountability for... Read more >>

Let's win the Geneva resolution to defeat the repression..! We demand the establishment of a field office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombo..!

Anubawananda writes

(Lanka-e-News -04.Feb.2021, 11.30PM) If Mahinda Rajapaksa would have won the presidential election, the imposition of international sanctions on Sri Lanka was a necessary step. If so it was the logical end of years of Rajapaksa rule. Fortunately,... Read more >>

King Kekille has not done what this comedy commission is doing -Karu

(Lanka-e-News -04,Feb.2021, 11.30PM) Mr. Karu Jayasuriya, chairman of the National Movement for a Just Society, said that the recommendations of the Presidential Commission to Investigate Political Revenge had not been made by King Kekille and... Read more >>

Sri Lanka: Justice Under Attack -HRW

UN Human Rights Council Should Pursue Accountability

(Lanka-e-News -02.Feb.2021, 1.45PM) Sri Lanka’s government is aggressively attacking efforts to hold officials to account for past grave abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released yesterday(01). The 93-page report, “Open Wounds and... Read more >>

The President's Easter Commission which released multitude of suspects and closed its operation is outrageous..!

An exposure by Russel Hewawasam

(Lanka-e-News- 01.Feb.2021, 8.15 PM) The series of horrific suicide bombings that took place in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21st 2019, went down in history as the most serious and brutal attack happened in recent days in a country... Read more >>

Asset freezes..! Travel bans..! Universal jurisdiction.! Sri Lanka on alarming path towards recurrence of grave human rights violations - UN report

(Lanka-e-News- 29.Jan.2021, 10.30AM) A new UN report published on Wednesday (27) warns that the failure of Sri Lanka to address past violations has significantly heightened the risk of human rights violations being repeated. It highlights worrying trends Read more >>

A suspicious burnt body found inside a mosque alleged to be self immolated

(Lanka-e-News -23.Jan.2021, 11.30PM) A burnt body of a man who allegedly set himself on fire has been found at a mosque in Ratmalayaya, Mohammedia Masjid in Puttalam on 20th afternoon According to the reporter, the deceased was a 27-year-old man... Read more >>