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London, Here They Come!

by Nirmala Kannangara Thilanga Sumathipala Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) which denied its employees the annual New Year bonus last month claiming lack of funds, have released millions of rupees from its...

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Avant Garde Breathes Fire

Navy says not bound to answer questions raised by private parties by Camelia Nathaniel Nissanka Senadhipathi Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi claims that the government forcibly signed the...

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Gammanpila’s Signature Scams

by Nirmala Kannangara Yet another Rajapaksa follower is soon to be arrested by the Police Special Investigation Unit (SIU) for allegedly cheating an Australian national of more than Rs. 1,000 million....

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Blame Game Begins After Flood Waters Recede

by Ashanthi Warunasuriya The tri-forces helping the flood victims The deadly flood that ravaged almost all districts in the country including Colombo, Gampaha, Kilinochchi, Kalutara, Uva, Awissawella...

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Udayanga’s Sins Sparks Off DPL Pow-Wow

by Camelia Nathaniel and Ashanthi Warunasuriya Although Udayanga Weeratunga, Sri Lanka’s former Envoy to Russia, is being investigated by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID)  with regard...

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Talking Garbage

by Ifham Nizam Meethotamulla garbage mountain The living standards of the residents in the vicinity of the newly formed garbage mountain in Meethotamulla was further compromised by the recent floods...

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Sri Lanka Cricket Bowls Out MR

By Third Eye Sooriyawewa stadium A recent report submitted to the Sports Ministry about Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had made several startling revelations.SLC had no intention to construct an International...

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SriLankan Airlines: A Storm Brews Within

Meal allowance controversy leaves a bad taste as SLA Flight Attendants Union takes on management by Nirmala Kannangara As a result of the demands made by the Flight Attendants Union (FAU) of SriLankan...

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Health Ministry’s Cancer Scam Shame

Cabinet approval granted to Elekta whose quoted price was 50 percent more than the market price by Hafsa Sabry It has now been revealed how during the Rajapaksa regime an unsolicited contract to...

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Greek Bond Debacle Backfires On Rajapaksa, Cabraal Duo

by Amavasya Sirisena President Mahinda Rajapaksa sharing a poignant moment with one-time Governor of Central Bank, Ajith Nivard Cabraal With the unprecedented and senseless borrowing of the previous...

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A Disaster Called Corruption

by Ashanthi Warunasuriya and Hafsa Sabry In the aftermath of the gravest natural disaster the country has experienced since 2004, the government was subjected to heavy criticism for its lack of...

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Not What Friends Are For

How buddy-buddy judges Kanishka Wijeratne and Thilina Gamage made a mockery of  the judicial system by Nirmala Kannangara The Supreme Court The conduct of Gangodawila Magistrate Kanishka Wijeratne at...

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CID Must Talk To Fonseka And Illangakoon

Investigations Into High-Profile Murders by Camelia Nathaniel, Ashanthi Warunasuriya,  and Hafsa Sabry It has now surfaced that certain Army and Police officers were involved in the brutal murders of...

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Ghost From The Past To Haunt Anura?

by Third Eye Anura Senanayake Complaints against former Senior DIG Anura Senanayake are now piling at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), The Sunday Leader learns. Senanayake was recently...

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Re-Marshalling Of The C 130K Scam

by Nirmala Kannangara C 130K transport aircraft Controversy surrounds Sri Lanka Air Force’s (SLAF) plan to purchase two C130K transport aircraft from Marshall Aerospace United Kingdom when the same...

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How Gamage And His Pal Made A Mockery Of The Law

by Nirmala Kannangara The court journal that shows how Magistrate Kanishka Wijeratne has written that he allows the accused to pay the bail charges the following day! In a new twist of events it has...

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Continuing To Protect Thieves?

Suppressing the Audit Act by Nirmala Kannangara Auditor General’s Department The failure to bring in the Audit Act which gives powers to the Auditor General to recover state money looted by errant...

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Navy Rocks The Boat As Avant Garde Cries Foul

Conflicting state of affairs brings to question the authority of the MoD over the tri forces by Camelia Nathaniel CCTV Image of the motorcyclists In a statement given to the Galle Magistrate’s Court...

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Mannar Mass Grave: CID Wants Tests Done In Florida

by Easwaran Rutnam Basil Fernando The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has obtained court approval to send samples of the skeletal remains found in the mass grave in Thiruketheeswaram, Mannar...

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Two Key Army Officers To Appear In Court

Lasantha Wickrematunge murder probe by Nirmala Kannangara Lasantha being taken to hospital Director Military Intelligence, Sri Lanka Army, Brigadier Suresh Sallay and a representative from the...

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