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Alleged Sexual Abuse At Kalubowila Under Probe

by Hafsa Sabry Colombo South Teaching Hospital – Kalubowila A recent incident at the Colombo South Teaching Hospital – Kalubowila has grabbed the media after one of the Judicial Medical Officers (JMO)...

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From The Frying Pan Into The Fire

Stakeholders say a repeat of Golden Key saga must be prevented by Wiraj Silva Two former Ceylinco Group companies – the Fingara Town and Country Club along with one of  Sri Lanka’s oldest finance...

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Lasantha’s Autopsy Report Issued To Mislead Probe

by Nirmala Kannangara Police protect the grave of Lasantha WickrematungePic by Lalith Perera Founding Editor of The Sunday Leader newspaper, Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge’s autopsy report appears to...

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Forced Into Retirement

by Hafsa Sabry Controversy surrounds the manner in which the principal of Uduvil Girl’s College (UGC) in Jaffna retired recently. The issue at UGC, Jaffna was sorted out with the former principal...

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Attempt To Incite Religious Hatred

Destruction Of Buddhist Statue: by Hafsa Sabry The destroyed Buddhist shrine room The recent incident where a Buddhist shrine room was destroyed within the premises of a Special Task Force camp in...

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Panama Community Continue To Suffer Even Under Good Governance

By Ifham Nizam reporting from Panama Pictures by Lalith Perera Scenes from Panama Families from five marginalised villages in the Eastern Part of Sri Lanka expressed their grave concern over the...

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Chinese Company Gets Tender Bypassing Procedure

by Nirmala Kannangara The credibility of the ‘Good Governance’ administration that pledged to act on those who are involved in bribery or corruption is now fast diminishing as the government has failed...

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Dehiwala Condo Flouts UDA Regulations

by Hafsa Sabry Dehiwala Mount Lavinia Muncipal Council The Dehiwala Mount Lavinia Municipal Council (DMMC) is alleged to have granted approval for the construction of a condominium in Atapattu Road,...

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Lankan Scapegoats Of Global Drug Trafficking Mafia

by Our Correspondent In London In June, Sri Lanka saw the largest consignment of contraband cocaine that was ever seized in history. The raid was carried out on a tip-off received by the Finance...

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Suspicions Raised Following Moulana’s Death

by Hafsa Sabry We live in a world where freedom is destroyed by the government, knowledge is destroyed by universities, justice is destroyed by lawyers and, the worst of all is health is destroyed by...

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Bribery DG Hits Out At Allegations

by Mahesh Senanayake The Director General of the Bribery Commission, Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe has rejected allegations that she has abused her powers, as claimed in some websites which had quoted...

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Will The New Autopsy Report Implicate Former Kalubowila JMO?

by Nirmala Kannangara Pic by Lalith Perera Two thousand eight hundred and fifteen days after the burial of the murdered Founding Editor of The Sunday Leader , Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge, his...

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RTI: A Reality Check

September 28 is the global Right to Information Day – a day of added significance to Sri Lankans this year since the country passed its own Right to Information Act – now hailed by the Centre for Law...

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A New Twist In Sivaram’s Murder Probe

by Hafsa Sabry Dharmeratnam Sivaram The abduction and brutal assassination of journalist Dharmeratnam “Taraki” Sivaram, in 2005 caused shock waves among many of us even though he was under severe...

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CEB Makes Costly Decision: Overlooks Existing Power Plants

by  Ifham Nizam Power lines… one might wonder why the CEB continues to ignore existing and readily available private power plants The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has taken a costly decision by not...

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Another VVIP Attack?

by Ashanthi Warunasuriya The attack on the Clique Club last weekend allegedly involving President Maithripala Sirisena’s son Daham Sirisena, is the center of an intense investigation after social media...

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Weerawansas Becoming Millionaires Within Months

by Nirmala Kannangara Hokandara palatial house built on Shashi Weerawansa’s land Controversy surrounds the purchase of building blocks in Hokandara, post 2008, by Shashi Weerawansa, spouse of National...

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Justice Sought For Sugirdharajan

by  Hafsa Sabry January has become an important month to be remembered as it is a month where most of the journalists who exposed the truth about a corrupt government and its officials in Sri Lanka...

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Dilrukshi Hits Back

Ex- CIABOC  DG defends her former role Says she resigned after President’s statement   Mrs. Dias Wickremasinghe receiving her letter of appointment from the President at the Presidential Secretariat...

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Kalpitiya Explodes Over Illegal Fishing Methods

Kalpitiya turned into a mini battlefield last Friday as fishermen protested and clashed over the use of illegal fishing methods by some fisher folks. Some fishermen in the area have been protesting for...

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