Tamil will always be Tamils; we don’t need Tamils to celebrate the war victory – Senior DIG Anura Senanayake
2011-05-27
Seven Tamil female police constables and 16 male constables have been summoned to Colombo to get them to participate in the police parade for the first time at the Victory Day celebrations organized to mark the second anniversary of the war victory.
Ridma film hall to be demolished
Film Corporation land to be given to Namal's CSC
2011-05-26
The President has decided to demolish the Ridma film hall and its surrounding buildings owned by the Film Corporation at Bauddhaloka Mawatha and to hand over the land to his eldest son parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa's Carlton Sports Club (CSC), a senior Film corporation official said.
Army commander tries to score points by uplifting the images of the President and Defence Secretary
2011-05-26
Senior officers of the Sri Lanka Army are amused by the fact that the current Army Chief, Lt. General Jagath Jayasuriya, whose only role during the war was to ensure the supply of food and fuel to the soldiers, was trying to make lecture to show that he was the commanding officer of the Wanni operation.
Several majors general in the Sri Lanka Army are at loggerheads after each of them have prepared speeches to be made at the “Defeating terrorism: The Sri Lankan experience” conference to show the important roles played by them at the war, military sources said.
Lasantha Wickrematunge’s assassination case
Request to officially record a statement from the former intelligence unit member in custody
2011-05-26
Attorney Shiral Lakthileka today requested the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court to officially record the statement of former army intelligence member Kandegedara Piyawansa made in open court that a head in the defence establishment had asked him to implicate former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka in the assassination of the founding editor of The Sunday Leader, Lasantha Wickrematunge.
First Lady curses Basil
Reprimands the Rupavahini Chairman
2011-05-26
First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa had reprimanded the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Chairman Sarath Kongahage over the telephone for not giving adequate coverage to her official events.
Former heads of the three armed forces earned millions out of the war
2011-05-26
The revelation of the Rs. 620 million defrauded by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is the largest fraud to have been committed during Eelam War III and according to a senior army official; it is the fourth largest corruption to have taken place in Sri Lanka’s military history.
Actions against public properties act
UNP goes to court against Gota
2011-05-26
A group of lawyers affiliated to the UNP have decided to file a petition before courts seeking an order to be issued to the IGP to arrest Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa under the public properties act for purposely cheating the government of over Rs. 620 million, reliable sources said.
Gota had played out millions in military procurements during the war
– revealed in White Flag case
2011-05-26
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had played out Rs. 650 million when purchasing military equipment for the war, it has been revealed. The monies have been played out when purchasing four bullet proof vehicles and 130mm canon ammunition.
