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The Hindu stands by its report

President’s RAW claim

October 19, 2018, 12:00 pm

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The Hindu newspaper yesterday stood by its report on President Maithripala Sirisena’s remark at the last Cabinet meeting on an alleged RAW’s plot to assassinate him.The Sri Lankan government has so far issued three denials of the story and President Sirisena, in a telephone conversation, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also assured that he never made such a remark.

N. Ram, the Chairman of Kasturi and Sons Limited, the publisher of The Hindu and the former Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper said yesterday morning that ‘The Hindu’ told the truth when the newspaper said that President Sirisena had accused RAW of plotting to kill him.

Prez tightens security after ‘assassination plot’

October 19, 2018, 10:43 pm

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Weeratunga’s appeal re-fixed for Nov. 26

October 19, 2018, 10:46 pm

The Court of Appeal yesterday re-fixed for November 26, an appeal filed by Lalith Weeratunga, the Secretary to President Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-2015)Weeratunga has been convicted of having misused Rs. 600 million for the distribution of ‘Sil ...

CID tells court it will arrest CDS next week

October 19, 2018, 10:58 pm

The CID yesterday informed the Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne that it would take into custody next week Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Ravindra Wijeguneratne, charged with having helped Lt. Commander Prasad Chandana Hettiarachchi to go into...

Asgiriya temple to make special award to Minister Kiriella

October 19, 2018, 11:01 pm

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No discussion on SLFP quitting govt

October 19, 2018, 11:19 pm

UPFA General Secretary and Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, yesterday, said the SLFP Central Committee, which met on Tuesday, had not discussed a written request by the 15-member dissident group that the party break ranks with the UNP.Addres...

Special HC gives Gotabaya time to file objections

October 19, 2018, 10:45 pm

The Colombo High Court at Bar gave Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Secretary Defence, time till November 9 to file written submissions pertaining to the indictment in respect of the abuse of state funds to build the D. A. Rajapaksa Memorial at Hambantota...

DIG Nalaka undergoes another marathon session of grilling

October 19, 2018, 10:57 pm

The CID yesterday interrogated DIG Nalaka Silva, who is alleged to have plotted to have President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa assassinated, and obtained a statement for the second consecutive day.The DIG was...

Maldives court frees ex-leader Gayoom

October 19, 2018, 10:58 pm

A Maldivian court overturned the 19-month jail term of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Thursday, a month after the former president’s estranged half-brother and jailer suffered a shock election drubbing.Gayoom, 80, ruled the largely Muslim island natio...

Lankan student in Australia seeks damages after terror charges dropped against him

October 19, 2018, 11:18 pm

A Sri Lankan university student wrongly accused of a terror plot to assassinate former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull plans to sue the police for ‘unforgivable’ treatment after the prosecution dropped terror charges against h...

Lanka slips in competitiveness ranking

October 19, 2018, 11:19 pm

Sri Lanka has slipped to the 85th position in the 2018 Global Competitiveness Index from 81st in the previous year.Out of 12 broader pillars, Sri Lanka had improved in terms of infrastructure, health, ICT adoption, skills, and market size, but lagged...

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