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SUNIL JAYASIRI

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Sunil Jayasiri is an experienced journalist with over 20 years in the field, focusing on defense reporting, human rights, socio-political issues and international relations. After serving as a former defense correspondent for Daily Mirror, Sunil now holds the position of Associate Editor at Daily Mirror-Sri Lanka

Govt. to issue statement on controversial CB bonds

05 Mar 2015

18

The Economic Affairs and Policy Planning Ministry will issue a statement today regarding a controversial bond issue of the Central Bank.

Traumatised mother, son claim Rs. 260M

04 Mar 2015

13

A then 15-year-old student of Royal College in Colombo 7 and his mother yesterday filed two lawsuits in the Colombo District Court against the school’s principal and seven others claiming Rs.260 million as damages after an accident left the Gradenine student in a vegetative state. Sasanka Jagath Alwis suffered brain injuries on March 2, 2013 after he almost drowned while swimming at the Royal College pool.

​CCD summons Yoshitha over light aircraft

04 Mar 2015

6

The Colombo Crime Division (CCD) has summoned former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Lt. Yoshitha Rajapaksa to record a statement in conncetion with the light aircraft, that was found from the Economic Centre at Narahenpita on January 13.

​17-yr old girl dies after fall from apartment complex

04 Mar 2015

1

A 17-year-old girl died after falling from the 6th floor of an apartment complex in Grandpass around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, Police said.

​Suranga Lakmal fined for bowling beamers

01 Mar 2015

5

Sri Lanka fast bowler Suranga Lakmal was fined Sunday for firing two successive beamers at England's Jos Buttler, an action for which he showed "no remorse", the International Cricket Council said.

Public opinion survey on 100-Day programme

01 Mar 2015

16

The Government has launched a special survey to find out the opinion of the general public and to analyse the progress of the 100 day programme.

​CID records statement from former Navy spokesman

28 Feb 2015

7

The CID has recorded a statement from former Navy Spokesman Capt. DKP Dasanayake today in connection with the disappearance of a group of youth during 2008 – 2009, the Police said.  

SL won't allow repeat of Chinese submarine visits: Mangala

28 Feb 2015

6

Sri Lanka's new Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said today in Beijing that the new government will not allow a repeat of last year's visits by a Chinese submarine that had raised concerns in India.

Maldivian Opposition leader meets President Sirisena

28 Feb 2015

0

Maldivian Opposition Leader Qasim Ibrahim has met President Mathripala Sirisena in Colombo today. 

Thajudeen’s death not an accident-Police

26 Feb 2015

33

The Police on Thursday said that the Judicial Medical Officer’s report into the mysterious death of former Havelock’s captain and Sri Lankan ruggerite, Wasim Thajudeen, had revealed that his death could not have been due to natural causes.

13 principals told to submit Grade-5 admission details

26 Feb 2015

8

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Principals of 13 national schools including Colombo Royal College, Ananda College and Nalanda College to submit details of students admitted to Grades-1 to 6 during the past three years and those admitted to these schools in 2013 on the results of the Grade-5 scholarship examination.

​Video: Sajin Vass jeered and hooted at Kosgoda

26 Feb 2015

11

While former monitoring MP Sajin Vaas Gunawardene was speaking at the opening of a fuel station in Kosgoda, a group of UNP supporters who arrived at the site began hooting and jeering causing him to interrupt his speech.

​Abbott’s close link with Rajapaksas was ‘a mystery’-Ranil

22 Feb 2015

22

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s close relationship with the Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksas was ‘a mystery’ to Sri ­Lankans, and that Australia’s ­new Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton, would be unlikely to get the warm welcome received under the previous ­government.

Fmr Maldives ​President Nasheed arrested

22 Feb 2015

12

The Maldives Police Service (MPS) has on Sunday arrested former President and opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed.

India can’t dump radioactive waste in SL-Champika

21 Feb 2015

19

The Indo-Lanka civil nuclear agreement would not permit India to dump its radioactive waste in Sri Lankan territory, Minister of Power and Energy Champika Ranawaka said. 

​SL condemns killing of 21 Egyptians by ISIS

20 Feb 2015

42

The Sri Lankan government vehemently condemned the gruesome killing of twenty one Coptic Christian Egyptians by the terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Libya last Sunday (15).

​Australia defends sending back of Sri Lankans

20 Feb 2015

3

The Australian Federal Government has defended sending four men back to Sri Lanka this month after intercepting their boat off the Cocos Islands, describing it as a people smuggling venture.

​Prices for EU fresh tuna imports soaring since SL ban

19 Feb 2015

5

Prices for tuna imported into the UK are rocketing, as the European Union's ban on Sri Lankan fisheries produce nears a month of enforcement, the Undercurrent News reported.

Cannot ignore hands of affection-MR

18 Feb 2015

98

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a message to those who attended the massive rally in Nugegoda on Wednesday urging him to return to active politics said he could not ignore the hands of honour and affection extended to him by the people and the leadership forces of the UPFA led by the SLFP.

Report on SL must be published by Sep-UK

18 Feb 2015

8

While urging the new Sri Lankan government to use ‘this’ time to work with the UN Human Right Chief and his Office, Britain today said that OHCHR’s report on Sri Lanka must be published and discussed by September 2015 and would stick to that.

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