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On 21 November 2008, a twelve-member group of masked men, forcibly entered the printing press of Sunday Leader, Morning Leader and Irudina Sinhala weekly and set fire damaging printing machines and copies of newspapers printed ready for distribution. The state jammed transmission of BBC programs which contained content the government disliked. [6]
In 1996, GDL was involved in and contributed news and features to the Sinhala service of BBC Sinhala 'Sandesaya' radio program for over a decade. He was in charge of coordinating the audience response to the BBC Sinhala service, pioneered the compilation of 'Thepel Malla', which were published every Friday, reviewing listeners' comments.
Sri Lanka closed schools on Monday as heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides in many parts of the island nation, leaving at least 10 people dead and six others missing, officials said. The ...
Sri Lanka Guardian is Sri Lankan news website known for its independent news coverage. It has been banned in Sri Lanka along with other websites for this criticism of the Sri Lankan government and officials and its investigative journalism.
[59] [60] In 2011, the former MP Rajiva Wijesinha told the BBC Sinhala Service that the British High Commission in Colombo had told him it possessed evidence that Fonseka was involved in the assassination of Wickrematunge. [61] According to Fonseka, the order for the assassination was given by Gotabaya. [62]
His home was inside government controlled territory and his murderers spoke both Tamil and Sinhala. [92] [93] Selvarajah Rajivarnam, a journalist for the Uthayan newspaper, was shot dead in Jaffna close to a military checkpoint on 29 April 2007. [94] [95] [96] The EPDP, a government backed paramilitary group, was blamed for Rajivarnam's murder ...
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The Battle of Kilinochchi was a land battle fought between the Sri Lankan Military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for control of the town of Kilinochchi in the Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV during the Sri Lankan civil war between November 2008 and January 2009.