Slain journalist Sukirtharajan remembered (Pics)

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3 months ago

January 27, 2025

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The 19th commemoration of journalist Subramaniam Sukirtharajan was held at the Oshil Park in Trincomalee on Jan. 24.

Journalist organisations from the North and East as well as from the southern region of the country were also present.

Sukirtharajan was gunned down in the Trincomalee area on 2006 Jan. 24. Aged 36 and a father of two, he was also a social activist at the time of his death.

Following the commemoration, journalists also headed towards the Governor’s Office in Eastern Province to hand over a letter, demanding justice for slain and disappeared journalists.

Several instances of the commemoration are as follows :

“Reports of Wijepala – Nissanka meeting, fake”

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2 hours ago

April 18, 2025

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The Public Security Ministry has denied media reports claiming that the Public Security minister – Ananda Wijepala had met Nissanka Senadhipathi.

The Minister’s media secretary had clarified this in a letter to Acting IGP Priyantha Weerasuriya.
Adding that the neither the Minister or a representative had ever met Senadhipathi as claimed, the letter calls for proper investigations into the fake news and legal action against those responsible.

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Special allowance for policemen on duty at ‘Siri Dalada Vandanawa’

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7 hours ago

April 18, 2025

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A special transport allowance and a combined allowance will be provided to police personnel assigned to ensure the safety of devotees attending the exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Siri Dalada Vandanawa) in Kandy, the police said.

The measure has been taken over the instructions of the Acting IGP, in consideration of the fact that these police personnel will be on continuous day and night duty for over 10 days, away from their regular stations and incurring additional personal expenses.

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Ravi K’s Bill to repeal Online Safety Act, gazetted

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7 hours ago

April 18, 2025

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The Bill to repeal the Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024, and other regulations concerning the Act, has been gazetted.

The Online Safety Bill was passed by a majority vote in Parliament on Jan. 24, 2024.

The Bill that has been gazetted was submitted by opposition MP Ravi Karunanayake.

On Feb. 28, 2025, MP Karunanayake submitted a private member’s Bill to the Parliament Secretary-General, aiming to repeal the controversial Online Safety Act.