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SBS Sinhala radio brings you the most prominent news highlights of Sri Lanka in this featured current affairs segment - සවන්දෙන්න ගෙවීගිය සතියේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් වාර්තා වුනු නවතම පුවත් වල ඇතුලාන්ත තොරතුරු SBS සිංහල සේවයේ සෑම සඳුදා දිනකම ගෙනෙන 'සතියේ ශ්‍රී ලාංකික පුවත් විමසුමෙන්"

It has been reported that the alliance has abandoned its decision to leave the government.The decision came after a meeting between Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and former head of state Maithripala Sirisena.

- It is learned that party leader Maithripala Sirisena has rejected a request made by some members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's Central Working Committee to withdraw from the Sri Lanka People's Alliance - led state coalition. It is learned that President Maithripala Sirisena has pointed out that in the current context, the move should be to strengthen party activities at the village level rather than in conflict with the government. The special central working committee meeting of the Freedom Party was held on the 8th under the chairmanship of Maithripala Sirisena. - A meeting will be held between the Freedom Party and President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. The meeting will be held on the 21st

Here are the weekly political updates from Sri Lanka - සවන්දෙන්න ගෙවීගිය සතියේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් වාර්තා වුනු නවතම පුවත් වල ඇතුලාන්ත තොරතුරු SBS සිංහල සේවයේ සෑම සඳුදා දිනකම ගෙනෙන 'සතියේ ශ්‍රී ලාංකික පුවත් විමසුමෙන්"

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Sri Lanka hasn’t executed a prisoner in 43 years, but the country’s president recently signed death warrants for four people convicted of drug crimes. And he advertised for executioners. Why does Maithripala Sirisena want to end a moratorium on capital punishment?

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Sri Lanka's president is banning two groups allegedly linked to the Easter bombings under emergency powers that came into effect on Tuesday.The office of President Maithripala Sirisena said in a statement Saturday evening that National Thawheed Jammath, or NTJ, and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem, or JMI, would be banned by presidential decree.Presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake says the move allows the government to confiscate any property belonging to the two organizations.On Monday, officials confirmed that the alleged leader of the Muslim extremist group, an offshoot of NTJ, had died in one of the coordinated suicide bombings at churches and hotels that killed more than 250 people.The Islamic State group, meanwhile, claimed three of the militants who blew themselves up during a bloody police raid in Ampara linked to the Easter bombings.In a statement carried by the extremists' Aamaq news agency, IS identified the bombers by their noms du guerre as Abu Hammad, Abu Sufyan and Abu al-Qa'qa. It said they opened fire with automatic weapons and "after exhausting their ammunition, detonated ... their explosive belts."Sri Lanka's military said the gunfight Friday night near the town of Sammanthurai left 15 dead, including six children, when militants opened fire and set off explosives in suicide bombings as security forces closed in on their safe house.IS falsely claimed their militants killed 17 "disbelievers" in the attack. The militants often exaggerate their claims.The IS report carried a photograph of two men before an IS flag, one carrying a Chinese variant of the Kalashnikov rifle like the one found at the scene, another smiling.A girl and a woman survived the explosion but were critically injured and being treated at a hospital, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.Photographs taken by The Associated Press show the charred remains of one child and the body of another wearing a green T-shirt with the words "good boy" written on the back. The bodies of an adult woman and man were found after the explosion with their clothes burned off.The military said security forces had recovered explosives, detonators, "suicide kits," military uniforms and IS flags during the raids in the area.Gunasekara said officers acting on information from intelligence officials also found 150 sticks of blasting gelatin and 100,000 small metal balls, as well as a van and clothing suspected of being used by those involved in the Easter attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels that left more than 250 people dead and hundreds injured —the bloodies assault linked to the IS in South Asia.The government on Saturday formally banned two extremist groups purportedly connected to the attacks, allowing officials to confiscate their property, presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake said.The government, crippled from a long political crisis between the president and prime minister last year, promised swift action to capture militants still at large.Sirisena said about 140 people had been identified as having links to the IS.A "major search operation has been undertaken," Sirisena said. "Every household in the country will be checked."Police confirmed that the leader of the local militant group blamed for the attack, Mohamed Zahran, died in the suicide bombing at the Shangri-La Hotel, one of six hotels and churches attacked. Zahran appeared in an IS video claiming responsibility for the coordinated assault, and authorities in both Sri Lanka and Australia confirmed links between IS and the attack.Sri Lanka is majority Buddhist but has significant Hindu and Muslim populations. About 7% are Christian, and most are Roman Catholic. 

Sri Lanka's president is banning two groups allegedly linked to the Easter bombings under emergency powers that came into effect on Tuesday.The office of President Maithripala Sirisena said in a statement Saturday evening that National Thawheed Jammath, or NTJ, and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem, or JMI, would be banned by presidential decree.Presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake says the move allows the government to confiscate any property belonging to the two organizations.On Monday, officials confirmed that the alleged leader of the Muslim extremist group, an offshoot of NTJ, had died in one of the coordinated suicide bombings at churches and hotels that killed more than 250 people.The Islamic State group, meanwhile, claimed three of the militants who blew themselves up during a bloody police raid in Ampara linked to the Easter bombings.In a statement carried by the extremists' Aamaq news agency, IS identified the bombers by their noms du guerre as Abu Hammad, Abu Sufyan and Abu al-Qa'qa. It said they opened fire with automatic weapons and "after exhausting their ammunition, detonated ... their explosive belts."Sri Lanka's military said the gunfight Friday night near the town of Sammanthurai left 15 dead, including six children, when militants opened fire and set off explosives in suicide bombings as security forces closed in on their safe house.IS falsely claimed their militants killed 17 "disbelievers" in the attack. The militants often exaggerate their claims.The IS report carried a photograph of two men before an IS flag, one carrying a Chinese variant of the Kalashnikov rifle like the one found at the scene, another smiling.A girl and a woman survived the explosion but were critically injured and being treated at a hospital, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.Photographs taken by The Associated Press show the charred remains of one child and the body of another wearing a green T-shirt with the words "good boy" written on the back. The bodies of an adult woman and man were found after the explosion with their clothes burned off.The military said security forces had recovered explosives, detonators, "suicide kits," military uniforms and IS flags during the raids in the area.Gunasekara said officers acting on information from intelligence officials also found 150 sticks of blasting gelatin and 100,000 small metal balls, as well as a van and clothing suspected of being used by those involved in the Easter attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels that left more than 250 people dead and hundreds injured —the bloodies assault linked to the IS in South Asia.The government on Saturday formally banned two extremist groups purportedly connected to the attacks, allowing officials to confiscate their property, presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake said.The government, crippled from a long political crisis between the president and prime minister last year, promised swift action to capture militants still at large.Sirisena said about 140 people had been identified as having links to the IS.A "major search operation has been undertaken," Sirisena said. "Every household in the country will be checked."Police confirmed that the leader of the local militant group blamed for the attack, Mohamed Zahran, died in the suicide bombing at the Shangri-La Hotel, one of six hotels and churches attacked. Zahran appeared in an IS video claiming responsibility for the coordinated assault, and authorities in both Sri Lanka and Australia confirmed links between IS and the attack.Sri Lanka is majority Buddhist but has significant Hindu and Muslim populations. About 7% are Christian, and most are Roman Catholic. 

Sri Lanka's president is banning two groups allegedly linked to the Easter bombings under emergency powers that came into effect on Tuesday.The office of President Maithripala Sirisena said in a statement Saturday evening that National Thawheed Jammath, or NTJ, and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem, or JMI, would be banned by presidential decree.Presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake says the move allows the government to confiscate any property belonging to the two organizations.On Monday, officials confirmed that the alleged leader of the Muslim extremist group, an offshoot of NTJ, had died in one of the coordinated suicide bombings at churches and hotels that killed more than 250 people.The Islamic State group, meanwhile, claimed three of the militants who blew themselves up during a bloody police raid in Ampara linked to the Easter bombings.In a statement carried by the extremists' Aamaq news agency, IS identified the bombers by their noms du guerre as Abu Hammad, Abu Sufyan and Abu al-Qa'qa. It said they opened fire with automatic weapons and "after exhausting their ammunition, detonated ... their explosive belts."Sri Lanka's military said the gunfight Friday night near the town of Sammanthurai left 15 dead, including six children, when militants opened fire and set off explosives in suicide bombings as security forces closed in on their safe house.IS falsely claimed their militants killed 17 "disbelievers" in the attack. The militants often exaggerate their claims.The IS report carried a photograph of two men before an IS flag, one carrying a Chinese variant of the Kalashnikov rifle like the one found at the scene, another smiling.A girl and a woman survived the explosion but were critically injured and being treated at a hospital, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.Photographs taken by The Associated Press show the charred remains of one child and the body of another wearing a green T-shirt with the words "good boy" written on the back. The bodies of an adult woman and man were found after the explosion with their clothes burned off.The military said security forces had recovered explosives, detonators, "suicide kits," military uniforms and IS flags during the raids in the area.Gunasekara said officers acting on information from intelligence officials also found 150 sticks of blasting gelatin and 100,000 small metal balls, as well as a van and clothing suspected of being used by those involved in the Easter attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels that left more than 250 people dead and hundreds injured —the bloodies assault linked to the IS in South Asia.The government on Saturday formally banned two extremist groups purportedly connected to the attacks, allowing officials to confiscate their property, presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake said.The government, crippled from a long political crisis between the president and prime minister last year, promised swift action to capture militants still at large.Sirisena said about 140 people had been identified as having links to the IS.A "major search operation has been undertaken," Sirisena said. "Every household in the country will be checked."Police confirmed that the leader of the local militant group blamed for the attack, Mohamed Zahran, died in the suicide bombing at the Shangri-La Hotel, one of six hotels and churches attacked. Zahran appeared in an IS video claiming responsibility for the coordinated assault, and authorities in both Sri Lanka and Australia confirmed links between IS and the attack.Sri Lanka is majority Buddhist but has significant Hindu and Muslim populations. About 7% are Christian, and most are Roman Catholic. 

Sri Lanka was plunged into a political crisis in late October when President Maithripala Sirisena suspended parliament and attempted to install his former ally and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister. Decried as illegal and unconstitutional by incumbent Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his supporters, the extra-constitutional maneuver has been opposed by a majority in parliament and several court rulings. Nevertheless, Sirisena and Rajapaksa have refused to disband their new shadow government and the country’s political crisis endures.The turmoil is unfolding at a time Sri Lanka is grappling with the consequences of a major expansion of Chinese influence and investments, portrayed as a warning to others about the risks of Chinese “debt traps” and the strategic ambitions underpinning the Belt and Road Initiative. As China and India compete for influence in Colombo and prepare for the potential return of the Rajapaksas, the Trump administration has suspended a major aid package and urged the country to resolve the crisis through democratic means. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On October 26th, the President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, dismissed then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe from office and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa. Mahinda Rajapaksa had served as President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015. He was a controversial leader in part for the brutal tactics used by the Sri Lankan army used … Continue reading "Games of Thrones, Sri Lanka Edition?"

Es gibt neue Hotels, neue Bahnstrecken, neue Strommasten, der Tourismus boomt. Sri Lanka erholt sich. Nach drei Jahrzehnten Bürgerkrieg schweigen seit sechs Jahren die Waffen. Doch die ethnischen und religiösen Trennlinien spalten das Land bis heute. Ein politischer Friedens- und Versöhnungsprozess ist nach Kriegsende nicht initiiert worden. Der neue Präsident Maithripala Sirisena hat versprochen, dies zu ändern.

Het land krijgt weinig aandacht, maar ten onrechte. Tegen alle verwachtingen in werd de zittende president van Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, afgelopen januari bij de verkiezingen verslagen. Iemand uit zijn eigen kamp brak zich vlak voor de verkiezingen los en won. Maithripala Sirisena, de oud-minister voor volksgezondheid. Bij zijn aanstelling beloofde hij hervormingen en, nieuwe verkiezingen na 100 dagen. Die honderd dagen naderen hun einde, komen er in april echt nieuwe verkiezingen? Laat oud president Rajapaksa het er bij zitten en wat is er al zichtbaar van de hervormingen?Een gesprek met Bart Klem, Sri Lanka-kenner en verbonden aan de Universiteit van Melbourne in Australië