Ratmalana: Blue Skies Aviation Comes Under the Spotlight Amid Reported CID Investigation Over Alleged Financial Fraud
Blue Skies Aviation, an aviation maintenance company based at Ratmalana Airport. Founded in 2020, the company provides aircraft maintenance services. According to information published on its website, retired Air Force person Asitha Manage serves as the Managing Director and Accountable Manager, alongside several other board members (Retd. Air Force). However,
The Unconstitutional Thirst for Power of Surasena (Part 6) – The Minister Who Refused to Bend
In the midst of this deepening crisis, a single voice of integrity has emerged from an unexpected quarter. Minister of Justice and National Integration Harshana Nanayakkara, himself an attorney who took an oath to defend the Constitution, has done something extraordinary. He has publicly denied that the government is considering
The Unconstitutional Thirst for Power of Surasena (Part 4)
The situation has grown more dangerous than even I predicted. Reliable sources now indicate that the President is giving serious consideration not only to Chief Justice Surasena’s two year extension but to a sweeping extension of all sitting Supreme Court judges. What began as one man’s unconstitutional ambition is turning
The Unconstitutional Thirst for Power of Surasena (Part 3)
There is a man in Colombo today who cannot hide. His name is Sajith Premadasa. He was a member of the Constitutional Council that reviewed and approved Preethi Padman Surasena for the position of Chief Justice. He placed his hand on the table, cast his vote, and helped create the
The Unconstitutional Thirst for Power of Surasena (Part 2)
Modern economies run on predictability and contractual enforcement. A factory is built, a loan is issued, a worker is hired only because investors trust that a neutral judge will enforce the deal. That trust dies when the Chief Justice secures his position through a broken Constitutional Council, follows an occult
The Unconstitutional Thirst for Power of Surasena
Every nation gets the judiciary it tolerates, not the one it deserves. For twenty two million Sri Lankans, the next few months will determine whether our Republic remains a functioning democracy or descends into a judicial oligarchy where one man’s ambition overrides decades of constitutional tradition. Chief Justice Preethi Padman
A Story of Resignations, Denials, and Political Smoke Screens
He said he would never leave. He plastered his picture on social media, defiant and smiling. But on the 26th of August 2025, we told you the truth. And now, Hanif Yusuf is finally gone. This isn’t just a story about a resignation. This is a story about how political
යුක්තිය පසිඳලීමද? අධිකරණය හෑල්ලු කිරීමද? : ඉමියුනොග්ලොබියුලින් නඩුවේ “කොළ කෑලි” මෙහෙයුම සහ පැමිණිල්ලේ අර්බුදය
ප්රමිතියෙන් තොර “හියුමන් ඉමියුනොග්ලොබියුලීන්” සහ “රිටොක්සිමැබ්” ඖෂධ මිලදී ගැනීම හරහා රජයට රුපියල් කෝටි 14 ක මුදලක් වංචා කිරීමට එරෙහිව නීතිපතිවරයා විසින් ගොනු කර ඇති නඩුවේ සාක්ෂි විභාගය මේ දිනවල අඛණ්ඩව ක්රියාත්මක වේ. සතියේ දින පහේම ත්රිපුද්ගල විනිසුරු මඩුල්ලක් ඉදිරියේ පැවැත්වෙන මෙම නඩු විභාගය වෙනුවෙන් රජය පාර්ශවයෙන් විශාල කාලයක් සහ මුදලක්
පාස්කු ප්රහාරය ඇදගෙන නෑමේ CID දෙවන පිටපත – හන්සීර් අසාද් මවුලානා වෙනුවට මොහොමදු කලීල් මොහොමදු මස්පි නොහොත් නසීර්
පල්ලියේ සහාය ඇතිව බලයට පත් වූ මෙම රජයේ ප්රමුඛ පොරොන්දුවක් වූයේ 2019 පාස්කු ඉරිදා ප්රහාර කුමන්ත්රණය පිටුපස ඇති සත්යය හෙළිදරව් කරන බවය. එසේවුවත්, හෙළිදරව් කිරීමට ඇත්ත වශයෙන්ම කුමන්ත්රණයක් මේ පිටුපස නොමැති බව මේවන විට රජයද තේරුම් ගෙන ඇති නමුත්, කුමන්ත්රණ න්යාය ගැන අන්තයටම ගොස් ඇති පල්ලියට සත්ය අවබෝධ කිරීම නොකලහැකි
Controversy Surrounds Appointment of New Court of Appeal President
On 19 June 2025, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed Senior Additional Solicitor General RohanthaAbeysuriya, PC — the former head of the Criminal Division of the Attorney General’s Department — as the new President of the Court of Appeal, following the retirement of Acting President Justice Mohammed Laffar. The appointment has stirred significant