Court adds top army officials’ names as respondents in Eknaligoda case

The Court of Appeal has included the names of Army Commander and Army Intelligence Chief as respondents in connection with the disappearance case of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, Ada Derana reporter says. MORE...

October 19, 2015  02:17 pm|

Sri Lanka civil society cries foul over journalist missing case

Attempts are being made to suppress an investigation in the missing of a prominent journalist in Sri Lanka ahead of the 2010 presidential polls while he was working for former Army chief Sarath Fonseka, civil society activists have claimed, the Press Trust of India reported. MORE...

September 1, 2015  05:45 pm|

Eknaligoda disappearance: 4 army personnel held under detention orders

Approval has been granted for the detention and questioning of the four army personnel, arrested in connection with the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, under detention orders, military spokesman Brigadier Jayanath Jayaweera said. MORE..

August 27, 2015  09:01 pm|

Eknaligoda case: CID questions four more army personnel

(UPDATE) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is interrogating an Army Corporal, a Sergeant, and two Lieutenants, in connection with the mysterious disappearance of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, a police source said. MORE...

August 24, 2015  04:26 pm|

Prageeth Eknaligoda case: police arrest two suspects

The police on Monday (10) announced that they have apprehended two suspects in connection with the mysterious disappearance of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda. MORE...

August 11, 2015  12:49 am|

Rajapaksa wants govt to probe Lasantha, Eknaligoda cases

Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has vowed to win an outright majority in parliamentary elections due on 17 August. MORE..

August 7, 2015  12:17 am|

Sujeewa wants IGP to resign

Deputy Justice Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe says that it is wrong to ask a person to consume poison and that it is also wrong to attempt to make someone drink poison. MORE..

August 5, 2015  04:56 pm|

New twists emerge in Eknaligoda’s case

Details on 22 mobile phones, which were used to contact missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, have been disclosed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the police Spokesperson said. MORE...

June 24, 2015  04:05 pm|

Want to re-open investigations on attacks on media – President

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena says he wants to re-open investigations into all past murders and disappearances of journalists. MORE..

May 30, 2015  12:24 pm|