Author Archive for Security

PATHFINDER FOUNDATION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TAG INTERNATIONAL AND RUSI (UK), CONVENES SYMPOSIUM ON MARITIME SECURITY IN THE BAY OF BENGAL

Thursday, March 30th, 2023

PRESS RELEASE  Pathfinder Foundation  A symposium on maritime security in the Bay of Bengal was convened, Colombo.  Pathfinder Foundation organised the event with U. K. based Torchlight Group International (TAG) and the Royal United Services Institution (RUSI). The symposium culminated in a 6-month pilot project involving three countries, namely Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, […]

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DIG Nalaka Silva, who was arrested and imprisoned for plotting to kill Gota and Maitri, has been reinstated

Thursday, March 30th, 2023

Courtesy Hiru News Former DIG Nalaka Silva, who was arrested on charges of conspiring to assassinate former presidents Maithripala Sirisena and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been reinstated. Police department sources said that he has been appointed as the DIG in charge of Puttalam area. DIG Nalaka Silva, who was in charge of the Terrorist Investigation Division […]

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Has prioritising India’s security secured our security? 

Monday, March 20th, 2023

By Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today We have pledged to make India’s national security our topmost priority. This was first articulated in 2020 by the then Foreign Secretary Admiral (Rtd) Jayanath Colombage. During incumbent Foreign Minister Ali Sabry’s recent visit to India, this pledge was again reiterated. He explicitly stated that Sri Lanka would go […]

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CBSL warns general public over pyramid-type schemes in Sri Lanka

Monday, March 20th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has requested the Attorney General to consider instituting criminal proceedings against three pyramid-type prohibited schemes operating in the country. Accordingly, the CBSL has carried out investigations to ascertain whether the entities Fast 3Cycle International (Pvt) Ltd (F3C), Sport Chain App, Sports Chain ZS Society Sri Lanka […]

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Discussions on maritime threats and marine pollution mark Colombo Security Conclave

Thursday, March 16th, 2023

Courtesy The Indian Express The roadmap of activities was expanded in 2022 and adopted by the member countries – India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mauritius – with Bangladesh and Seychelles participating as observer countries. Commander Coast Guard Region (North-East) Inspector General Iqbal Singh addresses the Colombo Security Conclave in Kolkata, Wednesday. PTI THE INDIAN Coast Guard […]

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Police to bolster Colombo’s anti-riot reserves

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023

Courtesy The Morning Police HQ calls up riot control reserves to the Capitol The Police Department, on Tuesday (14), instructed the relevant officers from regional commands to send the surplus anti-riot equipment kept in storage which are allocated to Police divisions in other districts, to the Police Field Force Headquarters (HQ) in Colombo. The order, […]

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IGP orders probe over Bandarawela HQI’s conduct over arrest of woman

Sunday, March 12th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has instructed the Special Investigation Division to immediately initiate an investigation against the HQI of the Bandarawela Police in connection with his action following the arrest of the mother of the infant who was abandoned at Fort Railway station on Friday. Police said the investigations […]

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Udaya urges govt., US embassy to come clean

Tuesday, March 7th, 2023

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island CIA Chief’s cloak-and-dagger visit: Pivuthuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader, Udaya Gammanpila, MP, yesterday (06) said that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government and the US embassy in Colombo should come clean on CIA Director William Joseph Burns’ Colombo visit. The former Power and Energy Minister said so in response to The Island query whether the […]

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ඇමෙරිකා ඉහලම ලොක්කෙක් රහසේ ඇවිත්.. ලංකාවට භයානක යෝජනා හතරක්.. චීනය, ඉන්දියාව, රුසියාව රටවල් තුනම කිපෙයිලු..

Friday, March 3rd, 2023

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පෙබරවාරි 14 දා ලංකාවට රහසිගතව පැමිණි ඇමෙරිකානු දූත පිරිස අතර ඇමෙරිකානු සීඅයිඒ සංවිධානයේ ප්‍රධානී විලියම් බර්න්ස් ද සිටි බවට නොනිල තොරතුරු ඇතැයි පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කර සිටියේ අද දින (03) පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකට එක් […]

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CIA Chief visited SL as part of top secret mission

Friday, March 3rd, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Gammanpila charges national security compromised The Director of the US Intelligence Agency CIA William Burns arrived in Sri Lanka on February 14, as a part of a top secret visit to the island, MP Udaya Gammanpila charged. For over three weeks we have been questioning as to who visited the island, […]

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කොටි නායකයා සමඟ යුධ හමුදා කපිතාන්වරයා පැවැත්වූ සම්බන්ධය ගැන තිස්පස් වසරකට පසුව කියන අමුතු කතාව

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Insight – නැණස කොටි නායකයා සමඟ යුධ හමුදා කපිතාන්වරයා පැවැත්වූ සම්බන්ධය ගැන තිස්පස් වසරකට පසුව කියන අමුතු කතාව පැවැත්වූ සම්බන්ධය ගැන තිස්පස් වසරකට පසුව කියන අමුතු කතාව

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Sri Lanka Police refutes claims of assassination attempt on President

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police have refuted recent claims that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has commenced a probe into an alleged assassination attempt on the President. Police stated that earlier today (28 Feb.), the website of a renowned radio station posted an article about the CID launching an investigation into a conspiracy to assassinate […]

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No CID probe into Gen. Shavendra

Monday, February 27th, 2023

BY Mirudhula Thambiah Courtesy The Morning No action into Karannagoda committee recommendation yet Police, Defence Ministry say matter in President’s hands The Police stated yesterday (27) that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is yet to commence investigations into former Army Commander and incumbent Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Shavendra Silva as recommended by the […]

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Sixty-two including IUSF convenor granted bail

Monday, February 27th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana The group of 62 individuals including IUSF convenor Wasantha Mudalige and 48 Buddhist monks, who were arrested in relation to forcibly entering the Ministry of Education premises recently have been granted bail. They have been ordered to be released on bail, after being produced before Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court today (Feb. 27). A total […]

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China’s ‘position paper’ on security stresses non-interference in internal affairs of countries

Sunday, February 26th, 2023

By P.k. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today On February 21, China released its ‘position paper’ on global security. The comprehensive paper touches on all aspects of global security (except security from debt traps). But an aspect that should please many countries of the Global South, both big and small, is the plea for non-interference in the […]

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Karannagoda committee recommends CID probe against Gen. Shavendra Silva

Sunday, February 26th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana The committee appointed to look into any lapses by State Intelligence, Police and the Armed Forces during the mass anti-government protests and violent incidents across the island on 09 and 10 May 2022 has recommended that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) conduct an investigation into former Army Commander General Shavendra Silva.  Accordingly, the […]

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Nearly 20 injured and hospitalized during NPP protest

Sunday, February 26th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Nearly 20 persons who were injured during today’s protest staged by the National People’s Power (NPP) were brought to the National Hospital in Colombo for treatment.  Accordingly, hospital sources confirmed that those injured during the protest were brought for treatment after tear gas and water cannons were fired in attempts to disperse the […]

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Wimal: State Intelligence Service to be placed under CIA

Saturday, February 25th, 2023

Courtesy The Island Wimal Weerawansa SLPP rebel and National Freedom Front leader, Wimal Weerawansa, told Parliament yesterday that the government was planning to place the State Intelligence Service’s decision-making responsibility under a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US. Weerawansa said that a similar shifting of the responsibility had happened in 2001. The 20-member Pentagon […]

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Failure to prevent violence after May 9: Wasantha Karannagoda report tabled in Court

Saturday, February 25th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The report of the Board of Inquiry prepared by a three-member-committee headed by Admiral of Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda to ascertain lapses by the armed forces and state intelligence services during the recent incident of violence was today filed before the Court of Appeal. President’s Counsel Uditha Igalahewa appearing for Admiral of […]

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Trincomalee is to be a prime economic hub, not a military base

Monday, February 20th, 2023

By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today Colombo, February 20: The Eastern Sri Lankan Port of Trincomalee, one of the best natural harbors in the world, has always attracted the interest of global and regional economic and military powers. Hence, any visit of a high-level political or military delegation of foreign powers comes under the scrutiny […]

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ඉන්දියානු ‘රෝ‘ සංවිධානය මෙරට මෙහෙයුම් සිදුකරන්නේ කෙසේ ද? – රෝ සංවිධානයේ සාමාජිකයකු අනාවරණය කරයි

Thursday, February 16th, 2023

Lanka Lead News භූ දේශපාලනික රහස් හෙළිදරව් කිරීම් අතින් පසුගිය දශකයේදී ලෝකය උඩුයටිකුරු කළ එඩ්වඩ් ස්නෝව්ඩන් වඩාත් ලොව ප්‍රකට වූයේ ඔහු විසින් CIA සංවිධානය ගැන කළ විශේෂ හෙළිදරව් කිරීම් නිසාය. CIA සංව්ධානය විසින් දෙස් විදෙස් භූදේශපාලන නායකයන්ගේ දුරකථන ඇමතුම්, ඊ මේල් සහ සමාජ ජාලා ගිණුම වලට හොර රහසේ ඇතුල්වී තොරතුරු සොරා ගන්නා බව මෙන්ම ශුද්ධෝත්තම […]

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ඉතිහාසයේ සිටම රට දෙකඩ කිරීමේ මෙහෙයුම් ක්‍රියාත්මක වුණා – වඩමාරච්චි සටන හරියට අවසාන කරන්න ඉඩ ලැබුණා නම් රටේ තත්ත්වය වෙනස් වෙන්න ඉඩ තිබුණා – විශ්‍රාමික ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් ජගත් ඩයස් (වීඩියෝ)

Thursday, February 16th, 2023

Lanka Lead News දෙමළ ජනතාවට රටක් නැති බවත්, එනිසාම ඔවුන් රටක් සොයන්නේ අතීතයේ සිටම බවත් විශ්‍රාමික ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් ජගත් ඩයස් ඩයස් මහතා පවසයි. මාධ්‍ය නාලිකාවක් සමග සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා මෙම කරුණු සදහන් කරයි. ඊශ්‍රායලයට ද රටක් නොතිබුණු අවදියේ බටහිර බලපෑම මත ඔවුන්ට රටක් අත්පත්කර ගැනීමට හැකි වූ බවද, දෙමළ ජනතාවට රටක් නොමැති නිසා එය […]

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High level US Defence delegation discuss regional security stability with SL officials

Thursday, February 16th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon and Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne today held discussion with the delegation led by U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs (PDASD) Jedidiah P Royal over the matters of defence cooperation enhancement and regional security stability. Jedidiah P Royal paid a […]

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Leaders rubbish claims of LTTE chief being alive

Monday, February 13th, 2023

Courtesy The Hindustan Times Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran’s claim that Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founding chief of the Liberation of Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), is still alive was quashed by Tamil nationalists and the Sri Lankan army Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran’s claim that Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founding chief of the Liberation of Tigers […]

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Plot to kill Karannagoda revealed from video footage

Friday, February 10th, 2023

Courtesy Hiru News The CID has started an investigation after disclosing an incident of taking secret video footage threatening the life of the Governor of the North Western Province, Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karnnagoda. That was according to a complaint made by the Governor to the Inspector General of Police. The Governor’s official residence […]

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Military personnel deployed in Colombo amidst mass protests

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Several teams of military personnel have been deployed within the Colombo Fort area, to help control the prevailing situation in the wake of various groups taking to the streets this morning (08 Feb.) to stage protest marches and rallies. A number of protests kicked off this morning, with different groups, including trade union activists, […]

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Japan donates vehicles and search equipment to Sri Lanka Police

Friday, February 3rd, 2023

Courtesy Ada Derana A total of 150 motorcycles, 74 vehicles and 115 pieces of search equipment have been handed over to the Sri Lanka Police by Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Takei Syunsuke. The automobiles and equipment were handed over under a grant by the Japanese Government at a ceremony held at the Presidential […]

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Westminster event declares support for Canadian action against Rajapaksa brothers

Tuesday, January 31st, 2023

Courtesy The Island Foreign Secretary, Aruni Wijewardane, with UK’s Permanent Under Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Sir Philip Barton, at the Foreign Ministry, in Colombo, on January 17 (pic courtesy Foreign Ministry) As a result of sheer negligence, Sri Lanka has ended up being categorized as a perpetrator of war crimes, […]

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US-India military base in Sri Lanka? Vasu questions

Tuesday, January 31st, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara charged that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution is in spotlight once again due to the impending visit of the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland to Sri Lanka. He said that a conspiracy is afoot to establish a US-India military base in […]

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Easter Attacks: Catholic Church refuses to accept Sirisena’s apology

Tuesday, January 31st, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Father Jude Chryshatha, the National Director for Social Communication, has asserted the Catholic Church’s refusal of former President Maithripala Sirisena’s recent apology for the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019. Accordingly, Father Chryshantha noted that the Catholic Church will not accept the apology made by the former President. Speaking at a press conference […]

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