Courtesy Adaderana The United Kingdom (UK) has updated its travel advice for Sri Lanka based on the latest travel alert issued by the U.S. Embassy regarding potential threats in the Arugam Bay area. The U.S. Embassy in Colombo today issued a security alert for American citizens in Sri Lanka strongly advising them to avoid the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Chinese Embassy in Colombo says that China is closely following the recent arrests of Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka for suspected online fraud and is supporting Sri Lankan law enforcement agencies in cracking down on them, while ensuring their rights and interests are protected in accordance with the law. Issuing a statement […]

Courtesy Adaderana The National Police Commission has approved the reappointment of former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shani Abeysekera in the Police Service on a contract basis for one year, with effect from today (10). Speculation has been rife that Abeysekara, who retired from the service 3 years ago, is expected to lead a new […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පාස්කු ඉරිදා බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරය පිළිබඳ පරීක්‍ෂණ කරන ලද ජනාධිපති විශේෂ කොමිසම් වාර්තාවේ පිටු අතුරුදහන් වූ බව කියන සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් රජය පරීක්ෂණයක් ආරම්භ කර ඇති බව අමාත්‍ය විජිත හේරත් මහතා අද ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. එම පරීක්ෂණවල කරුණු නුදුරේදීම හෙළි කරන බවද අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩල තීරණ දැනුම් දීමේ මාධ්‍ය හමුවට එක්වෙමින් ඔහු පැවසුවේය. එම […]

Courtesy CNA Sri Lanka’s new government announced a probe on Tuesday (Oct 8) into the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people, saying that previous investigations had failed to identify other culprits responsible for the country’s worst-ever attack against civilians. In the aftermath, officials blamed a local jihadist group for the suicide bombings on three […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa has confirmed that the security detail for former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, which includes 50 Special Task Force (STF) personnel, will remain unchanged. However, he noted that the necessary number of personnel required for the former president’s security will be reviewed and allocated soon.

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre A part of R.A. de Mel Mawatha in Kollupitiya Police area from St. Michael’s Roundabout to the Rotunda Roundabout along Temple Trees was closed for security reasons in 2005. After a lapse of 19 years, this stretch of road was opened to the public yesterday (Oct 04) with the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Defence has announced that all firearms and ammunition provided to civilians for self-defence will be acquired by the government and that they must be handed over to the relevant authorities before 07 November.  Furthermore, the Defence Ministry stated that they will be returned pending a review and consideration of the […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Sept 26 (NewsWire) – Former CID Director Shani Abeysekara has made explosive revelations about the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks and the investigation that followed. Speaking at the launch of a book written by journalist Sunanda Deshapriya, Abeysekara detailed how military intelligence allegedly misled the CID during critical stages of the investigation and raised […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් තමන්ට ජීවිත තර්ජන එල්ල වී ඇති බැවින් සිය ආරක්ෂාව තහවුරු කරන ලෙස මිහින්තලා රජමහා විහාරාධිපති පූජ්‍ය වලවාහැංගුණුවැවේ ධම්මරතන හිමියන් පවසනවා. උන්වහන්සේ මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් පැමිණිලි කිරීමට අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට පැමිණි අවස්ථාවේදීයි. මිහින්තලා රජමහා විහාරාධිපති පූජ්‍ය වලවාහැංගුණුවැවේ ධම්මරතන හිමියන් සහ සුරකිමු ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංවිධානයේ සභාපති පූජ්‍ය පාහියංගල ආනන්ද සාගර […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මාලිමාව යනු ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ කියන යක්ෂයාට අටවාගත්ත දේව මූණක් යැයි නව මග ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ ලේකම් අනිල් ශාන්ත ප්‍රනාන්දු පවසයි. මාලිමාව බලයට පැමිණිමට පෙරම ආගමික ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වය, භාෂණය සහ ප්‍රකාශනය අයිතියට බාධා කරන බවද ඔහු සඳහන් කළේය. ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ බොරැල්ලේ පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකට සහභාගී වෙමිනි. මෙහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් […]

Courtesy Adaderana The United States’ Department of State has updated its travel advisory for Sri Lanka urging citizens to exercise caution in view of the upcoming presidential election. The advisory highlights that since Sri Lanka is set to hold presidential elections on September 21, 2024, demonstrations could occur before, during, or after the election.  In […]

රෝහිත මුණසිංහ, පැරිසිය, ප්‍රංශය. උපුටා ගැන්ම බෝධි සභාව එරික් ගාමිණි ජිනප්‍රිය, ‘ඉරිදා දිවයින” පත්‍රය හරහා රටට සිය බුද්ධිමය සේවයක් කළ  ප්‍රසිද්ධ මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකි. ‘ දිවයින’ පත්‍රයටද මෙතුවක් කල් රටේ ජනතාව ආදරය කෙළේ එම පත්‍රය ජාතිය, ආගම, සංස්කෘතිය වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටින්නේයයි විශ්වාස කළ නිසාය. මේ මස 4 වැනිදා, ඔහු මෙතුවක් ලියු ලිපි සේම වැදගත් කරුණු සහිත පොතක් ලියා […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාල හා ප්‍රලේඛන සේවා මණ්ඩල ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේ පැවැති සම්මන්ත්‍රණයකට පොලු මුගුරු රැගත් පිරිසක් පැමිණ ප්‍රහාරයක් එල්ල කර තිබේ. මෙම සම්මන්ත්‍රණය සංවිධානය කර තිබුණේ දේශප්‍රේමී ජාතික පෙරමුණු විසිනි. ප්‍රහාරය එල්ල කරන ලද්දේ ජාතික ජන බලවේගය පිරිසක් විසින් බවට දේශප්‍රේමී ජාතික පෙරමුණ චෝදනා කරයි. අදාළ සම්මන්ත්‍රණය පැවැතෙමින් තිබියදී පිරිස පැමිණි ඊට […]

By Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Adm.Prof. Jayanath Colombage Colombo, August 11: Reproduced below is the speech of Adm. Prof. Jayanath Colombage, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Indonesia, former Navy Chief and Foreign Secretary at the round table on Indian Ocean Security organized by the Pathfinder Foundation at Colombo on July 31, 2024: The topic […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ගෝල්ෆේස් අරගලය පාර්ලිමේන්තුව දෙසට හැරවීමට ගත් උත්සහය අසාර්ථක වූ බවට සිදු කල ප්‍රකාශය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ විධායක සභික කේ. ඩී. ලාල්කාන්ත අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන විමර්ශනයක් සිදු කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ නීතිඥවරුන් පිරිසක් අද අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට පැමිණිල්ලක් සිදු කළා. කෙසේ වෙතත් තමා විසින් සිදුකළ ප්‍රකාශ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගැටලු‍වක් ඇත්නම් ඒ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Fifteen years after the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the end of Sri Lanka’s war, the family of LTTE leader warns about a major fraud carried out by sections of the Tamil diaspora defrauding millions of dollars from Tamil around the […]

by Neville ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island Himalee Subhashini Arunatilaka speaking at UNHRC, Geneva Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Himalee Subhashini Arunatilaka, in her statement to the HR Council stated that Sri Lanka has consistently rejected Resolutions 46/1 and 51/1”, because Sri Lanka is in fundamental disagreement with its unacceptable content in […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chandra Fernando says that it cannot be expected that the political groups who have engaged in violent political activities in the past will not resume such activities in the future.   He stated this while speaking during a press conference held today (13), with the participation of other […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has informed the Speaker of Parliament that SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva has said there is no threats to his life and hence an investigation in that aspect is not necessary. Public Security Minister Tiran Alles on Friday (07) instructed IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon to direct the CID […]

Truth with Chamuditha කීර්ති රත්නායක චමුදිත සමරවික්‍රම සමග Keerthi Ratnayake On Truth with Chamuditha

Courtesy Adaderana Amidst growing pressure to amend its travel advice to Sri Lanka which was deemed overly harsh”, the United Kingdom (UK) has defended its decision and said it would continue to keep the island nation’s travel advise under close review. UK’s Minister of State for the Middle East, South Asia, Commonwealth Lord Tariq Ahmad […]

The Pathfinder Foundation The Pathfinder Foundation and the Centre for National Security Studies of Bangalore recently signed an MoU aimed at joint collaboration.  The MoU will enable both institutions to focus on the regional security architecture in South Asia and its impact on international security, international relations, conflict studies, disruptive technologies, and Maritime Security of […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Public Security, Tiran Alles, emphasized his unwavering commitment to continue operations aimed at suppressing drugs, tackling the underworld and preventing violence against women and children, regardless of any pressure encountered. Furthermore, Minister Alles disclosed that the value of drugs seized thus far during the ‘Yukthiya’ operation, which commenced on December 17, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Tamil Nadu government informed the Madras High Court on Tuesday that the Sri Lankan government has issued travel documents for one of the convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination, Santhan alias T Suthenthiraraja, who was released along with others in 2022 following a Supreme Court order. Additional Public Prosecutor R […]

Courtesy The Indian Express The Sri Lanka Navy in the operation with the Sri Lanka Coast Guard on Wednesday also seized 2 Indian trawlers alongside the arrest of 19 Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters, the Navy said in a statement. So far this year, the Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 88 Indian fishermen […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Online Safety Act has been published in the government gazette, bringing it into effect as the Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024. Accordingly, the Act will provide for the establishment of the Online Safety Commission, safety from prohibited statements made online and prevention of the use of online accounts and inauthentic […]

By Vel Moonien in Mauritius, Courtesy gCaptain Three Somali pirates arrive in Seychelles on board the Seychelles Defense Forces (SDF) vessel, the Topaz. Photo courtesy Vel Moonien The six crew members of the Sri Lankan trawler Lorenzo Putha 4, hijacked in Arabian Sea off of Somali on Saturday, arrived safely in Port Victoria on Mahé, Seychelles’ […]