By Daya Gamage Foreign Service National Political Specialist (ret) U.S. Department of State Draconian Patriot Act exposed Six weeks after the September 11 attacks on American soil, the U.S. Congress passed the USA/Patriot Act,” nation’s hurried surveillance laws that expanded the government’s authority to check on its own citizens, while simultaneously reducing checks and balances […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando  Courtesy The Island National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa on Tuesday alleged that having failed to thwart Ranil Wickremesinghe’s ascent to presidency, the US was now working with the UNP leader to achieve its objectives. MP Weerawansa, the Chairman of the Uththara Lanka Sabhagaya said that President Wickremesinghe already consented to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The highly controversial Antiterrorism Bill is subject to amendments and changes in Parliament and as such no one should have any fear or feeling of threat from the proposed Bill, Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said. The government is aware of concerns raised by the global and local community on certain provisions […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් තමන්ට තීන්දුවක් ගත හැකි, නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කළ හැකි, බලයක් සහිත කාල වකවානුවේ දී කිසිවක් නොපවසා, විශ්‍රාම යන මොහොතේ කුමන්ත්‍රණකාරී සිදුවීමක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු නීතිපති දප්පුල ද ලිවේරා සිදු කළ ප්‍රකාශය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂගෙන් විවේචනාත්මක ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් වී තිබෙනවා. අද (22) පෙරවරුවේ මහනුවර අස්ගිරි විහාරස්ථානයට ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත සම්බන්ධයෙන් […]

By P.k. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), comprising countries from Europe and North America, has informally sought a partnership with India, in an effort to contain Russia and China. Apart from 32 full members, NATO has 40 partners around the world in Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania. Though India […]

Courtesy The Island Police inaction to prevent arson attacks against SLPP politicians in the Western province on May 9 may have been due to orders not to carry weapons to deal with protesters, a new investigation has revealed.A review of the role of the police at the time showed Senior Deputy Inspector General Deshabandu Tennakoon […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]