Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Ministry of Defence in Sri Lanka strongly refuted the allegations that a group of Sri Lankans was taken hostage by the Al-Shabaab militant group after a SLAF helicopter crash-landed in Somalia. The SLAF MI 17 helicopter (SMH 4417) was on a routine cargo flight during a United Nations […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island The government will have to spend about USD 40 million to upgrade the offshore patrol vessel to be sent to the Red Sea to take part in operations against the Houthi rebels, Y.N. Jayarathna, retired Rear Admiral and hydrographer, said in a televised interview this week. The Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy Hiru News Chinese state media warned on Friday that a report by a prominent U.S. think tank on the military uses of Chinese scientific research across the Indian Ocean gave “ammunition” to countries bent on concocting threats from China. The report this week by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) “comes […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two suspects have been arrested in the Mawathagama area over the possession of a fake gemstone, police reported. According to police, the suspects were arrested during the ongoing island-wide anti-drug operation ‘Yukthiya’. They had been arrested while in possession of ‘maranchi gemstones’ (synthetic, commonly known as ‘fake gems’), police stated. Following their arrest, […]

Courtesy The Island Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Iran M. M. Zuhair yesterday (09) urged the government not to join US-led military alliance in Red Sea operation. The former PA MP and Senior State Counsel issued the following statement: Those in Sri Lanka holding accountable office but recklessly aiding the US moves to widen the […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando  Courtesy The Island FSP questions feasibility of bankrupt country joining US military project The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday (07) urged political parties in Parliament to oppose the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government’s decision to join a US-led multinational coalition to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea against continuing attacks by Yemen’s Houthi group. […]

වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මේ වන විට හිමාලයා ප්‍රකාශය මගින් දිගහැරෙන මාර්ග සිතියම අනුව ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා ඛෙදුම්වාදී දෙමළ දේශපාලන පක්ෂ නායකයින්ට 2023.12.21 දින ලබා දුන් පොරොන්දුව අකුරටම ඉටු කරමින් සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ සහ ප්‍රතිසන්ධාන කොමිසම් පනත ගැසට් පත්‍රයේ පළ කර ඇත. ජනාධිපතිවරයා එහිදී පොරොන්දු වූයේ එම පනත කෙසේහෝ 2024 ජනවාරි මාසයේදී සම්මත කරන බවය. ඊට […]

by John Konrad (gCaptain) INDIAN OCEAN (June 26, 2021) Sri Lanka Navy Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel SLNS Gajabahu (P-626), right, and SLNS Sayurala (P-623) exercise divisional tactics alongside Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 26. In its 27th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The Navy was still studying the possibility of sending a warship to the Red Sea in support of a recently launched US-led operation to thwart Houthi attacks on commercial shipping, sources said. Sources said that a thorough study was required before such a deployment could be made in a […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lanka Navy is slated to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Nuclear Security Administration of the United States regarding the prevention of illegal transportation of nuclear and other radioactive materials. The proposal presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the Minister of Defence, to sign the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said even some religious leaders who maintain links with organized criminal gangs act with hypocrisy making remarks critical of the police crackdown on criminals. Addressing a function in Homagama, he said politicians also indulge in such acts to demoralize the police.  This is to distract the […]

By Toby Antony Courtesy The New Indian Express In recent months, NIA has launched probes into multiple human trafficking incidents in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.  Express News Service KOCHI:  Suspecting links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has launched a probe into two cases relating to the attempted human trafficking of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec.21 (Daily Mirror) Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has received a threatening call from an overseas underworld figure following a media briefing at the Presidential Media Centres on the progress of the island-wide special operation, Yukthiya” (Justice). Shortly after the briefing concluded, Minister Alles reportedly received an anonymous call, suspected […]

Courtesy The New Indian Express Murugan is currently lodged in the special camp for foreigners in Tiruchy. He had applied for permission to travel abroad to be with his daughter in UK. Published: 19th December 2023 10:28 AM  |   Last Updated: 19th December 2023 10:28 AM  |  A+A A- By Express News Service CHENNAI: The centre has told Madras High Court it cannot […]

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Courtesy The Hindu They have been taken to the Kankesanthurai naval base for interrogation, say sources Six fishermen from Pudukottai district were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday on the charge of trespassing into the territorial waters of the island nation. Coastal Security Group sources said the six fishermen set sail on board a mechanised […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Sarath Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd.) Sarath Weerasekera yesterday (05) said that over a year after the killing of eight persons, including SLPP MP Amarakeerthi Atukorale and his police bodyguard and destruction of approximately 150 private properties the government was yet […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island attackers among 25 arrested along with two trawlers Poaching Indian fishers on Saturday night (Dec 09) caused injuries to two sailors in Sri Lankan waters off Point Pedro. Authoritative sources said that Indian fishers attacked them with sticks and then threw boiling water in a bid to thwart SLN […]

Courtesy The Morning The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will move to withdraw nearly 250 members of the armed forces who were deployed to carry out maintenance and support duties at the historic Mihintale Raja Maha Viharaya, State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said in Parliament. The move follows an escalation of a dispute between […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තමන් වහන්සේ ගැන ඔත්තු බැලීම සඳහා නොචියාගම යුද හමුදා කඳවුරේ සෙබළුන් දෙදෙනෙක් මිහින්තලා පූජා භූමිය වෙත යොදා යොදවා තිබූ බව එම විහාරාධිපති පූජ්‍ය වලවාහැංඟුණු වැවේ ධම්මරතන හිමියෝ කියා සිටිති. මිහින්තලා පූජා භූමියට යොදා තිබූ ආරක්ෂාව ඉවත් හමුදා ආරක්ෂාව ඉවත් කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව ම විහාරස්ථානයේදී මාධ්‍ය කැඳවමින් උන්වහන්සේ මෙසේ අදහස් පළ කළහ. […]

Courtesy Hiru News State Minister for Defense Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon announced in Parliament today that 251 members of the Army, Navy, and Civil Defense Force, who were on duty at Mihintalea Rajamaha Vihara, will be withdrawn. The decision follows a question raised by opposition leader Sajith Premadasa in Parliament yesterday. The controversy surrounding the security […]

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Courtesy Hiru News A group of students is alleged to have kidnapped and assaulted two security officers on the Kelaniya university premises. The victims, identified as security personnel, are currently receiving medical treatment at Kiribathgoda Hospital. According to the police report, the incident occurred when the two security officers were residing in a dormitory within the […]

By  Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today The call for an independent investigation of the Easter Sunday bombings grew in crescendo during the last months of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s tenure in Office. The Catholic Church actively galvanised the anti-government protesters to oust President Gotabaya. Their grievance was not so much than the economic crisis but that […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island demands that govt. adhere to Fiscal Management (Responsibility) Act Rebel SLPP MP Gevindu Cumaratunga yesterday (23) said that Sri Lanka should be concerned about external interventions in the judiciary.MP Cumaratunga told The Island that without any malicious intent, on behalf of the Nidahasa Janatha Sabhawa he raised the issue at hand […]

Courtesy The Daily News The Sri Lankan government has released 22 fishermen hailing from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, who were detained on November 18 by the Navy personnel on charges of poaching. The two seized country boats belonging to the fishermen have also been released, Rayappan, president, the country boat fishermen association, told journalists in […]

By: Susil Premalal Courtesy The Daily Mirror COLOMBO (Daily Mirror) – Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe said that he had received threats from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Shammi Silva and National Sports Council Director Sudhath Chandrasekara in a new turn of events between the two parties. The Sports Minister made these observations during a special […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Nov 18 (DailyMirror) – Foreign intelligence agencies have alerted Sri Lanka that a video clip is being prepared to be disseminated around the world on November 27, using artificial intelligence to indicate that Dwaraka Prabhakaran, the daughter of late LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, is still alive, informed sources said. November 27 is the […]