Author Archive for Security

Urgent Foreign Office ‘high threat’ warning at Brit holiday hotspot -Sri Lanka

Thursday, January 2nd, 2025

By Hannah Giacardi & Annabal Bagdi Courtesy .mirror.co.uk The Government has updated its terror advice to Brits heading to Sri Lanka, warning terrorist groups ‘are likely’ to carry out attacks The Foreign Office has warned Brits travelling to Sri Lanka that a terror attack is likely  UK holidaymakers are being warned of a potential terror […]

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ඉන්දියානු ගැට වලින් ගැලවෙන්නේ කෙසේද? ජාතික සංවිධානවලින් ජනපතිට උපදෙස්

Wednesday, January 1st, 2025

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් දෙසැම්බර් 31 දින ජාතික පුවත්පතක ලිපියක් පළකරමින් දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා විසින් ඉන්දියානු ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා ඒකාබද්ධ ප‍්‍රකාශ මගින් රටට සිදුවිය හැකි විපත පිළිබඳව දීර්ඝ වශයෙන් කරුණු දක්වා ඇත. ඒ් අනුව රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ මහතා ඔහු‌ගේ මාමා සමඟ 1987 සිට ආරම්භ කළ ක‍්‍රියාවලියේ දිගුවක් ලෙස අනුරදිසානායක ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ‘‘රිලේ බැටන්”‍ එක අතට ගැනීමට […]

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Police take action against over 8,700 traffic law violators in 24 hrs

Wednesday, December 25th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police says legal action has been taken against a total of 8,747 motorists for violating traffic laws, including 251 individuals driving under the influence of liquor, during the last 24 hours. In accordance with instructions from the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), the special island-wide traffic operation aimed at reducing […]

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 මගේ මල්ලී ඝාතනය කිරීමට වගකිව යුත්තා රනිල් – SI රෝහිත ප්‍රියදර්ශනගේ අයියා කියයි

Friday, December 20th, 2024

Kaarige Channel Eka | Dharmasri Kariyawasam මගේ මල්ලී ඝාතනය කිරීමට වගකිව යුත්තා රනිල් – SI රෝහිත ප්‍රියදර්ශනගේ අයියා කියයි 1987 – 90 භීෂණ සමයේ දී රාජකාරියේ නිරත ව සිටිය දී අතුරුදන් වූ සපුගස්කන්ද පොලිසියේ අපරාධ විමර්ශන අංශයේ ස්ථානාධිපති උප පොලිස් පරීක්ෂක රෝහිත ප්‍රියදර්ශන අබිරහස් ලෙස ඝාතනයට ලක් විය. ඔහුගේ ඝාතනයත් ඉන් පසු ව පොලිසිය ක්‍රියාත්මක […]

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රනිල්ගේ සිත රිදවූ SI රෝහිත ප්‍රියදර්ශන අමු අමුවේ ඝාතනය කළ හැටි

Friday, December 20th, 2024

Kaarige Channel Eka | Dharmasri Kariyawasam

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Prins Gunasekara ‘අහිමි පරපුර’ !!! Lost generation : මහින්දගේ හීනමානය නිසා විජේදාස ලියනාරච්චි මරුවා.

Tuesday, December 17th, 2024

London Talks 1971 මෙන්ම 1987 -1990 අතර කාලය ශ්‍රී ලාංකාවාසින් නැවත මතක් කරන්නට අකමැති මුසල දේශපාලකයන් මෙන්ම අවස්ථාවාදී මිනිස් වෙස් ගත් වෘකයන් ජිවත් වූ යුගයකි. අනෙක් අතින් සිය යුගයේ මිනිසුන්ගේ සහ ගැහැණුන්ගේ ජිවිත වලට යහපත් දවසක් උදා කිරීමේ හුදු අරමුණින් යුතුව සමාජ ශෝධනයක් සහ නව සමාජයක් උදෙසා සිය දිවි පරදුවට තබා සටන් වැදී මානව හිතවාදී, […]

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අනුරගේ නීතිපති අනුරටම ගේම ගහලා

Wednesday, December 11th, 2024

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ඉසුරුපාය ළඟ විරෝධයේදී පොලීසියේ තුනක් කැපුවේ හමුදා බුද්ධි නිලධාරියෙක්..- පොලිසිය උසාවියට දන්වයි…

Wednesday, December 11th, 2024

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ගුරු පත්වීම් ඉල්ලා පාසල් සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් පසුගිය 2 වැනිදා බත්තරමුල්ල ඉසුරුපාය අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශය ඉදිරිපිට පැවැත්වූ විරෝධතාවේදී තියුණු ආයුධයකින් කපා පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් තිදෙනකුට තුවාල සිදුකළැයි කියන පුද්ගලයා යුද හමුදා බුද්ධි අංශ නිලධාරියකු බවට මෙතෙක් සිදුකළ විමර්ශනවලදී අනාවරණය වී ඇතැයි තලංගම පොලිසිය කඩුවෙල මහෙස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණයට ඊයේ (10දා) දැනුම් දුන්නේය. එම පුද්ගලයා […]

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මහජනයා නොසන්සුන් කරමින් ෆේස්බුක් දැමූ මහවිරු සැමරුම්…”දෙයියා කියන එකට කොහෙද විමර්ශනයක් වෙන්නේ?”

Sunday, December 1st, 2024

Ada Derana

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How and Why Prabhakaran Lost

Saturday, November 30th, 2024

By N Sathiya Moorthy Courtesy Ceylon Today In a way, there isn’t much new in the book, The Rout of Prabhakaran by M.R. Narayan Swamy, who had authored an ‘unauthorised’ biography of LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, Inside an Elusive Mind, way back in 2003, and two other books, one earlier and another latter, on the world’s most dreaded […]

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India-based Information Fusion Centre helps capture Lankan drug smugglers in Arabian Sea

Friday, November 29th, 2024

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 29: Based on information received from the Sri Lanka Navy regarding probable narcotics smuggling by Sri Lankan flagged fishing vessels in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy responded swiftly through a coordinated operation to localise and intercept the boats. Extensive surveillance was undertaken by Indian Naval Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft […]

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Iranian charged over plot to kill Trump was also told to target Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka – US

Saturday, November 9th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana The U.S. Department of Justice has on Friday charged an Iranian asset Farhad Shakeri,” who is accused in a plot to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, and claim that he was also tasked with targeting Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka. The Justice Department on Friday announced federal charges in a thwarted Iranian plot […]

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Terror threat on tourists: Israelis & Europeans make daily ‘security’ requests

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

BY Apsara Rodrigo Courtesy The Morning The Police has been receiving daily requests for security protection from Israeli and European tourists, both in the form of in person visits to Police stations and calls to the dedicated hotline, and the Police has been providing physical security for each such request. These requests come from individual […]

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විජය මැරූ ලෙසම මාත් මරන්නයි හදන්නේ.. ආරක්‍ෂාව අඩු කරන්නේ ඒකටයි..

Tuesday, November 5th, 2024

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තම සැමියා වූ විජය කුමාරතුංග මහතා දේශපාලන හේතූන් නිසා ඝාතනය කරන ලද ආකාරයෙන්ම තමන්වද ඝාතනය කිරීමේ කුමන්ත්‍රණයක් ඇත්දැයි සැකයක් පහළ වී ඇතැයි හිටපු ජනාධිපතිනි චන්ද‍්‍රිකා කුමාරතුංග මහත්මිය සදහන් කරයි. ඇය මේ බව සඳහන් කරන්නේ හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ ආරක්ෂක නිලධාරීන් අඩු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යංශ ලේකම්වරයාට ලිපියක් යොමු කරමිනි. විශ්‍රාමික ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ […]

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Tensions rise as Nawalapitiya villagers confront Pastor Jerome

Tuesday, November 5th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 05 (Daily Mirror) –  A tense situation arose between the security officers of Pastor Jerome Fernando and villagers of Nawalapitiya when Jerome arrived in the area to oversee the construction of a rehabilitation centre for children.  Villagers claimed that he was planning to build a religious facility instead. The […]

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Six including foreigner arrested over Arugam Bay security threat

Saturday, November 2nd, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Vijitha Herath says that six individuals who allegedly acted in a manner that posed a threat to national security and the safety of tourists have been arrested, and that investigations are being carried out. A foreign national is also among the arrestees, the minister revealed. He stated that […]

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INSS conducts lecture on “Military Innovations and Its Contributions to National Security”

Thursday, October 24th, 2024

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), conducted a public lecture titled “Military Innovations and Its Contributions to National Security” today (Oct 24, 2024) at the Nandimithra Auditorium” of the Ministry of Defence at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte. Senior Professor Ajith De Alwis, Professor of […]

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Security alert: More to it than meets the eye

Thursday, October 24th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The tourism sector has taken a hit due to security alerts issued by foreign embassies.  Pic Ishara Kodikara, AFP There is more to the Israeli presence in Sri Lanka than meets the eye. Also, there is more to Wednesday’s security alert than what the authorities and embassies claimed.  Given the questions […]

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Sri Lanka deploys troops to Jewish community centre after US warning

Thursday, October 24th, 2024

Courtesy Digital Journal  Sri Lanka deployed troops around a Jewish community centre in a popular surfing town after the US embassy warned a possible attack – Copyright AFP Arun SANKAR Sri Lanka deployed troops and increased police patrols around a Jewish community centre in a popular surfing town on Wednesday after the US embassy warned […]

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Govt’s inexperience, knowledge exposed by Arugam Bay attack warning: Kanchana

Thursday, October 24th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, October 24 (Daily Mirror) – With the government’s announcement yesterday regarding a potential attack targeting popular tourist locations in the Arugam Bay area, it is clear that the current government lacks experience and knowledge to handle situations of such nature, former Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said. Addressing the […]

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Why did the govt wait till embassy alert to act, if intel was received two weeks ago- Former Minister

Thursday, October 24th, 2024

Courtesy Hiru News Former Minister Kanchana Wijesekera questioned why the Sri Lankan government, which reportedly received information about a possible attack on October 7, did not inform the public or tighten security measures before the U.S. Embassy’s announcement. He expressed concerns that officials failed to share details regarding actions taken in response to the information […]

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Sri Lanka Police introduce emergency telephone number for Israeli nationals

Thursday, October 24th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana Israeli nationals visiting Sri Lanka, whether for tourism or other purposes, can now directly request assistance to ensure personal protection, according to Sri Lankan Police.  Visitors in need of assistance can contact the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of the Tourist Range and Maritime Division, Mr. Damayantha Vijaya Sri, by […]

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Travel advisories for Sri Lanka can be withdrawn within 2-3 days – Minister

Thursday, October 24th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana Public Security Minister Vijitha Herath says that the travel advisories issued by several foreign countries for Sri Lanka could be lifted within the next two to three days. Minister Herath stated this during a special press conference held in Colombo today (24), to brief on the steps taken following information received on possible […]

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Three suspects arrested over threats to Israeli nationals, being investigated

Thursday, October 24th, 2024

Courtesy Hiru News Public Security Minister Vijitha Herath announced that three individuals have been arrested in connection with intelligence reports regarding security threats to Israeli nationals in Sri Lanka. The minister revealed this information during a press conference focused on the ongoing investigations. Minister Herath stated that the arrested suspects are currently undergoing interrogation. He […]

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Troops deployed to Jewish community center in Sri Lanka surfing town after U.S. warns of possible attack in area

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

Courtesy CBSNews Sri Lanka deployed troops and increased police patrols around a Jewish community center in a popular surfing town on Wednesday after the U.S. embassy warned American citizens of a possible attack on popular tourist sites in the area. The stepped-up security and warning came after social media posts called for a boycott of […]

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Government should reappoint a National Security Advisor: Sagala

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, October 23 (Daily Mirror) – A National Security Advisor should be reappointed to the country to prevent potential threats from terrorist groups, former Presidential advisor Sagala Rathnayaka said. Addressing the media today, he said that as the country’s tourism industry is growing, news of such threats could severely harm the […]

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Security forces fully aware of Arugam Bay threat; Security tightened days ago

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s security forces were reportedly fully aware of the information warning of a possible attack targeting popular tourist locations in the Arugam Bay area, as mentioned in the U.S. Embassy’s security alert for American citizens in Sri Lanka today (23).  Is it stated that consequently, steps were taken several days ago to […]

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Acting IGP assures security of foreigners in Sri Lanka

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya stated that the security of all foreigners in the country has been assured and that diplomatic missions have been informed. He made these comments while addressing a special press conference today (23) at the Polonnaruwa SSP’s Office, regarding the security measures taken following […]

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Russians Embassy alerts citizens in Sri Lanka over threat of attacks in Arugam Bay

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana In connection with the official statement by Sri Lanka Police regarding the possible threat of attacks against foreign tourists in Arugam Bay, the Russian Embassy in Colombo has requested Russian citizens in Sri Lanka to remain vigilant and to avoid large gatherings. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom (UK) had also updated its travel advice […]

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UK updates travel advice for Sri Lanka

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

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 […]

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