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Sri Lanka Navy sees first batch of lady cadets

Commitment to diversity and inclusion as 3 female officer cadets join executive branch of the Sri Lanka Navy

January 11, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka to send Navy ship to counter Houthi attacks in Red Sea

Decision has been made to deploy ship from the Sri Lanka Navy to the Red Sea, contributing to the security of the region

January 4, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s public security minister: Can’t release full Easter Sunday PCoI report

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa won 2019 election on the promise of strengthening national security after Easter attack

December 21, 2023 2 min read

After disqualifying Indian bidders, Sri Lanka hopes to select Digital ID printer by 2024 Q1

The Digital ID card project has been dragged despite India has already given 450 mln INR grant

December 19, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka Nuclear Test Ban Treaty field event to be postponed

Sri Lanka announced the ratification of the treaty in 2023

Sri Lanka president appoints new army, navy chief

President has not announced a successor for outgoing CDS General Shavendra Silva

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber sounds warning against unrest

ECONOMYNEXT - The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said urged the head of Sri Lanka’s security establishment to prevent...

June 3, 2019 2 min read

U.S. pledges support to Sri Lanka to fight terrorism

ECONOMYNEXT – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged “strong support” to Sri Lanka to f...

May 17, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka police inaction against mobs could trigger more unrest, Tamil party warns

ECONOMYNEXT – Police inaction against mobs attacking minority Muslims in Sri Lanka might force the community to r...

May 14, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka army chief says ready to use maximum force against nationalist rioters

Sri Lanka military is prepared to use maximum force against groups of nationalist rioters who are attacking Muslim citiz...

May 14, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's anti-Muslim riots claim first death

A Muslim mas was slashed to death in Sri Lanka Monday, police said after imposing a nationwide curfew to contain a viole...

May 14, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka police chief warns tough action against extremist rioters

Sri Lanka's acting police chief Chandana Wickremeratne warned tough action against rioters who are damaging property of ...

May 13, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka under curfew after anti-Muslim riots

Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide night curfew Monday, after anti-Muslim riots spread to three districts just north of the ...

Amal Jayasinghe
May 13, 2019 4 min read

Sri Lanka police extends curfew around Kuliyapitiya

Sri Lanka has imposed curfew in Kuliyapitiya, Bingiriya, Hettipola, Dummalasuriya, Rasnayakepura and Kobeigane areas to ...

May 13, 2019 1 min read

Ruwan Wijewardene appointed Sri Lanka's acting defence minister

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena who is on an overseas visit had appointed Ruwan Wijewardene as acting ministe...

May 13, 2019 1 min read

Curfew in Sri Lanka town of Chilaw after rising tension

Curfew has been imposed till 6.00 pm Sunday police said following heightened tension in the area after a crowd of people...

May 12, 2019 1 min read
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One person dead after failing to stop at Sri Lanka checkpoint

A driver of a vehicle had died after being shot at a Sri Lanka Navy checkpoint set up in the Wattala area to search for ...

May 12, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka returning to normal, security operations to continue: PM

ECONOMYNEXT - Daily life in Sri Lanka is returning to normal amid tighter security, after the Easter Sunday bombings, Pr...

May 7, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka to allow duty free import of security scanners

Sri Lanka will allow duty free import of security scanners and metal detectors to be used at hotels, schools or other co...

May 7, 2019 1 min read

Easter bombers all killed or arrested: Sri Lanka police chief

Sri Lankan security authorities have either killed or arrested all the jihadists responsible for the Easter suicide bomb...

May 7, 2019 2 min read

Curfew in Sri Lanka's Negombo lifted; social media blocked

Sri Lanka's Negombo town is calm following overnight unrest and a dusk-to-dawn curfew has ended at 7.00 am, police said,...

May 6, 2019 1 min read

Curfew in Sri Lanka's Negombo until 7.00 am Monday

Police curfew has been imposed in Negombo, Sri Lanka to maintain public order, police said.

May 5, 2019 1 min read

The macabre puzzle of piecing together victims at Sri Lanka morgue

The nauseating smell of death that infested the streets around Colombo's morgue after Sri Lanka's devastating Easter att...

May 4, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka police to search schools on Sunday

Authorities will search schools and their environs in Colombo Sunday ahead of re-opening the next day, police said.

May 4, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka shuts down part of IS cell as Muslims condemn Easter bombs

Sri Lanka bolstered security Friday with fears of attacks against bridges in the capital as the prime minister vowed to ...

May 4, 2019 4 min read

UK security minister pledges support to revive Sri Lanka tourism

ECONOMYNEXT – The United Kingdom’s Minister for Security and Economic Crime, Ben Wallace pledged support t...

May 3, 2019 2 min read