Sri Lanka and Australia to enhance cooperation on transnational crime with new MoU Source : ft The Cabinet of Ministers at their meeting last week approved a proposal to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Sri Lanka Police and the Australian Federal Police towards strengthening bilateral law enforcement ties. Addressing the weekly post-Cabinet meeting media briefing, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa on Tuesday said the agreement aims to deepen collaboration in the fight against a range of transnational and organised crimes, including terrorism, cybercrime, drug and human trafficking and smuggling. He said the MoU will establish a formal framework for cooperation between the two law enforcement agencies. The initiative reflects a shared commitment of both nations to address increasingly complex and cross-border security threats through joint action and mutual support. Under the proposed agreement, Sri Lanka Police and the Australian Federal Police will facilitate enhanced coordination in ...
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Why was Senior Deputy Inspector of Police Priyantha Weerasuriya assigned to North Western Province elected as the Acting Inspector General of Police prudently by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake? The reasons for this admirable decision are as follows: – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : dailynews The most crucial reason for the election of Priyantha Weerasuriya’s enormous uprightness, morality and utmost honesty. Even if any instructions were received by his higher ranks which would lead to corruption and bribery , he was never willing to acceded to those orders and advises. There have been many proven instances where he spoke against such corruption activities and having declined many such unreasonable desires. For this eminence of his there had been instances where he was jeopardised in his police career to receive sudden transfers for which he did not change his firm stance. He never bowed his head to injustice, corruption and bribery ...
Eva Leads National Effort to Raise Awareness on Menstrual Health through the “Eva Danamuthu Daru – Danagenama Lokuwemu” Program with the Ministry of Education and Sri Lanka Police Colombo, October 1, 2024 – Eva, the leading sanitary napkin brand in Sri Lanka, partnered with the Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka Police and Team Hero Foundation to launch a transformative educational initiative titled “Eva Danamuthu Daru – Danagenama Lokuwemu” under the national program “Magaharunu Padama.” The “Eva Danamuthu Daru – Danagenama Lokuwemu” initiative aims to raise awareness about feminine health, puberty, reproductive health, and menstruation in over 3,000 girls’ schools across the island. The inauguration of the “Magaharunu Padama” program was held on October 1st in honor of World Children’s Day, graced by the newly appointed Prime Minister, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, along with other delegates and officials from the Ministry of Education and Sri Lanka Police. This effort is designed to ...
Sri Lanka Police: Headless At A Critical Moment-by Merril Gunaratne Source:Thuppahis Merril Gunaratne, in morningLK, 11 August 2024, where the headline reads “The Police: A ‘headless’ body for the election” Any organisation, be it professional, social, or sports, has to be led. The leader steers the organisation on a charted path to achieve its goals and aspirations. He [or SHE] has a paramount role to guide humans within the organisation towards identified goals and targets. The leader steers it with a mix of inspiration, discipline, delegation of authority, supervision, and monitoring. In an ideal sense, leadership has much to do with its successes or failures. It is a sine qua non or an integral element for any organisation to prosper. Challenges to the Police in the times of a crucial Presidential Election are manifold. In normal or ordinary times alone, those in power structures interfere with the Police. This odious feature, starting with the advent of the ...
Peel Region Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah undertakes sentimental journey to Sri Lanka in search of his roots – By Upali Obeyesekere Chief Nishan Duraiappah with Sri Lanka Ministers Ali Sabry and Tiran Alles Peel Region Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah embarked on a sentimental journey last month to Sri Lanka – his country of birth. His beloved parents left Sri Lanka in 1974, emigrating to Canada with their nine-month-old son – Nishan. Forty-nine years later he made his second visit to his country of birth on a rare high – as Chief of Police, Peel Region in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Born in Colombo, this was his second trip “home,” as he may call it. His earlier visit to Sri Lanka was in 2003. For any Sri Lankan-Canadian to return home to your birth country Sri Lanka as a normal person is nostalgic. But for Nishan Duraiappah, it was special ...
Memories of a most respected personality of the last century, General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa Remembering him on his 83rd birth anniversary, 27th July 2023 – by Sunil Keppetipola Lt. General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa. RWP RSP VSV USP psc rcds Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa was born in the city of Kandy in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) on the 27th of July 1940. It is appropriate at this moment of time to write a few words about this legend on his 83rd Birth Anniversary. He was a legendary sportsman, a great military officer who was able to command the respect of all Sri Lankans, and a person with humane qualities loved and respected by his followers locally and internationally. Denzil had his nursery education at Hillwood College Kandy and followed his primary and secondary education at Trinity College Kandy. During his tenure at Trinity College, it was clearly identified that he was a personality ...
Sri Lanka Police -156th Anniversary – By C.L.Ratnayake(Retired Deputy Inspector General of Police) Source : island On 3rd September 2022 Sri Lanka Police celebrated its 156th anniversary. There were several articles published in the newspapers both in Sinhala and English. The Assistant Director of the Police Media Division made a very impressive presentation in an interview aired over Newsline. According to him Police Department boasts of approximately 96,000 personal both male and female of all ranks engaged in duties in more than 600 Police stations in 120 Police divisions scattered all over the island. Police boasted of an exemplary service few decades ago, but at present what is the perception of the public on the performance of the Police? Do we, the members of the public, get the protection we deserve from the Police? Indisputably crime – especially organized crime; cybercrime and crime related to narcotics drugs with involvement of foreign ...
SRI LANKA NEWS (MAY 2022)- By Victor Melder. Tea production in March had slumped by 24% to 22 million kg from a year earlier, marking it as the lowest crop since 2009, Asia Siyaka Commodities said. It also said in 2020 when the country went into complete lockdown in mid-March and production declined to 13.5 million kg. Quoting Sri Lanka Tea Board preliminary data, Asia Siyaka said first quarter production dropped by 15% to 63 million kg from 74.5 million kg a year ago. This year’s January – March figure is also the lowest since 2009. In that year production slumped due to fallout from the global financial crisis and the market collapsed, teas remained unsold and farmers stopped plucking their fields and estates were pruned. Asia Siyaka said this year’s first quarter losses however resulted from dry weather that took its toll on bushes that had not received adequate fertilizer ...
Pradeep Wilson excelled in rugby only after joining the Police-by Althaf Nawaz Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka Police has played a pivotal role in bringing to prominence several school leavers and transformed them as top sportsmen in various sporting disciplines. Rugby at Police is the cynosure of all eyes and has a special place in their annual sporting calendar. Pradeep Wilson was one of their finest products who had a limited knowledge handling the oval shaped ball at the time of enrolling in the Police later turned out to be a highly skilled player in rugby finally representing the country. Pradeep was born in 1976 in Polgolla in the outskirts of Kandy District. His father was Widanagama Wilson a former army officer while Seelawathi Manike is his mother a housewife from Polgolla. He started his school career with a school in his home town called Uyanwatta Vidyalaya in 1982, where he completed ...
Utility player Kapila Knowlton did Army and Sri Lanka proud-by Althaf Nawaz Kapila Knowlton Source:Dailynews Some players in the game of rugby had naturally gifted talents imbibed with them where they had the capability of occupying several positions as a utility player, later contributing immensely to his team’s success. Kapila Knowlton was a robust player who performed exceptionally well in handling the rugby ball in the three quarter line, starting his career as a centre three quarter, at times as a wing three quarter while occupying the crucial fly half berth as and when his service was needed due to his kicking skills from the time of his school career until he represented the country. Kapila Knowlton was born in 1975 in Thimbirigasyaya and his father was late Stephen Knowlton and mother is Cicy where both of them served in Sri Lanka Police. ...
