Police Headquarters to be shifted to Pepiliyana

Australia and Sri Lanka further enhance regional border security

The Australian and Sri Lankan Governments have partnered to further enhance regional border security by opening the Sri Lankan Border Risk Assessment Centre (BRAC) at the Department of Immigration and Emigration, near Colombo today. The BRAC is a new intelligence facility directly under the Ministry of Defence which will allow Sri Lankan agencies to share their collective intelligence, systems, resources, and real-time data to facilitate lawful travel and trade while detecting and responding to

20 Dec, 2021

Sri Lanka to sign treaty banning nuclear weapons

Sri Lanka has decided to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first multilateral legally-binding instrument for nuclear disarmament. Foreign Minister, Professor G.L Peiris proposed to the Cabinet that Sri Lanka sign the accord and initiate the applicable national legal formulation review with the objective of finalizing the ratification process as soon as possible. The agreement on banning nuclear weapons globally was signed on the 07th July 2017 at the United Nations wit

21 Dec, 2021

Final report on probe over domestic gas related explosions handed over

The final report on an investigation conducted over domestic gas related explosions, was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today. The report of the committee appointed to look into the recent incidents was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by its Chairman Prof. Shantha Walpola, today. The committee was appointed by the President on November 30 to look into the recent incidents that occurred at domestic, commercial, and sales outlets in various parts of the country and to fi

20 Dec, 2021