The leader of the United Republican Front (URF) leader Patali Champika Ranawaka has called for the police and state intelligence to be made independent entities with immediate effect in order for them to curb crime and establish law and order.
Highlighting the historical context of the closure of the Suez Canal for a decade during the 1967 Israeli-Arab war and its effects on the Colombo port’s operations, President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the imperative of ensuring the security of the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to safeguard the economic interests of the country’s ports.
Major General W.H.K.S Peiris RWP RSP VSV USP of the Gajaba Regiment has been appointed as the new Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army from December 16, 2023.
The 6th national security adviser level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) was hosted by Mauritius on 07 and 08 December.
In a historic moment, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Sri Lanka, General Shavendra Silva, was the Chief Guest at the passing out parade held at the Indian Military (IMA) in Dehradun on 09 December.
The president is yet to appoint a new chief-of-staff (CoS) for the Army since the retirement of Maj. Gen. Sanjaya Wanasinghe in the position on 12 October.
A soldier is pictured outside a shopping mall ruined as a result of a missile strike carried out by Russian troops in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv. (Photo: Yuliia Ovsiannikova / Avalon)
Palestinian refugees carry their belongings as they prepare to cross the wrecked Allenby Bridge over the Jordan River from the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 22, 1967 [AP]
