The Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) marked what it described as a milestone in indigenous military technology development with the formal handover of the Vimana SII, a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed for reconnaissance and surveillance missions.
Thirteen individuals were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy in Kattaikadu, Jaffna for engaging in illegal fishing activities, including sea cucumber harvesting and stealth fishing
Following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Sri Lanka, plans are reportedly underway to establish an international cricket stadium in Mandaitivu, Jaffna, with the Indian government expected to provide financial backing for the project.
Sri Lankan police officers have been accused of intimidation and discrimination after intercepting a group of Tamil youths travelling from Jaffna to Vavuniya late last night.
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Public Security website was reportedly hacked this week, after a Google search for the website displayed explicit and pornographic terms, in an embarrassing incident for the government body.
Sri Lanka's Cabinet Spokesman and Minister of Media and Health, Nalinda Jayatissa, has said that the government cannot unilaterally disclose the contents of a recently signed Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India without mutual consent from New Delhi.
Despite the formal end of the armed conflict over fifteen years ago, Sri Lankan military involvement in civilian life across the Tamil homeland remains widespread and persistent.
Sri Lankan police have confirmed that Dan Priyasad, head of the Nawa Sinhale National Movement and member of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), has died on the morning of 23rd April after he was shot in Colombo by two unidentified assailants.
Fisherfolk and civil society activists in Mullaitivu staged a protest on 21 April outside the Divisional Secretariat, denouncing escalating threats and violence against those campaigning against illegal fishing practices in the region.
National People’s Power (NPP) parliamentarian M. Jegatheeswaran has claimed that land demarcation activities carried out by Sri Lanka’s Department of Forest Conservation and the Department of Wildlife Conservation in the Northern Province have been halted following recent discussions in Colombo.
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