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Defence.lk is the official web portal of the Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka. [1] At the conclusion of the Sri Lankan Civil War it was the Sri Lanka's 7th most viewed web site, with an average daily hit rate of over 8.8 million in May, 2009.
The Ministry of Defence (Sinhala: රාජ්ය ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශය Rājya ārakshaka amāthyanshaya; Tamil: பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சகம்) is the cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for implementation of government defence policy and acts as the overall headquarters of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces.
Demographic information including age and gender − but not race – is included, as is the bearer's criminal record, voting history, licence to drive, right to possess a firearm, and the like. A national identity card is necessary to obtain a passport, bank account, and driver's licence, and is also necessary to register to vote.
A German firearms license. A firearms license (also known as a gun license; or licence in British English) is a license or permit issued by a government authority (typically by the police) of a jurisdiction, that allows the licensee to buy, own, possess, or carry a firearm, often subject to a number of conditions or restrictions, especially ...
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 22 November 2019 12 August 2020 Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government [32] Sarath Weerasekara: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 26 November 2020 18 April 2022 Minister of Public Security [33] Prasanna Ranatunga: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 18 April ...
Additionally, gun-related crimes are extremely low; in the past 30 years, the year with the highest amount of gun-related deaths was 39 in 2001, and as low as 4 in 2009. [2] Japan as a whole is largely uninterested in firearms: Graduating police officers most often choose judo and kendo over firearms training. The country's culture doesn't have ...
The Office of the Chief of Defence Staff (OCDS) [2] is the Sri Lanka Armed Forces operational level headquarters of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), responsible for coordinating joint armed force's operations. However the respective service commands have much autonomy for their deployments.
The Sinhalese settlers were trained in firearm use and strategic defence. Many of these settlers were later recruited as home guards in the border villages between Sinhalese and Tamil areas. [ 3 ] The introduction of the home guards in May 1984 contributed to the escalation of the ethnic conflict, with Tamil civilians being attacked by them and ...