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1 January – The "Clean Sri Lanka" national initiative commences under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. [1] 16 January – The government announces an agreement with Chinese state oil company Sinopec valued at $3.7 billion to construct a "state-of-the-art oil refinery" with a capacity of 200,000 barrels in Hambantota. [2]
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 ...
The National Security Council established in June 1999 by an Gazette notification, by President Chandrika Kumaratunga following the military set backs in Operation Jayasikurui taking over direct control of the military from her cousin General Anuruddha Ratwatte, the deputy defense minister.
Cabinet of Sri Lanka: Date formed: 18 November 2024 () People and organisations; Head of state: Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Head of government: Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Deputy head of government: Harini Amarasuriya: Total no. of members: 22: Member parties National People's Power: Status in legislature: Supermajority government
As the LTTE began using radio communications, the Sri Lanka Signals Corps began a SIGINT role, along with the Sri Lanka Navy that used its naval vessels to gather SIGINT. [1] In 1990, the Directorate of Military Intelligence and the Military Intelligence Corps was established formalizing the ad-hoc military intelligence units that existed prior ...
Kumaran Pathmanathan aka KP, who was involved in arms procurement for LTTE, was captured in Malaysia and moved to Sri Lanka via Thailand by this Agency. [ 11 ] Recently some former LTTE members were captured from Southeast Asian countries and moved to Sri Lanka by State Intelligence Service and Military Intelligence Corps (Sri Lanka) of Sri ...
In 2022, military spending was $1.05 billion, a 38.14% decline from 2021, which stood at $1.70 billion. The 2025 allocation indicates a renewed emphasis on defense, possibly influenced by ongoing security concerns or strategic objectives. In 2023 Sri Lankan government spend $1.45 billion dollars(539 billion Sri Lankan rupees) 12% of GDP. [2]
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