COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department may record a statement from Former Attorney General Dappula De Livera with regard to his 'Grand Conspiracy' comment on the Easter Sunday Attacks, said Defence Secretary Gen. Kamal Gunaratne (Retd). 'After retiring, the AG is a nor...

COLOMBO (News 1st); If any pandemic, whatever it may be, causes loss of life, it is a threat to national security, said Defence Secretary Gen. Kamal Gunaratne (Retd). He told reporters on Tuesday (10) that the appropriate step in addressing such an issue is to mobilize the security forces to the ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence on Tuesday (29) stated that  following a query made by the  Defence Secretary Gen. Kamal Gunaratne (Retd), the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Sri Lanka, has affirmed that the Chinese employees who were reportedly wearing controversial...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A bilateral discussion between Sri Lanka and People’s Republic of China (PLA) on the sidelines of official visit by Chinese State Councillor and Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe was held in Colombo on Wednesday (28), where the official signing of Military Assistance Protocol t...

Colombo (News 1st); A secretariat for Trilateral National Security Advisors on Maritime Security Cooperation between India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka was inaugurated in Colombo on Monday (01). The Media Center for the Ministry of Defence said in keeping with the discussions held at the previous Nat...