Author name: Tharindu Withanage

The new Children and Women’s Bureau building, constructed with all the necessary facilities within the Opanayake Police Station in the Ratnapura Division, was opened on the evening of 20.07.2025 under the patronage of the Acting Inspector General of Police, Attorney-at-Law, Priyantha Weerasooriya, with the participation of the Senior DIG in charge of the Sabaragamuwa Province, Mahinda Gunaratne.  The aim of establishing the Children and Women’s Bureau with modern facilities is to create a suitable environment for children and women in the area to file a complaint regarding a problem they have encountered or a crime they have faced, while protecting their privacy, and to create a suitable working environment to act to prevent crimes against them. This work will continue to be carried out in police stations across the island under the financial support of the United Nations Population Fund, and this building is one of the buildings constructed in this way. Senior officers of the province, including the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Ratnapura District, Manjula Mahagirilla, the Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of the Ratnapura Division, Kapila Premadasa, participated in this event.

The Sabaragamuwa Province Crime Investigation Division, which was established at the Kuruwita Police Station premises while further enhancing the ability to act promptly and to resolve efficiently any serious crime or complaint reported from the Sabaragamuwa Province, was declared open on the evening of 19.07.2025 under the patronage of the Acting Inspector General of Police, Attorney-at-Law Mr Priyantha Weerasuriya. Along with the Inspector General of Police, senior officers including Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Sabaragamuwa Province, Mr Mahinda Gunaratne, Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Ratnapura Range, Mr Manjula Mahagirilla, and Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of the Ratnapura Division, Mr Kapila Premadasa, participated in this event.

The program for giving away school supplies to the children of police officers in the Sabaragamuwa province was held on the evening of 19.07.2025 at the Main Auditorium of District Secretariat Ratnapura under the patronage of the Acting Inspector General of Police, Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Priyantha Weerasooriya. The Inspector General of Police symbolically distributed school supplies to 34 children and explained the future programs implemented for the welfare of the officers while appreciating the service of every police officer who is committed to maintaining order in the Island by serving throughout the 24 hours of the day.  Many officers of the province, including Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Sabaragamuwa Province, Mr. Mahinda Gunarathna, Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge Ratnapura Range, Mr. Manjula Mahagirilla, and Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of Ratnapura Division, Mr. Kapila Premadasa participated in this ceremony. 

The program for giving away school supplies to the children of police officers in the Sabaragamuwa province was held on the evening of 19.07.2025 at the Main Auditorium of District Secretariat Ratnapura under the patronage of the Acting Inspector General of Police, Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Priyantha Weerasooriya. The Inspector General of Police symbolically distributed school supplies to 34 children and explained the future programs implemented for the welfare of the officers while appreciating the service of every police officer who is committed to maintaining order in the Island by serving throughout the 24 hours of the day.  Many officers of the province, including Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Sabaragamuwa Province, Mr. Mahinda Gunarathna, Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge Ratnapura Range, Mr. Manjula Mahagirilla, and Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of Ratnapura Division, Mr. Kapila Premadasa participated in this ceremony. 

The Commissioner of Police of the Maldives, Mr Ismail Naveen visited the Police Headquarters on the 15.07.2025 and met the Acting Inspector General of Police, Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Priyantha Weerasooriya, and engaged in a special discussion to enhance cooperation in the police service between the two countries. Police Headquarters had taken steps to respectfully welcome the group including the Commissioner and at the end of the meeting, the IGP presented a commemorative plaque to the group including the Commissioner, commemorating the meeting.

The Salon at the Field Force Headquarters, which has been expanded and refurbished as a modern beauty salon under the leadership of the Police Seva Vanitha Unit, was declared open today, 15.07.2025, under the patronage of the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Priyantha Weerasuriya (Attorney-at-Law) The salon, which was catered only to Police officers to get their hair cut at a reasonable fee, will now open daily for all beauty treatments at a fair rate for women police officers, members of police families and anyone who visits it. The necessary steps will be taken to expand and develop the Saloon under the guidance and supervision of the Chairperson of the Seva Vanitha Unit, and the beloved wife of the Acting I.G.P., Mrs. Nilmini Samaratunga, a member of the association, and the beloved wife of Mr. M.D.R.S. Daminda, D.I.G.  – Support Services, Mrs. Sandeepa Sewmini, and the Commanding Officer of the Police Field Force Headquarters, W. S. S. P. Mrs. Darshika Kumari and Senior Police Officers.  It is also remarkable that the opportunity has been given to the skilled persons of the family members of police officers to serve in the salon. Subsequently, the Acting I. G. P. aims to economically strengthen families of police officers by such granting opportunities. The equipment for this beauty salon was donated by Rev. Fr. Kalyanapriya of Believers Eastern Church, and other improvements have been done with financial donations from the Police Seva Vanitha Unit.