Special Events

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.

A workshop for an international operation named “LIONFISHMAYAG III”, organised by the INTERPOL Drug Unit under the MAYAG project funded by the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA), is scheduled to be held in Colombo from 30th June to 4th July 2025. The inaugural ceremony was held today, 30.06.2025, at the Hilton Hotel in Colombo under the patronage of the Hon. Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr Ananda Wijepala, with the participation of the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Mr Ravi Seneviratne, and the Acting Inspector General of Police, Attorney-at-Law Mr Priyantha Weerasuriya. Officers of the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) Mohamed Al-Mari and Alkia Favaretto, KNPA officer Sayungo Lee, and a number of senior police officers in Sri Lanka participated in this event. Through the operation LIONFISH, it will foster collaboration of the Sri Lanka Police, Naval Intelligence Unit, Sri Lanka Customs and the Forensic Medicine Unit of the Ministry of Health with INTERPOL for working together to identify and control networked drug trafficking operations taking place within international maritime boundaries. Under this, opportunities will be provided to develop drug prevention intelligence units, develop cybercrime detection and digital forensic services, and develop technical services, and Sri Lankan security forces will have greater ability to strengthen regional security through high-tech equipment for drug detection and destruction, as well as for coordination between maritime borders.

An awareness and demonstration walk organised at the Independence Square in Colombo in line with the International Day against Drug Abuse, which fell on 26.06.2025, was held with the participation of the Hon. Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Mr Ananda Wijepala, Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Mr Sunil Watagala, Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Mr Ravi Seneviratne, and Acting Inspector General of Police, Attorney-at-Law Mr Priyantha Weerasooriya, as well as numerous other parties.

Nilmini Nita Samaratunga, Attorney-at-Law, assumed duties as the new Acting Chairperson of the Police Family Welfare Association and the Police Seva Vanitha Unit, which organizes various programs for the welfare of Sri Lanka Police officers and their families at various stages of their lives by providing benefits to them. She is the wife of the current Acting Inspector General of Police, Attorney-at-Law, Priyantha Weerasooriya. The Police Family Welfare Association was established on 23rd November 1971 by Mrs. Maya Senanayake, wife of the then Inspector General of Police, Stanley Senanayake, to provide welfare to the families of police officers who lost their lives due to the war situation prevailing at that time. It is currently actively working for the welfare of all officers by involving the wives of police officers above the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police. Maintaining three pre-schools, providing assistance for the education of children of officers who died or were disabled in the line of duty, providing death benefits, providing university assistance, providing financial assistance for emergency surgeries, giving prizes to children who excel in various fields such as scholarship examinations, and maintaining stalls to earn money for services are some of the functions it performs. The inauguration ceremony of the new president, who was appointed to oversee the proper management of those functions, was attended by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Police Welfare Directorate, Mrs. Padmini Weerasuriya, former presidents, Mrs. Wasantha Silva, Nandani Fernando, Mrs. Prashanthi Fernando, the Honorary Secretary of the association, Mrs. P. Wijesuriya, and many other responsible officers.

The new four-storey administrative building constructed on the premises of the National Police Academy in Katana was inaugurated on the morning of 24.06.2025 under the leadership of the Hon. Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. Ananda Wijepala. Concurrently, the official website developed for the National Police Academy (https://npa.gov.lk/) was also launched. The National Police Academy in Katana has started and conducts several courses to equip police officers representing every police rank with the knowledge required to perform their duties efficiently while keeping abreast with the fast-moving world. Having identified new social issues that arise from time to time and starting courses to educate police officers to suit such matters is also a great service offered by this establishment. Further training courses are being conducted with foreign training institutions such as the International Association of Police Academies (INTERPA) and the Association of Police Training Institutions in Asia (APTA) in order to impart knowledge of foreign languages such as Hindi, Chinese, Arabic, and Korean to the police officers of this country to deal with tourists as well as to represent foreign peacekeeping forces. The National Police Academy, which currently conducts 02 Higher Diploma courses, 07 Diploma courses, 01 Advanced Certificate course and 24 short-term courses, has so far trained 6670 officers since 2023. Furthermore, it has also taken steps to conduct degree programmes for police officers in collaboration with state universities and has awarded degrees and diplomas to 735 officers. The main objective of offering such new infrastructure facilities is to significantly increase the said number of officers and to shape officers with good personality to serve the world. The Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. Ravi Seneviratne, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, Mrs. Malika Suriyapperuma, Acting Inspector General of Police, Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Priyantha Weerasooriya, Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police – Western Province, Mr. Sanjeewa Dharmaratne, Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Training and Higher Training Range, Mr. Sajeewa Medawatte, Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Special Security Range, Mr. Dinesh Karunaratne, as well as professors and lecturers of local universities and staff participated in this event.

The appointment of Acting Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya as the Acting President of the Sri Lanka Branch of the International Police Association took place on June 19, 2025, at the Police Headquarters. This appointment was made by the Executive Committee of the Sri Lanka Branch of the International Police Association. Coinciding with this occasion, the first day cover, commemorative coin, commemorative gift, and medal issued for the 50th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Branch of the International Police Association were also presented to the Acting Inspector General of Police. The event was attended by the Secretary-General of the Sri Lanka Branch of the International Police Association, Woman Chief Police Inspector Sunethra Senavirathna, Vice Presidents (Retired Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Nuwan Wedasingha, Retired Deputy Inspector General of Police Gamini Karunathilaka, and Retired Superintendent of Police Norton de Silva), and a group of senior police officers.  

The new Eastern Province Crime Division, established at the premises of the office of the Superintendent of Police, Batticaloa, was declared open on the afternoon of 03.06.2025 under the patronage of the Acting Inspector General of Police. The officers assigned to this division are tasked with conducting investigations and apprehending wanted suspects involved in serious crimes and masterminding illegal activities reported to police stations throughout the Eastern Province. Mr. Waruna Jayasundara, Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Eastern Province; Mr. M. N. S. Mendis, Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Batticaloa Range; Mr. G. Lalith Leelarathna, Superintendent of Police in charge of Batticaloa Division; Mr. A. L. Mohammad Jamil, Assistant Superintendent of Police; and the officers in charge of police stations in Batticaloa district also participated in this occasion.

Police officers, who are performing onerous and responsible duties, including traffic police officers performing duties constantly on the road, spend a very limited period of time for their healthiness. The Colombo Traffic Headquarters, after paying attention to this matter, held a health camp for checking the eyes and hearts of police officers on 26.05.2025 at 08.30 am at the Tripoli Building, Maradana, under the patronage of the Acting Inspector General of Police Mr Priyantha Weerasooriya. Under the guidance and participation of senior officers, the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Traffic and Road Safety, Indika Hapugoda, and the Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of the Traffic Division, Manoj Ranagala, a significant number of police officers participated in this camp, which was successfully held throughout the day, and underwent examinations of their eyes and hearts.