Special Events

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.

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.