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Gazette on amended list of banned org.s in SL, issued

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4 months ago

February 22, 2025

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An Extraordinary Gazette notification has been issued amending the list of designated persons, groups and entities in Sri Lanka.

The Gazette has been issued by the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Sampath Thuyacontha.

It states that the list of designated persons, groups and entities published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1854/41 of March 21, 2014, amended from time to time and last amended by the amendment to the list published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2387/02 of June 3, 2024 is hereby further amended.

Additionally, the Gazette includes a list of 222 individuals identified as being associated with terrorist activities.

Accordingly, the order issued under regulation 5 of the United Nations Regulations No. 1 of 2012 orders to freeze all funds, other financial assets and economic resources belonging to or owned or held by any natural or legal person, group or entity designated and listed under the gazette.

Designated Entities:

1. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
2. Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO)
3. Tamil Coordinating Committee (TCC)
4. World Tamil Movement (WTM)
5. Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE)
6. World Tamil Relief Fund (WTRF)
7. Headquarters Group (HQ Group)
8. National Thowheed Jama’ath (NTJ)
9. Jama’athe Milla’athe Ibrahim (JMI)
10. Willayath As Seylani (WAS)
11. National Council of Canadian Tamil (NCCT)
12. Tamil Youth Organization (TYO)
13. Darul Adhar Ath’thabawiyya
14. Sri Lanka Islamic Student Movement (S.L.I.S.M)
15. Save the Pearls

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Nishantha Wickremesinghe remanded (Update)

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11 hours ago

June 27, 2025

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Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines Nishantha Wickremesinghe has been remanded until July 01.

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(Previous News : June 27, 2025 4.41pm)

2 ex-heads of govt. institutions, arrested

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has arrested two former Chairmen on corruption charges.

Former Chairman of the Fisheries Corporation – Upali Liyanage and former SriLankan Airlines Chairman – Nishantha Wickremesinghe have been arrested in this manner.

However, Liyanage, who was produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayathunga, was released on three sureties amounting to Rs. 5 million.

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Body of undergrad who went missing at Port City beach, found (Update)

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14 hours ago

June 27, 2025

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The body of the undergraduate who had gone missing at the Port City beach, has been found.

The body was found during a search by divers.

(Previous News on 27th June 2025 at 10.06 am)

Undergrad goes missing at Port City beach while snorkeling

A 24-year-old university student from Asgiriya, Gampaha, has gone missing yesterday morning (June 26) while swimming in the sea off the Colombo Port City beach.

According to the police, the student, a resident of Gampaha, was part of a group of students from the Universities of Colombo and Moratuwa who had visited the artificial beach and engaged in snorkelling.

The student failed to resurface, prompting a complaint to the Colombo Port Police.

Lifeguards later recovered the snorkeling gear believed to be belonging to the missing student.

A joint search operation involving Navy divers from the Colombo Port and Rangala Navy Division is currently underway. Further investigations are underway by the Colombo Port Police.