Ananda Wijepala

Ananda Wijepala

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Ananda Wijepala is a Sri Lankan politician currently serving as the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs. He has been vocal about national security issues and regularly addresses concerns related to organized crime and public safety in the country. Recently, he emphasized that certain isolated incidents do not pose a threat to national security, indicating the government's proactive approach to maintaining order amid rising crime rates.

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Ananda Wijepala stated that the police are continuously conducting investigations regarding politicians who have caused public property damage.

දූෂණ චෝදනා: හිටපු මැති ඇමතිලා එක්ක ලොක්කන් 50ක් අල්ලන්න දැල එලයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-08-08
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Ananda Wijepala is the Minister of Public Security expected to attend the discussion.

දෙවිනුවර පෙරහරේ කාවඩි ගැන තීරණාත්මක සාකච්ඡාවක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-27
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Ananda Wijepala has decided to allow a group of 45 participants to take part in the Kavadi procession this year.

දෙවිනුවර කාවාඩි තහනම ඉවතට - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-27
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Ananda Wijepala has decided to allow a group of 45 participants to take part in the Kavadi procession this year.

දෙවිනුවර කාවාඩි තහනම ඉවතට - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-27
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Ananda Wijepala stated that nearly a thousand police officers have been arrested for connections with underworld figures and drug traffickers.

පාතාලය එක්ක හාදකම් පෑ පොලිසියේ 1000ක් නෙරපයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-05
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Ananda Wijepala stated that nearly a thousand police officers have been arrested recently for connections with underworld figures and drug traffickers.

පාතාලය එක්ක හාදකම් පෑ පොලිසියේ 1000ක් නෙරපයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-04
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Ananda Wijepala stated in Parliament that security has been provided to judges who may be threatened.

තර්ජන ඇති විනිසුරුවරුන්ට දැඩි රැකවල්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-02-18
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Sajith Premadasa
Sajith Premadasa

Ananda Wijepala stated in Parliament that security has been provided to judges who may be threatened.

තර්ජන ඇති විනිසුරුවරුන්ට දැඩි රැකවල්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-02-17
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Ananda Wijepala is urged to resign immediately due to his responsibility for the deterioration of law and peace in the country.

ආනන්ද විජේපාලට ඉල්ලා අස්වන්නැයි එජාපය කියයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-02-17
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Ananda Wijepala emphasized the urgency of completing the resettlement process as per the President's and government's expectations.

මහනුවර - නුවරඑළිය නැවත පදිංචි වැඩ මසකින් නිම කරන්න
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-02-14
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Minister Ananda Wijepala stated that plans are in place to introduce an electronic passport this year.

මෙම වසරේදී ඉ-පාස්පෝර්ට් හඳුන්වාදීමට සැලසුම්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-01-12
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Bhanuka Amarasinghe
Bhanuka Amarasinghe

Ananda Wijepala has been informed about the situation and is taking necessary actions.

පුරාවිද්‍යා බෝඩ් ගැලවීම ගැන විමර්ශනයක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-24
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Sunil Senaviratne
Sunil Senaviratne

Ananda Wijepala, the Minister of Public Security, stated in Parliament that the police have begun an investigation regarding damage to a statue at the Jayanthi Viharaya in Trincomalee.

ත්‍රිකුණාමල සිද්ධියේ ඇත්ත කතාව මහජන ආරක්ෂක ඇමති කියයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-17
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Ananda Wijepala announced the issuance of a circular to all state institutions to establish drug prevention committees.

මතට තිත තියන්න අලුත් චක්‍රලේඛ
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-17
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Sumith Pothupitiya
Sumith Pothupitiya

Ananda Wijepala stated that a circular will be issued to all state institutions to establish drug prevention committees.

මතට තිත තියන්න අලුත් චක්‍රලේඛ
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-16
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Ananda Wijepala stated that there is no threat to Sri Lanka despite recent bombings in India and Pakistan.

’’ලංකාවට තර්ජනයක් නෑ’’ - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-12
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Ananda Wijepala stated that a national operation to eradicate drug abuse is being initiated.

මත් රකුසා වැනසීමේ ගම්පහ මෙහෙයුම අරඹයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-12
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Mahinda Jayasinghe
Mahinda Jayasinghe

Ananda Wijepala stated that a national operation to eradicate drug abuse is being initiated.

මත් රකුසා වැනසීමේ ගම්පහ මෙහෙයුම අරඹයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-11
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Mahinda Jayasinghe
Mahinda Jayasinghe

Ananda Wijepala stated that seven powerful drug traffickers are willing to surrender to the government.

මැද පෙරදිග සැඟව සිටින මෙරට මත් කෙරුමෝ හතක් බාර වෙන්න සූදානමක
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-10
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Minister Ananda Wijepala stated that seven powerful drug traffickers are willing to surrender to the government.

මැද පෙරදිග සැඟව සිටින මෙරට මත් කෙරුමෝ හතක් බාර වෙන්න සූදානමක
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-09
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Sujith Hewajuli
Sujith Hewajuli

Ananda Wijepala stated that 25 major drug traffickers have been identified bringing drugs into Sri Lanka.

ලංකාවට මත්කුඩු ගේන කෙරුමෝ විසිපහක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-02
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Ananda Wijepala stated that 25 major drug traffickers have been identified bringing drugs into Sri Lanka.

ලංකාවට මත්කුඩු ගේන කෙරුමෝ විසිපහක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-01
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Minister Ananda Wijepala stated that 17,000 children are currently identified as being in a highly unsafe condition.

අධි අනාරක්ෂිත දරුවෝ දාහත් දාහක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-26
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Ananda Wijepala is the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs who has instructed the police chief regarding Jagath Vithana's security.

මන්ත්‍රී ජගත්ට ආරක්ෂාව දෙන්න: ඇමති පොලිස්පතිට කියයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-25
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Jagath Vithana
Jagath Vithana

Ananda Wijepala is the Minister of Public Security and made statements regarding the murder of Lasantha Vikramasekara.

‘‘වැලිගම සභාපති පාතාලයෙක්‘‘ - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-22
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Ananda Wijepala, the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, commented on the security arrangements.

මහින්දගේ මෛත්‍රිගේ වාහන ඉල්ලීම ආරක්ෂක කමිටුවට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-13
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