Ministry of Defence - Sri Lanka

Institutions brought under the Ministry of Defence by new Gazette notification

December 11, 2019

The gazette notification proclaiming the relevant duties and functions to the Ministries has been published. The relevant gazette (Extraordinary) has been issued by the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday (10). The notification has been issued by the gazette (Extraordinary) no 2153/12 of 2019.12.10.

Accordingly, the following state institutions will operate under the purview of the Ministry of Defence.

  01.  Office of the Chief of Defence Staff
  02.  Sri Lanka Army
  03.  Sri Lanka Navy
  04.  Sri Lanka Air Force
  05.  Sri Lanka Police
  06.  Department of Civil Security
  07.  State Intelligence Service
  08.  Ranaviru Seva Authority
  09.  Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
  10.  Defence Services Command and Staff College
  11.  Defence Services School
  12.  National Cadet Corps
  13.  National Defence Fund
  14.  Defence Research and Development Centre
  15.  Sri Lanka Institute of National Defence Studies
  16.  Coast Guard Department of Sri Lanka
  17.  Lanka Logistics Limited
  18.  Rakna Arakshana Lanka Ltd.
  19.  National Dangerous Drugs Control Board
  20.  Department of Immigration and Emigration
  21.  Department of Registration of Persons
  22.  National Media Centre,
  23.  Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations
  24.  Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka
  25.  Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka
  26.  Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team
  27.  National Disaster Management Council
  28.  Disaster Management Centre
  29.  National Disaster Relief Services Centre
  30.  Department of Meteorology
  31.  National Building Research Organization