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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1984 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Sri Lanka |
| Headquarters | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Defence |
The State Intelligence Service (SIS) is an intelligence agency of the Sri Lankan government.[1][2] It is the primary civilian intelligence agency of Sri Lanka and is responsible for both internal and external intelligence-gathering. It comes under the purview of the Ministry of Defence. The agency was originally named National Intelligence Bureau.
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