Sri Lanka President says power sector will stay state-owned

A lorry carrying about 200 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (ICE) and heroin has been taken into police custody.

The Colombo High Court has ordered that the case filed by the Attorney General against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son, Yoshitha Rajapaksa, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, be taken up on October 15, 2025.

At the invitation of the Government of Japan, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka will make an official visit to Japan from September 27 to 30, 2025.

Two bodies were found in an abandoned house under renovation in the Seenimodara area of Tangalle.

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered that former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody, be further remanded until September 30, 2025.

Police have discovered a stock of weapons hidden by former Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) local government candidate Sampath Manamperi on land in Middeniya.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared all services connected to the supply of electricity as essential public services.

The Department of Motor Traffic has released the final investigation report on the bus accident that occurred in the Ella area on September 4, 2025, which claimed the lives of 16 people.

Lunugamwehera Police raided three illegal cannabis cultivations in the Galpiyessa, Nugewewa area yesterday (September 20) following information received.

Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said that the current shortage of medicines in the country is not due to financial constraints but procurement-related issues.

A fire that broke out yesterday (September 20) evening at a building on 1st Cross Street, Pettah, Colombo, was extinguished after a 12-hour operation.

Sri Lanka Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) highlighted the importance of dialogue, regional cooperation, and mutual respect in tackling global and regional security challenges during his address at the 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in China.

S&P Global Ratings announced today (September 19) that it has raised Sri Lanka’s long- and short-term foreign currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘CCC+/C’ from ‘SD/SD’.

A suspected gunman involved in the murder of activist Dan Priyasad was arrested last night (September 18) in the Ranwala area of Kegalle.