Litro to import over 10,000 MT of Gas – 100,000 cylinders released daily to ease shortage

The Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government in Sri Lanka has decided to amend appointment letters to grant pension rights to public officers recruited on or after January 1, 2016.

Sri Lanka Police report that nearly 9,000 drivers and passengers have been fined for not wearing seat belts on the expressway.

One of the two gunmen who shot and killed a lawyer and his wife in the Akuregoda area of Thalangama was arrested this evening (February 21).

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was in New Delhi to attend the AI Impact 2026 Summit, met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday (February 20) at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) attended the Russian “Defender of the Fatherland Day” ceremony as Chief Guest at Cinnamon Life, City of Dreams Hotel in Colombo on February 19, 2026.

Sri Lanka Police are searching for a suspect identified in investigations into the shooting and killing of a lawyer and his wife in the Thalangama Police Division on February 13, 2026.

Five suspects, including former Minister Johnston Fernando and his two sons, have been further remanded.

Former Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) and former Media Ministry Secretary Anusha Palpita has been granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today (February 20) in connection with an investigation into undisclosed assets worth Rs. 46 million.

The Parliament of Sri Lanka has officially gazetted the Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Act, No. 5 of 2026, ending pensions for former Members of Parliament.

Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe, wife of former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, has requested two weeks to give a statement to the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) over the alleged misuse of more than Rs. 16.6 million in state funds for a private UK trip.

Sri Lanka Police have frozen a house and land worth over Rs. 30 million in Walasmulla after finding they were allegedly bought with money earned from drug trafficking and robberies.

The Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, Admiral Stephen T. Koehler, met Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte today (February 19), with discussions centered on strengthening maritime security cooperation.

Sri Lanka is prepared to share common values on artificial intelligence (AI), ensuring that no one is left behind and advancing collectively through mutual learning grounded in ethical principles, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated today (February 19).

Deputy Minister of Tourism Professor Ruwan Ranasinghe says about 436,000 tourists have arrived in Sri Lanka this year as of February 15, 2026.