Sri Lanka Cricket President Shammi Silva and Executive Committee resign

The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court has imposed overseas travel bans on five Public Debt Management Office officials over the alleged diversion of nearly USD 2.5 million in Treasury funds.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says the arrest of Buddhist monks at Katunayake Airport over a drug-related case shows that the drug menace has become a national disaster.

Deshabandu Sirisumana Godage, the founder of Godage Publishers, has passed away at the age of 90.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake attended the closing state ceremony of the seven-day “Ehipassiko” Peace Walk at Independence Square in Colombo today (April 28).

A former Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Motor Traffic was arrested today (April 28) over alleged corruption charges linked to number plates issued for an unregistered vehicle.

An investigation has been launched into the disappearance of USD 625,000 paid by Sri Lanka Post to US Post, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said today (April 28).

Cabinet approval has been granted to provide electric vehicles and electric motorcycles to police officers in Sri Lanka.

Several protesters, including Sugeeshwara Bandara, were attacked with cow dung during a protest near Finance Ministry Secretary Harshana Suriyapperuma’s residence today (April 28).

A bus carrying schoolchildren in Bogawantalawa crashed this morning (April 28), injuring 34 students, including 10 who are in serious condition.

A prison jailer and a prison guard have been arrested over the death of an inmate inside the Magazine Prison in Colombo.

A 48-year-old former Army soldier was arrested with a live hand grenade and ammunition during a police raid in Kongollewa yesterday (April 27).

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed officials to complete Sri Lanka’s national e-invoicing project within the planned timeframe.

Sri Lanka will build interim shelters for about 1,000 people displaced by Cyclone Ditwah in the worst affected districts.

MP Dr. Ramanathan Archchuna was arrested by Ilavalai Police today over allegations of threatening a woman with a firearm during a land dispute in Jaffna.

The Sri Lankan government has issued new interim guidelines to expand remote work in the public sector amid unrest in the Middle East and fuel supply concerns.