Sri Lanka Cabinet approves proposal to extend judges’ retirement age

All groups that performed Kavadi dances at the Devinuwara Perahera in previous years will be allowed to participate this year, reversing an earlier decision to remove the event over intelligence warnings of possible gang violence and loss of life.

National Integrity Week commenced at the Presidential Secretariat today (July 27), aiming to improve the quality, efficiency and transparency of Sri Lanka’s public service and build an exemplary administrative system free from corruption.

Five suspects, including former State Minister Shantha Bandara’s son Anuda Janadith Bandara, have been granted bail in the case involving the robbery of Rs. 20 million from a Chinese national.

National Integrity Week will begin across all Government institutions today (July 27) to improve the quality, efficiency and transparency of Sri Lanka’s public service and strengthen efforts against corruption.

A total of 99 kilograms and 478 grams of heroin valued at nearly Rs. 2 billion was destroyed in Puttalam on July 25, 2026, after the related court proceedings were completed.

The Kavadi dance scheduled for July 28, 2026, has been removed from the 769th annual Esala Maha Perahera of the historic Uthpalawanna Sri Vishnu Maha Devalaya in Devinuwara due to intelligence warnings of possible violence and loss of life.

Two suspects were arrested in Ranala on the night of July 25, 2026, while allegedly fleeing on a motorcycle after a fatal shooting in Bellanwila.

Sri Lanka’s President’s Media Division (PMD) has rejected as false and misleading reports that 3,089 outsiders were accommodated at Presidential Residences across the country in 2025.

Former Sri Lanka Cricket President and prominent businessman Upali Dharmadasa has passed away at the age of 72.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed officials to prepare a programme to provide underutilised land and project support services to Sri Lankan migrant workers returning after completing their overseas employment.

Nine people were arrested after allegedly assaulting wildlife and Police Special Task Force officers during a raid on illegal forest clearing in Akkarayankulam on July 24, 2026.

The no-confidence motion against Sri Lanka’s Minister of Justice and National Integration Harshana Nanayakkara was defeated in Parliament today (July 24) by a majority of 116 votes.

Former Southern Province Chief Secretary Rannulu Chandrasiri de Zoysa was arrested today (July 24) over alleged corruption in a Rs. 16.5 million chair procurement project.

A Sub-Inspector attached to the Wattala Police Station has been arrested for allegedly threatening a suspect in a theft case and forcibly obtaining Rs. 80,000 from him.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called for sport to become an integral part of people’s daily lives and the country’s culture.