Veteran Sri Lankan singer Nanda Malini passes away at 82

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today (August 20) ordered Shashi Weerawansa to be released on her previous bail pending a Supreme Court appeal over her two-year prison sentence and Rs. 100,000 fine for providing false personal information to obtain a diplomatic passport.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence held the annual “Aegis Lexicon 2026” Defence Cyber Exposition on August 19, 2026 focusing on emerging cyber security developments, technologies and challenges affecting national defence.

Former Sri Lanka Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda and Yoshitha Rajapaksa were served indictments before the Colombo High Court today (August 20) in connection with a corruption allegation.

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has warned businesses in Sri Lanka to keep proper invoices or documents proving the source of goods held for sale, storage or distribution.

Three people, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed and three others were injured in a collision between a three-wheeler and a car in Delgoda on New Kandy Road on August 19, 2026.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed officials to establish the Information Technology Service as an All-Island Service to strengthen the Government’s digital transformation programme.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Dr. Harsha de Silva says any constitutional amendment increasing the retirement ages of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges should apply only to future appointments and not to judges currently serving.

An elderly female giraffe at Sri Lanka’s Dehiwala National Zoological Gardens has died at around 30 years of age, with officials saying the death may have been caused by natural conditions linked to old age.

The wife of former Cabinet Minister and former Monaragala District Parliamentarian Jagath Pushpakumara has died after falling from the second floor of a building under construction.

Sri Lanka Police says the seat belt law for all drivers and passengers travelling on the country’s expressways will be strictly enforced from September 19, 2026, as the grace period ends.

Speaker of Parliament of Sri Lanka Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne informed Parliament today (August 19) that copies of three petitions filed before the Supreme Court challenging the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill have been received.

A 46-year-old man was arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) of Sri Lanka Police for allegedly spreading false and unverified information claiming that an LTTE training camp was operating in the Pallai Forest Reserve.

The Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development has started selecting 500 eligible small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from 19 districts across Sri Lanka for the second phase of the National Program to Develop 1,000 Entrepreneurs.

Former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today (August 18) over two separate corruption-related allegations.

The Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution and the Judicature (Amendment) Bill, which propose extending the retirement ages of judges in Sri Lanka, were presented to Parliament for First Reading today (August 18).