10,000 Civil Security Officers to boost Sri Lanka’s anti-drug drive

One person was killed and more than five others were injured in a fatal road accident that occurred this morning (July 28) near the Borella Cemetery Roundabout, police said.

The President’s Fund awarded a grant of Rs. 100,000 each to 360 A-Level students from Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province who excelled across all subject streams.

Three Sri Lanka police constables attached to the Maradana Police Station have been suspended from duty.

Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, the most senior Supreme Court Justice, was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Sri Lanka this morning (July 27) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

The total number of tourists who have arrived in Sri Lanka so far in 2025 has exceeded 1.3 million.

A major step has been taken to revive one of Sri Lanka’s largest state-owned industrial assets, as officials conducted a field visit yesterday (July 25) to the roofing tile manufacturing factory in Mahiyanganaya.

A virtual discussion was held yesterday evening (July 25) between Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and United States Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer, focusing on reducing trade tariffs proposed to be imposed on Sri Lankan exports.

Brigadier Franklin Joseph USP officially assumed duties as the new Director of Media and Spokesman for the Ministry of Defence in Sri Lanka on July 22, 2025.

The Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation in Sri Lanka has announced that the contract for maintaining the driver’s license printing software has been reduced by Rs. 156 million.

President of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will embark on a State Visit to the Maldives from July 28 to 30, 2025, at the invitation of Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu.

A group of youths in the Heenuggala area of Makulugaswewa have reportedly apprehended two police sergeants and another individual, along with a dead axis deer, allegedly hunted with the help of a civilian, according to the Galgamuwa Wildlife Office.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Evan Papageorgiou, the IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, visited Colombo from July 21 to 25, 2025.

A 52-year-old Canadian man was arrested this morning (July 25) by Sri Lanka Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake for smuggling a large quantity of illegal drugs.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recognized Sri Lanka’s continued economic progress as the country prepares for its fifth review under the IMF-supported Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held a discussion yesterday afternoon (July 24) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo with relevant ministers and officials regarding the protection of wild elephants and the safeguarding of rural communities’ daily lives.