Category: Local News

Three officers attached to Homagama Police Station have been suspended from duty following the death of a 29-year-old suspect arrested with methamphetamine (Ice), amid allegations of police assault.

All schools across Sri Lanka will remain closed tomorrow (October 27) as a precautionary measure due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions, the Ministry of Education announced.

A 29-year-old father of two has died after being detained by Homagama Police on a drug-related charge, with his relatives alleging that he was severely assaulted by police officers.

The Supreme Court has ordered the release of former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and three other respondents on bonds and imposed travel bans over their failure to pay court-ordered compensation in a case involving the importation of substandard medicines.

Litro Gas Lanka says it is taking steps to distribute 700,000 gas cylinders across the country by tomorrow (October 27) to meet growing consumer demand.

The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued Level 1 and Level 2 landslide early warnings for several areas in five districts of Sri Lanka due to the prevailing heavy rainfall.

Sinopec and Lanka IOC have increased the price of a litre of Octane 95 petrol by Rs. 20, bringing the new price to Rs. 495 in Sri Lanka.

Around 10 children were injured when a bus carrying students, tuition teachers and parents collided with a train at a railway crossing in Koggala today (October 25, 2026).

Sri Lanka Railways has launched a new maintenance programme to overhaul three S11 class train engines at an estimated cost of Rs. 25 million each, with the first expected to return to service in January 2027.

Sri Lanka Police arrested two suspects and seized 296 bottles of illicit liquor during separate raids conducted in Kesbewa and Ragama on October 24, 2026.

Two foreign nationals who were swept out to sea by a strong current while swimming at Mirissa Beach were rescued by Sri Lanka Police lifeguard officers on the morning of October 24, 2026.

The Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard seized over 457kg of methamphetamine (Ice) and heroin during a joint operation in the coastal area of Naotunna, Talalla, Matara, on Saturday morning (October 24, 2026).

Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) has proposed involving Sri Lanka’s Tri-Services in a coordinated national effort to protect wild elephants and reduce human-elephant conflict.

Sri Lanka has issued new prison rules requiring consultation before removing Buddhist monks’ robes and allowing them to wear robes outside prison, subject to their religious chapter’s decision.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited the Anuradhapura Sacred Area on Friday afternoon (October 23) to review plans and progress relating to a development project estimated to cost Rs. 7.7 billion.

Five Thai women were arrested during a police raid on a brothel operating under the guise of a massage centre in the Marine Drive area of Wellawatte on the evening of October 23, 2026.