Category: Local News

A nationwide school cleaning and restoration program has been launched as part of the government’s “Clean Sri Lanka” initiative, led by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake under the full supervision of the Ministry of Defence.

Cabinet spokesman and Minister Nalinda Jayatissa today (February 20) expressed regret over remarks made by Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala, who referred to his driver as a ‘Buruwa’ (donkey).

A 25-year-old police officer attached to the Negombo Police Station has been arrested for alleged links to a female suspect wanted in connection with the murder of underworld figure and drug trafficker Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne, alias “Ganemulla Sanjeewa,” at the Colombo Hulftsdorp Court Complex yesterday (February 19).

Six elephants were killed after colliding with the ‘Meenagaya’ train traveling from Batticaloa to Colombo Fort.

Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala, stated in Parliament of Sri Lanka today (February 20) that two isolated incidents cannot be considered a threat to national security.

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has sought public assistance to locate a woman suspected of supplying the weapon to the gunman involved in the shooting that killed the notorious underworld figure and drug trafficker Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne, alias ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa,’ at the Hulftsdorp Court Complex in Colombo on February 19, 2025.

Veteran singer Amitha Wedisinghe passed away this morning (February 20), family sources confirmed.

The Ministry of Public Security in Sri Lanka states that attention has been drawn to conducting trials related to organized criminals currently in custody on various charges outside the courts.

Four criminals, wanted for multiple crimes in Sri Lanka and listed by Interpol, were extradited from India in two separate operations on February 19 and 20, 2025.

The suspected gunman who shot and killed notorious underworld figure and drug trafficker Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne, also known as “Ganemulla Sanjeewa,” inside the Hulftsdorp Court Complex this morning (February 19) has been arrested.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake highlighted that due to the mismanagement of public finances by previous administrations, the country had fallen into bankruptcy and is currently operating under a probationary period of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program.

Notorious underworld figure and drug trafficker Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne, alias ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa,’ was shot dead at the Colombo Hulftsdorp Court Complex this morning (February 19).

The Ministry of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs has announced that the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka will remain open 24 hours a day, starting the night of February 18, 2025.

A man traveling on a motorcycle with his two children was shot by an unidentified group at around 10:15 PM yesterday (February 18) at Kadewatta Junction in Middeniya.

A police constable who aided and abetted the escape of underworld figure Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne, alias ‘Harak Kata,’ from the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been arrested in India along with four others.

A special discussion between the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, and the heads of the health sector was held today (February 18) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.