Category: Local News

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered that former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody, be further remanded until September 30, 2025.

Police have discovered a stock of weapons hidden by former Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) local government candidate Sampath Manamperi on land in Middeniya.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared all services connected to the supply of electricity as essential public services.

The Department of Motor Traffic has released the final investigation report on the bus accident that occurred in the Ella area on September 4, 2025, which claimed the lives of 16 people.

Lunugamwehera Police raided three illegal cannabis cultivations in the Galpiyessa, Nugewewa area yesterday (September 20) following information received.

Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said that the current shortage of medicines in the country is not due to financial constraints but procurement-related issues.

A fire that broke out yesterday (September 20) evening at a building on 1st Cross Street, Pettah, Colombo, was extinguished after a 12-hour operation.

Sri Lanka Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) highlighted the importance of dialogue, regional cooperation, and mutual respect in tackling global and regional security challenges during his address at the 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in China.

S&P Global Ratings announced today (September 19) that it has raised Sri Lanka’s long- and short-term foreign currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘CCC+/C’ from ‘SD/SD’.

A suspected gunman involved in the murder of activist Dan Priyasad was arrested last night (September 18) in the Ranwala area of Kegalle.

Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody, was today (September 19) ordered by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court to be further remanded until next Monday (September 22).

Colombo High Court today (September 19) sentenced Samarappulige Niraj Roshan, also known as ‘Ali Roshan’, to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment for possessing an elephant without a valid permit.

Former Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Minister Athula Kumara Rahubadda was today (September 18) ordered by the Embilipitiya Magistrate’s Court to be remanded until October 2, 2025.

A special discussion on Sri Lanka’s electricity tariff methodology was held on September 12, 2025, at the Parliament premises, highlighting the urgent need to balance financial viability, sustainability, and consumer protection in the power sector.

A new mechanism to provide fertilizer to tea cultivators will be introduced within two weeks, Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure K.V. Samantha Vidyarathna announced.

Former Executive Director of the National Lotteries Board (NLB), Thusitha Halloluwa, was granted bail today (September 18) after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.