Category: Local News

Following a recent Cabinet decision to transfer the management of the Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH) in Malabe to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) conducted an inspection visit to the facility today (February 23).

Sri Lanka Navy’s newly acquired vessel P628 set sail today (February 23), from the Baltimore U.S. Coast Guard Yard in the United States, beginning a 14,775 nautical mile journey to Sri Lanka, the longest sea voyage ever undertaken by a Sri Lankan naval ship.

The Criminal Investigation Department’s Computer Crimes Investigation Division in Sri Lanka has arrested several suspects for fraudulently posing as police officers and banks to steal money from the public, with investigations ongoing.

The organizing committee has cancelled the Oxford Union address by Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa due to strong opposition from a group of Oxford students.

Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe announced that 100,000 Litro LP gas cylinders, equal to 1,500 metric tons of LP gas, will be distributed today (February 23) to reduce the current gas shortage in Sri Lanka.

The Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government in Sri Lanka has decided to amend appointment letters to grant pension rights to public officers recruited on or after January 1, 2016.

Litro Gas Lanka Ltd. has announced that more than 10,000 metric tons of gas will be imported to Sri Lanka this month, with 100,000 cylinders set to be released daily from February 23, 2026 to ease shortages.

Sri Lanka Police report that nearly 9,000 drivers and passengers have been fined for not wearing seat belts on the expressway.

One of the two gunmen who shot and killed a lawyer and his wife in the Akuregoda area of Thalangama was arrested this evening (February 21).

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was in New Delhi to attend the AI Impact 2026 Summit, met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday (February 20) at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) attended the Russian “Defender of the Fatherland Day” ceremony as Chief Guest at Cinnamon Life, City of Dreams Hotel in Colombo on February 19, 2026.

Sri Lanka Police are searching for a suspect identified in investigations into the shooting and killing of a lawyer and his wife in the Thalangama Police Division on February 13, 2026.

Five suspects, including former Minister Johnston Fernando and his two sons, have been further remanded.

Former Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) and former Media Ministry Secretary Anusha Palpita has been granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today (February 20) in connection with an investigation into undisclosed assets worth Rs. 46 million.

The Parliament of Sri Lanka has officially gazetted the Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Act, No. 5 of 2026, ending pensions for former Members of Parliament.

Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe, wife of former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, has requested two weeks to give a statement to the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) over the alleged misuse of more than Rs. 16.6 million in state funds for a private UK trip.