Category: Local News

A 32-year-old woman and her two sons, aged 9 and 14, drowned in an abandoned quarry filled with water at Kawanthissa Pura, Tissamaharama.

The people of the Gampaha district have decisively endorsed Ranil Wickremesinghe for re-election as President of Sri Lanka in the upcoming presidential election.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that it is not feasible to indefinitely maintain the temporarily suspended Parate law.

Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena explained that the 19th Amendment to the Constitution aimed to limit the executive President’s powers and shorten the President’s term from six to five years.

Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Finance, Shehan Semasinghe, announced that an IMF delegation will visit Sri Lanka next week to review the country’s economic progress.

Sri Lanka Police have arrested a 21-year-old woman on suspicion of being linked to the recent killing at ‘Club Wasantha’ in Athurugiriya.

The former Director General of the Institute of National Strategic Studies of Sri Lanka (INSS), Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, was arrested this morning (July 21) at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).

Puttalam District MP Ali Sabri Raheem has been granted bail after being produced before the Puttalam Magistrate’s Court today (July 20).

According to a decision by the Sri Lankan government, construction work to modernize Hingurakgoda Domestic Airport for international flight operations commenced on Friday (July 19), under the initiative of the Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Aviation, Nimal Siripala de Silva.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the publication of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution via a Gazette notification.

Sri Lanka has decided not to sell its national airline, SriLankan Airlines, even though it had shortlisted three potential buyers.

The Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka announced that prior online registration is now required when applying for a Sri Lankan passport, effective today (July 19).

Dr. IZUMI Hiroto, head of the Japanese delegation visiting Sri Lanka, praised the successful completion of the country’s debt restructuring process, noting that it has paved the way for the resumption of Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) projects.

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has finished reviewing petitions against the appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Inspector General of Police (IGP). The court will decide on July 24, 2024, whether to allow these petitions to proceed.

Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Nilantha Jayawardena has been placed on compulsory leave with immediate effect by the National Police Commission today (July 18) amidst ongoing investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks.

Sri Lankan authorities are still using the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to target perceived opponents and minority communities without credible evidence, claims Human Rights Watch (HRW).