Category: Local News

The President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Jin Liqun, has reaffirmed the bank’s commitment to supporting Sri Lanka’s development, especially in the promotion of the green energy sector.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reaffirmed that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) remains a vital partner in Sri Lanka’s accelerated journey from crisis to recovery, emphasizing that the government regards IMF support not merely as external assistance but as an integral element of its comprehensive strategy for sustainable economic progress.

Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Sunil Handunnetti requested entrepreneurs to establish factories for manufacturing glass bottles.

High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to South Africa, Air Chief Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa (Retd), presented his Letters of Credence to the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Sefako M. Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria on Thursday, October 2, 2025.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Chathuranga Abeysinghe marked one year since the National People’s Power (NPP) came into government, saying that the party has fulfilled the main demands of the 2022 struggle, the “Aragalaya,” and brought “real system change” to Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka Customs has reported a record-breaking revenue collection of Rs. 253.152 billion in September 2025, marking a 74.6% increase compared to the same month last year.

A suspect was arrested in the Thalawathugoda area within the Thalangama Police Division with 12 grams and 200 milligrams of the narcotic drug known as “Ice.”

A 23-year-old resident of the Mapalagama area was arrested by officers of the Nagoda Police Station on the evening of October 6, 2025, in the Nagoda Aluththanayamagoda area.

The newly constructed two-storey building housing the Archaeological Museum and the International Archaeological Research Institute at the historic Somawathi sacred area in Polonnaruwa was declared open today (October 6) under the patronage of Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Three women were killed and another person was injured in an accident that occurred at noon today (October 6) in the Doluwa area on the main road from Gampola through Doluwa to Kandy, within the Gampola Police Division.

Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, Bimal Rathnayake, announced that for the first time in history, an agreement has been reached with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to establish a fuel filling station on Delft Island.

Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa was summoned today (October 6) to the Tangalle Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau of the Sri Lanka Police.

The national ceremony to mark World Habitat Day was held this morning (October 5) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo under the patronage of Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Police Special Task Force arrested a relative of the suspect known as Nedungoda Nirmala Prasanga, alias “Backhoe Saman,” during an operation on the Kelaniya–Biyagama road within the Peliyagoda Police Division on October 1, 2025.

The bulletproof vehicle provided by the government for the security of former Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been returned, his media spokesperson Attorney-at-Law Manoj Gamage announced.

Police have arrested a suspect connected to an attempted murder and serious assault that took place near the Dehiwala railway station on July 18, 2025.