Category: Local News

The Military Attaché of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in New Delhi and Colombo, Captain (Navy) Hussain Othman Al Kowaileet, paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Sampath Thuyacontha, at the Ministry of Defence yesterday (September 26).

At the invitation of the Government of Japan, Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is on an official visit to Japan, arrived this morning (September 27) at Kansai International Airport in Osaka.

The Sri Lanka Police announced that legal action has been taken against 4,630 criminals so far this year.

During raids carried out by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), an Agrarian Development Officer, a Management Assistant, and a female security officer were arrested.

Walasmulla Magistrate’s Court today (September 26) permitted authorities to detain and question Sampath Manamperi for 90 days.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake departed the United States on the night of September 25, 2025, after participating in the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

Sri Lanka Police have discovered a cache of weapons and ammunition near the Peliyagoda Fish Market, believed to have been hidden by underworld gang member “Kehelbaddara Padme.”

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that by next year (2026), the country will be able to return to the economic conditions that existed in 2019, before it fell into crisis.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is in New York to attend the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, met UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the United Nations Headquarters on the afternoon of September 25, 2025.

The Task Force for Digital Transformation in Education announced that the policy framework on digital transformation in the education sector is expected to be submitted to the Cabinet for approval by March 2026.

The High Commissioner of New Zealand to Sri Lanka, H.E. David Gregory Pine, paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne, at the Parliament on September 23, 2025.

An accident occurred in the Moragoda area along the Kurunegala-Anuradhapura road within the Thalawa Police Division this morning (September 25) when a lorry traveling from Anuradhapura towards Kurunegala collided head-on with a van coming from the opposite direction.

A cable car carrying 13 monks from the Na Uyana Monastery (Nā Uyana Āranya Senāsanaya) in the Pansiyagama Police Division met with an accident last night (September 24).

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, urged world leaders to commit themselves wholeheartedly to building a safe world for future generations.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is in the United States to attend the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, met with President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Ambassador to India and Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, Sergio Gor, on the afternoon of September 23 (US time).

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is in the United States to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, met UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk yesterday (September 23) at the UN Secretariat in New York.