Category: Local News

Six police officers attached to the Gampaha Police Divisional Crime Detective Bureau have been interdicted after being arrested and remanded for allegedly assaulting a Catholic priest in Gampaha.

A total of 84 individuals were arrested in Sri Lanka in 2025 for accepting bribes following island wide raids and investigations carried out by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

Shiranthi Rajapaksa has informed police that she will not appear before the Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) today (January 27) due to personal reasons.

Training for newly appointed train drivers in Sri Lanka begins today (January 26) using new facilities worth EUR 1.1 million at the Sri Lanka German Railway Technical Training Centre in Ratmalana.

The National Transport Medical Institute (NTMI) has launched a programme using mobile laboratories to identify three-wheeler and heavy vehicle drivers operating under the influence of drugs.

Sri Lanka surpassed $1 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2025, reaching $1.057 billion, marking a major turnaround in investor confidence and economic recovery, the Board of Investment (BOI) announced last week.

A suspect was arrested with over 3 kilograms of Crystal Methamphetamine (ICE), valued at more than Rs. 30 million during a Police Special Task Force (STF) operation in Bambalapitiya.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association has launched continuous island wide trade union action from 8:00 AM today (January 26), warning that the free health service could collapse if authorities fail to provide basic facilities.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a $166 million investment program aimed at supporting Sri Lankan businesses and strengthening the country’s private sector as it moves from economic stabilization toward sustainable growth.

Three passengers were arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake this morning (January 25) while attempting to smuggle Kush and Hashish worth about Rs. 133.94 million through the Green Channel.

A Sri Lankan organized criminal wanted on multiple murder and serious crime charges was arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport after being brought from India through joint security coordination.

Senior Lawyer G.K.A. Chaminda Kumara Kularatne, Chief of Staff and Deputy Secretary General of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, has been suspended from duty with effect from yesterday (January 23).

The 48-hour token strike by the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA), launched over unresolved allowance and service demands, continued for the second day today (January 24), causing serious inconvenience to patients across Sri Lanka.

Two multi-day fishing trawlers carrying approximately 270 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and heroin were intercepted in deep waters off Sri Lanka’s southern coast during a joint operation by the Sri Lanka Navy and the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), authorities said yesterday (January 23).

Former Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) and former Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media, Anusha Palpita, was remanded until February 6, 2026, after being arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for failing to explain the source of assets worth about Rs. 46 million.

Former Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and former Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL), Anusha Palpita, was arrested today (January 23) by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).