Category: Local News

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police and Attorney-at-Law Priyantha Weerasooriya as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP).

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today (August 13) arrested Dr. Nayanajith Hemantha Ranasinghe, Acting Deputy Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), in connection with a bribery case linked to 2024.

The Sri Lanka Police has introduced a dedicated WhatsApp number for the public and police officers to directly contact the Inspector General of Police (IGP) during incidents of crime or other problematic situations.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with senior representatives of Vietnam’s ROX Group at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo yesterday afternoon (August 12).

Police have launched an investigation into the shooting death of former Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha member Shantha Mudunkotuwa in Meegoda yesterday (August 12).

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says Sri Lanka must move away from being a country where the government simply provides jobs and instead become a nation that creates them.

The Constitutional Council has approved President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recommendation to appoint Acting Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya as the 37th Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Sri Lanka.

The former Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha member, Shantha Mudunkotuwa, who sustained serious injuries from gunfire while traveling on a motorcycle on Atigala Road in Meegoda around noon today (August 12), has passed away.

Former Minister Rajitha Senaratne, who has been named as a suspect in a bribery investigation, has been ordered to be arrested and presented before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.

The Cabinet of the Sri Lankan Government has approved the removal of Railway General Manager Dhammika Jayasundara from his post.

Renuka Ekanayake has stepped down from her role as a member of the National Police Commission.

Kalpitiya Police have arrested a suspect and seized a large stock of illegal goods during a raid in the Eththalaya area in Thihaliya on the night of August 11, 2025.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake chaired a meeting this morning (August 11) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo to review projects implemented under the 2025 budget allocations for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, and to discuss pre-budget proposals for 2026.

The National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (NAHTTF) has issued an urgent public warning in light of alarming information about a new wave of human trafficking activities targeting Sri Lankan nationals.

It has been reported that former Minister Rajitha Senaratne has disconnected his phone and left his residence after being accused of awarding a sand excavation project at the Kirinda Fisheries Harbour to a Korean company in violation of legal procedures, causing a loss of over 26.2 million rupees to the government.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is scheduled to make two official visits to the United States and Japan in September 2025.