Category: Local News

Sri Lanka Police have frozen several properties linked to drug trafficker Shehan Sathsara, also known as “Dehi Bale Malli”, following an investigation into unlawfully acquired wealth.

Construction work on the Anuradhapura (South) Multimodal Transport Hub has restarted after being stalled for nearly two years due to the economic crisis and political instability experienced previously.

The All China Women’s Federation has provided materials worth 1 million RMB yuan, which is around Rs. 43 million, to help improve the wellbeing of women and children in Sri Lanka.

A suspected Islamist terrorist questioned over bombings that killed 269 people in Sri Lanka is seeking asylum in the UK.

Sri Lanka Police and Army officers uncovered several large cannabis cultivations during a joint operation carried out over two days in the Ilukthenna reserve area, which falls under the Haldummulla Police Division.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has directed the Ministry of Justice to draft new laws that will allow seized illicit drugs to be destroyed immediately at the location where they are found.

Former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), A. A. M. Hilme (also known as Mohamed Hilme), has been ordered to be remanded until December 9, 2025.

Sri Lanka’s export sector has recorded its strongest performance to date, with total exports reaching USD 14,433.82 million during the first ten months of 2025.

The Government of Sri Lanka has decided to halt the issuing of new licenses for terrestrial analogue television channels with immediate effect.

The government of Sri Lanka has decided to launch a new digital system for the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) in an effort to modernize and streamline its services.

The Inland Revenue Department announced that 200,000 new taxpayers have been registered in Sri Lanka so far this year.

The government will make it compulsory for all school vans in Sri Lanka to install CCTV cameras starting January 2026, Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development Bimal Rathnayake announced in Parliament yesterday (November 24).

Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Chathuranga Abeysinghe posted a strongly worded message on Facebook today (November 24) praising Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his birthday and highlighting what he described as the President’s courage and leadership.

The Embilipitiya High Court has sentenced ten individuals, including three women, to death after finding them guilty of murdering a man in the Mullegasyaya area in 2011.

Sri Lanka has introduced a new way to pay bus fares starting today (November 24), marking the first time passengers can use bank cards for public transport payments in the country.

The Anuradhapura long-distance bus terminal has officially reopened to the public following a major renovation carried out under the government’s national program to modernize bus stands and railway stations across the country.