Category: Local News

The Sri Lankan government is moving toward stronger online regulation after videos involving a leading Colombo school spread on social media, raising serious concerns about privacy and identity protection.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education has officially started reorganizing schools, with 170 selected schools set for full development and some schools to be merged.

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced that all religious sites damaged by Cyclone Ditwah will be rebuilt, with their historical and cultural significance fully preserved.

A Parliamentary Select Committee investigating the release of 323 containers from the Port of Colombo without mandatory inspection will meet every Wednesday at 2:00 PM.

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).