Category: Local News

The Jaffna Magistrate’s Court has ordered former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to give evidence online on September 29, 2026 in the case over the alleged abduction and disappearance of Lalith Kumar Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganandan.

The Bill for the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which proposes changes to the retirement ages of Sri Lanka’s senior judges, has been gazetted on the instructions of the Minister of Justice and National Integration.

An unrest situation has broken out at the Pallansena Open Prison Camp in Dalupotha, Negombo.

The Colombo High Court has issued an interim order preventing a traffic accident case against Public Security Ministry Secretary Ravi Seneviratne from proceeding before the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court.

Two inmates who were among several people injured and hospitalized during the unrest at Kuruwita Prison have died, Kuruwita Police said.

One inmate who was hospitalized after being injured during the unrest at the Magazine Prison has died.

The Sri Lanka government has decided to keep the asset and liability declarations of elected representatives open to the public while amending the Anti-Corruption Act to strengthen privacy protections for others.

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya says the Government will provide the infrastructure, financial support and institutional links needed to strengthen innovation research and technology-based businesses.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has sought India’s fullest support to combat drug trafficking, describing it as a regional challenge requiring stronger cooperation between the two countries.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces should be developed as a highly capable and professionally skilled force that can operate internationally.

Lieutenant General Nilantha Premaratne, the newly appointed 26th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this afternoon (August 5).

Former Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), has been remanded until August 18, 2026, by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.

Former Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today (August 5).

Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry has decided to use Parakumgama Ranaviru Village in Diyabeduma as a pilot project to resolve land deed issues, improve essential infrastructure and help eligible beneficiaries settle on their allocated lands.

Sri Lanka’s expressway network will expand by another 132 kilometres with four major projects, including new sections of the Central, Kurunegala–Dambulla and Ruwanpura expressways.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed officials to speed up court infrastructure development and relocate the Government Analyst’s Department to better-equipped premises to improve the delivery of justice.