Category: Local News

The State of Public Emergency in Sri Lanka has been extended from today (December 28), through an extraordinary gazette notification issued to ensure public safety and the continued supply of essential services across the country.

The second reading of the Colombo Municipal Council Budget 2025 will be held on December 31, 2025 and the budget was prepared through a transparent and inclusive process involving councillors, municipal institutions, staff members, and public review, Mayor of Colombo Vraie Cally Balthazaar said today (December 28).

Three foreign nationals who were swimming and were swept away by strong sea currents at the Hikkaduwa and Ahungalla beaches were rescued by the Sri Lanka Police Lifeguard Unit on December 27, 2025.

Veteran singer Latha Walpola has passed away today (December 27) at the age of 91.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has obtained a 72-hour detention order under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to further question former Minister Douglas Devananda, who was arrested yesterday in connection with a missing pistol.

The National Disaster Relief Services Centre (NDRSC) of the Ministry of Defence has announced that a Rs. 50,000 grant for obtaining kitchen equipment for families affected by the disaster has been fully disbursed to 3,665 families.

The Government of Sri Lanka will provide Rs. 500,000 to each household affected by disaster-related housing damage without conducting individual assessments, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijepala said.

An email claiming that bombs had been hidden at five locations within the Kandy District Secretariat premises led to a full day security search yesterday (December 26), but no explosive materials were found.

Two separate sea rescue operations were carried out by the Hikkaduwa Police Lifeguard Unit on December 26, 2025, saving four foreign nationals, including a mother and her 14 year old son, after they were caught in strong sea currents while swimming at beaches in the Hikkaduwa Police Division.

Former Minister Douglas Devananda has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today (December 26) in connection with an investigation conducted by its Homicide Investigation Division.

Revenue of Rs. 54 million was recorded from Sri Lanka’s expressways on Christmas Day (December 25).

A 49-year-old doctor, the Chief Medical Officer of Walana Hospital in Weligama, drowned while swimming in the sea at Mirissa yesterday afternoon (December 25).

A suspect linked to the 2022 shooting death of a former Deputy Chairman of the Kotikawatta–Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha was arrested on the morning of December 25, 2025, in the Thalahena area of Malabe.

A two-minute silence will be observed across Sri Lanka today (December 26) from 9:25 a.m. to 9:27 a.m. as a mark of respect for those who lost their lives in the tsunami disaster that struck the coastal belt of Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004.

The Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Crimes Division attached to the Gampaha Police Station has been arrested in connection with an alleged bribery incident.

A total of Rs. 1,001 million was paid on December 24 to 7,515 farmers in the Trincomalee District as financial assistance for crop damage caused by flooding linked to Cyclone Ditwah, at a rate of Rs. 150,000 per hectare.