Category: Local News

The project to renovate the Maradana Railway Station under the “Dream Destination” program will be launched today (September 15) under the patronage of Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

The major development project to renovate the Central Bus Stand in Pettah will be launched today (September 15) under the patronage of Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa announced that legislation is being drafted to abolish the pensions of Members of Parliament in Sri Lanka.

A majority of the chemical samples found buried on a plot of land in Thalawa, Middeniya, have been confirmed to contain crystal methamphetamine (ICE).

The Sri Lankan government has decided to make a basic condition inspection mandatory for all long-distance buses before they begin their journeys. The new process will come into effect from the start of October 2025.

Sri Lanka Police have arrested two suspects along with two illegally imported jeeps during raids in Menikhinna and Wattegama on September 13, 2025.

The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka, together with the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and the Ministry of Defence, marked the conclusion of Exercise Pacific Angel 2025 at a closing ceremony in Katunayake this evening (September 13).

The circular granting permission for decorations and accessories to be installed on buses in Sri Lanka has been revoked, effective from September 09, 2025.

A special workshop aimed at promoting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Sri Lanka’s public service was held yesterday morning (September 12) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

Sri Lanka Police have arrested three suspects linked to separate shooting murders in Borella, Boralesgamuwa, and Maradana, during operations carried out on September 12, 2025.

Former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella’s son, Ramith Rambukwella, has been indicted before the Colombo High Court by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament, Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne, said that the Polonnaruwa China–Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Specialized Hospital is the most valuable gift Sri Lanka has received from the long-standing friendship between the two countries.

The Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court has ordered the release on bail of Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero, who had been in remand custody.

Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody over a corruption allegation, has been further remanded until September 19, 2025, by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.

United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, together with a delegation of senior officials from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), met with Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo yesterday (September 11).

China has agreed to provide free school uniform material for Sri Lankan students for the year 2026.