Category: Local News

A 21-year-old Canadian national has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake while attempting to smuggle a large stock of hashish valued at Rs. 182.5 million.

World Bank representatives have highlighted the importance of maintaining an accurate and regularly updated data system to ensure the fair selection of beneficiaries under Sri Lanka’s Aswesuma Social Security Programme.

Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala, has announced that the government has set an ambitious goal to eliminate narcotics from Sri Lanka within the next three years.

A suspect has been arrested with 196 kilograms and 218 grams of Kerala cannabis in the Nagahadeniya area within the Dompe Police Division.

Sri Lanka Customs says that around 3,500 metric tons of Ponni Samba rice have been imported into the country as a solution to the current shortage of Keeri Samba rice in the local market.

A foreign national has been arrested with heroin worth Rs. 34 million by officers of the Narcotics Control Unit of Sri Lanka Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake.

The gunman involved in the murder of Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Lasantha Wickramasekara has been arrested in the Navinna area of Maharagama.

Sri Lanka Police have launched an islandwide manhunt to locate a suspect wanted in connection with the murder of Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Lasantha Wickramasekara, who was shot dead by an unidentified gunman on October 22, 2025.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested three individuals, including a woman, in connection with the murder of Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Lasantha Wickramasekara, police said.

Police officers in the Kodikamam area of Jaffna opened fire at a tractor on Friday (October 24).

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) says that bad weather during the past few days has affected 18 districts across Sri Lanka.

A new gazette has been issued introducing fresh conditions for the release of vehicles currently held by Sri Lanka Customs.

The Sri Lanka Navy vessel Samudura departed on October 24, 2025, to rescue the crew of the merchant ship MV Integrity Star, which had encountered distress approximately 100 nautical miles south of Sri Lanka due to a mechanical failure in its main engines.

Police arrested a 53-year-old suspect and recovered eight live T-56 ammunition rounds and fifteen training rounds during a search operation conducted on the evening of October 24, 2025, in the Ambagahawatta area under the Minuwangoda Police Division.

Following the directives of Army Commander Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo, the Sri Lanka Army has restored 76 vehicles that had been out of service after long-term use and added them back to the Army fleet today (October 24).

The Thai government is set to hold talks with Sri Lanka on October 28 to bring back two elephants that were gifted to Sri Lanka, following reports of poor living conditions and alleged mistreatment.