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Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said that the current shortage of medicines in the country is not due to financial constraints but procurement-related issues.

A fire that broke out yesterday (September 20) evening at a building on 1st Cross Street, Pettah, Colombo, was extinguished after a 12-hour operation.

Sri Lanka Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) highlighted the importance of dialogue, regional cooperation, and mutual respect in tackling global and regional security challenges during his address at the 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in China.

S&P Global Ratings announced today (September 19) that it has raised Sri Lanka’s long- and short-term foreign currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘CCC+/C’ from ‘SD/SD’.

A suspected gunman involved in the murder of activist Dan Priyasad was arrested last night (September 18) in the Ranwala area of Kegalle.

Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody, was today (September 19) ordered by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court to be further remanded until next Monday (September 22).

Colombo High Court today (September 19) sentenced Samarappulige Niraj Roshan, also known as ‘Ali Roshan’, to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment for possessing an elephant without a valid permit.

Former Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Minister Athula Kumara Rahubadda was today (September 18) ordered by the Embilipitiya Magistrate’s Court to be remanded until October 2, 2025.

A special discussion on Sri Lanka’s electricity tariff methodology was held on September 12, 2025, at the Parliament premises, highlighting the urgent need to balance financial viability, sustainability, and consumer protection in the power sector.

A new mechanism to provide fertilizer to tea cultivators will be introduced within two weeks, Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure K.V. Samantha Vidyarathna announced.

Former Executive Director of the National Lotteries Board (NLB), Thusitha Halloluwa, was granted bail today (September 18) after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.

Three Sri Lankan youths and an Austrian woman were rescued from drowning in separate incidents on September 17, 2025.

Transport Minister Bimal Rathnayake says that officials who are unable to properly maintain the railway service may have to leave their positions.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (September 17) emphasized that a crisis like the one in 2022, where people died in fuel and gas queues due to shortages, will never be allowed to happen again in the country.