The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal by Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya to recruit 8,547 new employees to fill existing vacancies in various government departments and institutions under different ministries.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the establishment of four new High Court premises in Colombo 7 with immediate effect.

Three suspects, including a person believed to have acted as a gunman in three murders, were arrested yesterday evening (October 27) in Anuradhapura.

Global fashion brand Michael Kors has donated US$2.7 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support children and farmers in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has issued a Gazette notification amending the regulations on the payment period and fees related to liquor production.

Major General Ruwan Wanigasooriya, Chief of National Intelligence (CNI), stepped down from his duties at the Ministry of Defence on October 27 after reaching the age of 60.

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).