Two 15-year-old students from an international school in Colombo are believed to have died by suicide on Tuesday evening (July 2).

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted today (July 2) in Parliament that false propaganda about debt restructuring is being spread by various individuals both inside and outside the parliament.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera, announced that Lanka IOC will launch a 100 Octane premium petrol starting today (July 2).

Sri Lanka is set to save $5 billion in interest payments to bilateral creditors through its debt restructuring process, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced today (July 2).

All scheduled court proceedings and verdict deliveries at the Kandy Court complex have been postponed due to a bomb scare.

Litro Gas Lanka has reduced the prices of domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders with effect from midnight today (July 2).

The Hindu reports that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Chennai has dismantled a drug trafficking network, arresting nine suspects, including three Sri Lankan nationals, and seizing ₹40 crore worth of methamphetamine in two separate cases.

Bus fares in Sri Lanka will decrease by 5.07% starting at midnight tonight (July 1), according to the National Transport Commission (NTC).

Senior Additional Solicitor General Parinda Ranasinghe was sworn in as the Acting Attorney General before the Chief Justice this morning (July 1).

At least 15 people were injured and hospitalized after a head-on collision between an SLTB passenger bus and a private bus on the Colombo-Kandy main road this morning (July 01).

Former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan passed away at the age of 91.

Fuel prices in Sri Lanka have been revised with effect from July 1, 2024.

Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Tiran Alles, speaking at the fourth United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2024), highlighted increasing global security challenges, including cyber threats and organized crime, while reaffirming Sri Lanka’s commitment to UN peacekeeping and readiness to contribute specialized police teams.

The Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Sri Lanka confirms that another one of the six fishermen on the multi-day fishing vessel “Devon 5,” who drank a poisonous liquid from a bottle floating in the sea thinking it was alcohol, has now died.