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.

The Executive Committee of the United National Party (UNP) has decided to lift all party bans on members who were suspended and faced disciplinary action for joining the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).

Sampath Manamperi, who was wanted in connection with the discovery of two containers of chemicals suspected to have been used in the manufacture of the drug crystal methamphetamine (ICE) in the Middeniya area, surrendered to the Walasmulla Magistrate’s Court today (September 17).

A pre-budget discussion on the Banking, Finance and Insurance Sector was held yesterday afternoon (September 16) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, chaired by Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando.

Construction work on the section of the Central Expressway from Kadawatha to Mirigama is scheduled to officially resume today (September 17).