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Sri Lanka Police have announced special traffic restrictions in Colombo from September 8 to 10, 2026 during the official visit of Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

Sri Lanka Police have frozen two properties worth more than Rs. 130 million in Embilipitiya over suspicions that they were purchased with money earned through illegal drug trafficking.

The Department of Motor Traffic says green-background number plates are being issued for all electric vehicles in Sri Lanka.

Operations at the newly constructed Kadawatha Metro Depot Yard were officially launched today (September 7, 2026), as Sri Lanka expands infrastructure for its new Metro bus service focused on the Western Province.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser and Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa has been permitted to receive food brought from his home while in remand custody.

Five people were killed in five separate road accidents reported in Horana, Polgahawela, Ingiriya, Ratnapura and Mawathagama on September 6, 2026, according to Sri Lanka Police.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says the Presidential and Parliamentary elections will be held as scheduled, while the Provincial Council Election will be held once the existing legal obstacles are removed.

Sri Lanka Police arrested 41 people during a raid on a Facebook party in the Victoria area of Teldeniya on the night of September 5, 2026, while several types of drugs and alcohol were also seized.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says the Lower Malwathu Oya Multipurpose Development Project will help strengthen rural economies while allowing communities to contribute more directly to the national economy.

Litro Gas Lanka Ltd. has reduced the prices of domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders, effective from September 5, 2026.

Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa was today (September 4) ordered by Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama to be remanded until September 18, 2026, over an alleged Rs. 100 million bribe linked to the SriLankan Airlines Airbus investigation.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser and Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

Former Minister Johnston Fernando and the owner of Design Point (Pvt) Ltd, Hemantha Lalith de Silva, were arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today (September 4).

The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board will begin paying compensation today (September 4) to farmers who suffered crop damage due to El Niño conditions.

Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) represented the country at the 28th Annual Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) Conference held in Victoria, Canada, from August 31 to September 2, 2026.