The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism of Sri Lanka has issued a safety notice for all Sri Lankan nationals currently residing in Iran and Israel, as well as for their families back home, due to rising tensions in the region.

Sri Lanka’s Acting Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), visited the Turkish Navy ship TCG Büyükada (F-512) on Friday (June 13).

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have launched investigations into the assets of all prison superintendents in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is currently on an official visit to Germany, met with the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Reem Alabali-Radovan, in Berlin on Friday (June 13).

Sri Lankans can now apply for a wide range of services under the President’s Fund online from any Divisional Secretariat across the country, starting June 21, 2025.

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with German tourism and travel industry representatives this morning at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Berlin, during his official visit to Germany.

The Colombo High Court has set September 25, 2025, as the trial date for former Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella and former Chairman of the State Printing Corporation Jayampathi Bandara Heenkenda.

The Anuradhapura Magistrate’s Court today (June 13) ordered the further remand of Mohan Karunaratne, Superintendent of Anuradhapura Prison, until June 23, 2025.

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has recommended that an audit be conducted to determine the daily financial losses caused by train cancellations in Sri Lanka.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) reports that an office assistant at the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka has been arrested.

The report of the National Animal Census conducted in Sri Lanka on March 15, 2025, was released today (June 12).