1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (162+ words) Five Sri Lanka Air Force personnel, including an officer attached to the Mattala Air Force camp, and two civilians have been arrested over the alleged shooting and killing of deer roaming within the premises of the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport....

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (184+ words) Opposition MP Namal Rajapaksa, who arrived in Parliament from prison, has alleged that around 120,000 metric tonnes of coal, valued at approximately Rs. 4.62 billion, are unaccounted for from 19 shipments imported into Sri Lanka. Addressing Parliament on Thursday, Rajapaksa claimed that records…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (247+ words) Civil society group Freedom Defenders – Sri Lanka has lodged a formal complaint with the Ministry of Public Security, challenging the legality and procedure surrounding the arrest of activist and Attorney- at-Law Achala Senevirathne. In a detailed submission dated September 9, the…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (264+ words) Leader of the House, Minister Bimal Rathnayake today (10) commended Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa for raising concerns about the impacts of the El Niño–La Niña climate phenomenon on Sri Lanka. Addressing the Parliament, Rathnayake noted that Premadasa had been drawing…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (102+ words) Twenty passengers were injured this morning when a private bus travelling towards Colombo toppled into a canal near the 7th mile post area along the Polonnaruwa–Habarana Road, Police said. According to the Police, the bus, carrying around 40 passengers, veered off…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (342+ words) Sri Lankan technology entrepreneur and computer scientist Sanjiva Weerawarna has raised questions over a Rs. 173.86 million consultancy contract approved by the Cabinet for an Asian Development Bank-funded tourism development programme. In a post on X, Weerawarna described aspects of the…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (190+ words) The Sri Lanka Police has announced that the data system used for issuing Police Clearance Certificates has been temporarily deactivated due to emergency maintenance, prompting the introduction of an interim procedure for applicants. According to the Police, the Police Clearance…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (192+ words) The government has approved plans to establish digital development units in government institutions to support the implementation of Sri Lanka’s National Digital Economy Strategy 2025-2030. The decision follows the approval of the National Digital Economy Strategy 2025-2030 by the Cabinet of Ministers…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (143+ words) The Cabinet has approved a Rs. 173.86 million consultancy services contract for a sustainable tourism sector development programme funded through a US$30 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Transport, Highways and Urban Development Ministry called for expressions of…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (146+ words) Sri Lanka Police will introduce a new WhatsApp-based video service from Thursday (10) to enable members of the hearing-impaired community to submit complaints to the 119 emergency service. The initiative was launched under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake as part…...