Activists allege a police delay over a missing colonial-era copper lightning conductor at the protected Nuwara Eliya Post Office; OIC rejects the claim.
IGP directs all stations to ease congestion at Buddhist sites, deploy day and night patrols, and act against behaviour undermining the sanctity of Vesak.
Opposition leader says reserves fall below the three-month import-cover threshold and warns of financial instability without a successor IMF programme.
Academic urges Sajith Premadasa and Ranil Wickremesinghe to expedite the alignment with a single platform announcement, warning against backroom deals.
The Colombo Crime Division has recovered a T-56 assault rifle buried beneath a tree inside the Somawathiya National Reserve, acting on an informant's tip.
JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva says Provincial Council elections may be held next year, citing Rs. 500bn redirected to Ditwah recovery and legal hurdles.
Sunday Times reports US authorities found the Delaware account empty and only USD 200 in a second state's account, leaving the bulk of stolen funds gone.
Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath will visit New Zealand and Australia from May 26 to June 3 and open Sri Lanka's High Commission in Wellington.
AKD instructed a special police committee for Eastern Province land grabs, urgent Gal Oya flood study and a resettlement plan at the Ampara DCC meeting.
Matara court ordered Basil Rajapaksa taken into custody and imposed a travel ban after the AG said booked return tickets were cancelled to evade hearings.
Balapitiya High Court Judge Ruchira Weliwatte sentenced five Bataduwa men to death over the 2007 pole-attack killing of Gusthinna Wadu Manjula in Batapola.
CCD said two wallets surfaced at Kapila Chandrasena's Barnes Place residence as the magistrate ordered officers to reconcile CCTV with witness accounts.
Walipenna Police have arrested a 56-year-old suspect after a 48-year-old Dharga Town resident was hacked to death during an argument on Friday evening.
Hatton Police have released CCTV footage of a suspect in the murder of an elderly couple at their Dikoya shop this week, seeking public help to locate him.
The suspect arrested over the Dikoya double murder has undergone a medical examination, the standard step before being produced before a magistrate.
Police have summoned ex-Minister Dilum Amunugama to record a statement over remarks the Women's Ministry says caused harm to a minor in the Hemarathana case.
Kudu Duminda and Mahawatte Chamara were among 21 Sri Lankans deported from Dubai; police say the duo carried Interpol red notices for drug trafficking.
EC told the Vijitha Herath parliamentary committee on Thursday it can hold Provincial Council polls under any electoral system parliament approves.
Mullaitivu Police arrested three suspects after a viral video showed a group of riders travelling dangerously without helmets; identification used CCTV.
PM Harini Amarasuriya returned to Colombo on Saturday after a UK visit that included Commonwealth education talks, ministerial meetings and diaspora outreach.
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told Canadian HC Isabelle Martin the IMF should ease conditions on Sri Lanka and prioritise Cyclone Ditwah recovery.
Aluthgama Police are investigating after a severed male head washed ashore behind a popular tourist hotel at Moragalla on Saturday morning.
ITAK MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam urged government and opposition to set aside partisanship over rupee volatility, inflation and rising energy costs.
The 30-year-old Borella resident, subject of an international red notice, was detained at Bandaranaike International Airport on his return to Sri Lanka.