Finance Ministry says officers are visiting Aswesuma applicants' homes ahead of the May 31 deadline; false information carries up to a year in jail.
IAID freezes Athurugiriya house, six bank accounts and a luxury car under the PMLA after a probe into eZ Cash wallet deposits dating to 2017.
Wickramaratne calls in the Sergeant-at-Arms after the NDF MP walks into the Well of the House and refuses to drop his sub judice travel-ban grievance.
Rear Admiral (Retd) Jayarathna says India and China read Colombo's decisions through their rivalry lens and warns local strategic awareness has lagged.
Admiral Colombage said China ran bonded weapons warehouses at Colombo and Galle from 2006–2009 from which Sri Lanka drew arms on Defence Ministry letters.
Anil Jayantha Fernando says 380 LCs covering 1,782 vehicles valued at USD 23.71 million were opened on the day before the 50% surcharge gazette took effect.
Women and Child Affairs Ministry asked the IGP to investigate ex-Minister Dilum Amunugama over remarks about a minor involved in the Hemarathana case.
Six months after Cyclone Ditwah hit Kandy, 1,630 families remain without permanent housing and the government cannot give Parliament a resettlement date.
Frontline Socialist Party petitioned the Court of Appeal to block recovery of Rs.20bn+ in substandard coal losses through electricity tariffs or taxes.
SJB MP Mujibur Rahman told Parliament 1,782 new-vehicle LCs were opened a day before the surcharge gazette, alleging dealers close to the President benefited.
Stock-verification gap between 281 ledgered paintings and 239 physically at the Kalabhavana dates to a 2015 survey; CID Colombo South is now assessing.
First phase covering 5,000+ paddy farmers across 7 cultivation seasons from 2019 Yala to 2022 Yala begins under the President's patronage in Malimbada.
MP Bhagya Sri Herath will chair a panel set up by the parliament Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment to probe the coal plant's environmental impact.
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says opposition parties have united and requested President Dissanayake convene an All Party Conference on the economy.
Public Administration Minister Chandana Abeyratne says 98% of Phase I pension revision payments are complete, with Phase II rollout scheduled for July.
About 1,000 Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim attendees turned out as the PM claimed an 'irreversible' shift in Sri Lanka's political culture during her UK trip.
Illegal Assets Investigation Division targets Rs. 30 million Athurugiriya property, six accounts and a luxury vehicle linked to instant-transfer drug ring.
RDA engineers begin indefinite strike from 21 May, withdrawing from district and divisional coordination committees over an unresolved salary anomaly.
Opposition leader says Sri Lanka cannot hit the IMF's $14.2bn March 2027 reserve target and must negotiate a successor programme from a position of strength.
A neighbour was arrested after the woman's body was found in a travelling bag at her Mookalangamuwa home, with CCTV removed and the phone line cut.
FM Vijitha Herath told SCO Secretary-General Yermekbayev that Colombo seeks deeper engagement in tourism, transport, logistics and agriculture.
Railway Track and Engineering Sub-Department assesses 200 feet of track, sleepers and components damaged; signalling and carriage assessments still pending.
Police summoned Wimal Weerawansa over the May 18 War Heroes Memorial confrontation, threatening Kaduwela court action if he fails to appear.
At the Batticaloa District Coordination Committee, AKD also commits to starting all planned road projects this year and developing Valaichchenai Harbour.