Two suspects deported from Abu Dhabi after UAE police allegedly found Iran drone-attack videos on their phones were arrested at BIA by CID, police said.
A 55-year-old woman and her 61-year-old husband were found dead inside a Bulathsinhala clothing store on Sunday, with cause of death yet to be determined.
Sri Lanka obtained US$1,854.77M in foreign loans excluding IMF funding between the 2024 election and May 5, 2026, the Finance Ministry told Parliament.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala opened a Rs.40 million police station in Kopay on Sunday and handed back land from the old building to seven owners.
Hydrology chief Chamara Yapa Arachchi urged residents along the Kalu Ganga tributary to stay alert as heavy southwest monsoon rains continue.
Department of Examinations says 2025 O/Level results will not be released on June 15 as expected; finalisation in final stage, release within two weeks.
Two masked men in a van assaulted former monk Rajangane Saddharathana on June 6 and fled the scene; he was hospitalised and police investigations are underway.
Sarvajana Balaya has written to President Dissanayake urging urgent action on ex-SIS chief Suresh Sallay's deteriorating health in PTA detention.
Ragama Police seized 17.7g of crystal meth alongside two cable-theft suspects; a third was arrested in Moratuwa with a stolen TV and copper wire.
Two wild elephants — adult and calf — electrocuted by illegal fence protecting Maligawila cultivation.
A man fell from his bike after hitting a dog in Panagoda and a 74-year-old struck a gas-cylinder lorry on the A9, police said.
A four-member UN SPT delegation will meet ministers, the Human Rights Commission and civil society over 10 days from June 15, MFA said.
Pamunugama Police are investigating after an unidentified male body, believed to be aged 40–45, washed ashore at Uswetakeiyawa beach on Sunday.
Six families in Basnakanda, Makandura were evacuated on Saturday after heavy rain uprooted hilltop trees and raised the landslide risk; NBRO report pending.
Police Narcotics Bureau Airport Unit arrested a 40-year-old Marawila resident at the arrival terminal early Saturday with 133 cartons of duty-free cigarettes.
National Secretariat for Elders Director Chathura Mihidum said the May allowance pays via post offices from June 15 for elders outside the Aswasuma database.
A 40-year-old father walking with his five-year-old child was struck by a Puttalam-bound bus near Herathgama Junction on Friday; bus driver arrested.
Nine former MPs led by Dullas Alahapperuma wrote to President AKD asking equal treatment for ex-SIS chief Suresh Sallay, citing Wijeweera's custodial killing.
The Free Lawyers' Organization said no official report on last year's USD 2.5M treasury cyber fraud has been tabled in Parliament eight months on.
Vedda leader Uru Warige Wannila Aththo raised ancestral land access, Hennanigala Ditwah relief gaps and Dambana School needs with PM Amarasuriya at Parliament.
G.L. Peiris and Joint Opposition leaders asked CIABOC Chair Iddawela to probe the Director General over alleged inaction on government-linked complaints.
Hydrology Director L.S. Suriyabandara said the Kalu Ganga at Ratnapura and Millakanda and the Attanagalu Oya at Dunamale are approaching minor flood level.
Madampe Police arrested a Karukuwatawa shop owner after a preschool girl who entered his retail shop to buy biscuits was allegedly lured to its interior.
Defence Secretary Sampath Thuyacontha and Minister Bimal Rathnayake inspected the SLAF-renovated Pettah Central Bus Stand under the Clean Sri Lanka programme.