Police and the STF arrested 28 people including three women in a raid on a social media-organised party in Ambalangoda, recovering cocaine, ice and cannabis.
SLADA says its members will refuse to attend Monday meetings citing Public Administration Circular 27/2023, which sets aside the day for citizen grievances.
A car struck and killed two women aged 42 and 44 on the Ambulgama–Panagoda road on June 6; police identified the driver via CCTV and confirmed he was drunk.
Health Ministry resumes 25 large-scale infrastructure projects halted since 2014, with Rs. 16bn in 2025, Rs. 19bn in 2026 and Rs. 38bn planned for 2027.
Heavy falls above 100mm forecast for Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and four districts; gusty winds of 60–70 kmph expected from Kankasanthurai to.
Police now believe the Horana state bank Rs.35 million heist was an internal fraud staged as robbery, the assistant manager allegedly diverting funds for.
A 72-year-old woman was killed by an SUV in Elawella, Horana on Saturday evening; police arrested the driver, who was allegedly under the influence.
Horana Police arrested a woman after her 49-year-old husband was found dead from a sharp-weapon attack inside their Arambakanda home during a domestic dispute.
Joint operation in Antonypuram, Jaffna recovers 102 parcels in the largest reported northern-corridor cannabis seizure of the cycle.
A Kilinochchi court remanded a suspect over the illegal travel of three Jaffna people to Canada via Ethiopia, where a criminal gang took them hostage.
US$100,000 pilot under the SDG Partnership Project introduces an integrity assessment framework for public institutions, modelled on Korea's annual exercise.
The Fire and Rescue Services Department deployed four engines to bring a blaze at an electronics store in Mahara, Kadawatha under control on Sunday afternoon.
SLNS Vijaya divers found the weapons on the bed of Ichchankadu Lagoon, days after a separate operation in the same area recovered 53 rounds of ammunition.
A UNP councillor and civil society group asked the Auditor General to probe Rs. 9.2m in diesel claims for Ditwah cleanup work in Nuwara Eliya MC.
Opposition parties will launch an indefinite Colombo Fort protest as Sallay is hospitalised and his lawyer asks the CID for an independent medical board.
Trincomalee MP Rasamanickam asks Parliament to abolish the Prevention of Terrorism Act No. 48 of 1979 without any replacement law containing comparable powers.
SJB MP Jagath Vithana said five Bulathsinhala PS members were expelled after backing NPP in council formation, allegedly in exchange for money and bribes.
Ex-SIS chief Major Gen. (Retd.) Suresh Sallay was hospitalised on Sunday while in CID remand, as his wife wrote to the IGP over his fast-unto-death.
A 52-year-old Aralaganwila woman died and 12 others were hurt after a lorry returning from Munneswaram Temple hit a tree in Mudalakkuliya on Saturday.
Financial Crimes Investigation Unit detains a 46-year-old over money the German national invested in a tourism business the suspect allegedly misappropriated.
Senior Colonel FU Xiao, newly appointed Defence Attaché at China's Embassy in Colombo, met Defence Secretary Sampath Thuyacontha at the Ministry of Defence.
CID arrested three men at a Borella house storing 600 counterfeit official seals, fake NICs and forged land documents alongside Rs. 1.5 million in cash.
The Ministry of Higher Education has opened an online questionnaire seeking public views on a new policy framework being drafted under PM Harini Amarasuriya.
Two young women aged 18 and 19 and a 25-year-old man, all Puttalam residents, drowned while bathing at the Daluwa Estuary in Norochcholai on Saturday evening.