Sri Lanka's Health Ministry awarded appointment letters to 515 graduate nurses as Grade III nursing officers — the first such recruitment in five years.
President Dissanayake disclosed 1,947kg heroin, 2,062kg meth, 289kg cocaine and 83 automatic firearms seized — and 6,202 youth among arrested.
Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena ordered the CID to arrest Basil Rajapaksa over Rs. 7.8M Tourism Promotion Bureau funds allegedly misused in 2014.
Batticaloa Police arrested the father of two children killed in a hotel-room fire; allegations include fake identity, fabricated cancer story and a locked.
Embilipitiya Crime Investigation Unit seizes 26.770 kg in Pahanakaduwa raid; police say suspects are also linked to cattle thefts in the area.
Court of Appeal issues notices on Centre for Environmental Justice writ alleging ministers and officials failed statutory disaster-management duties.
Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court will rule on June 2 on summoning PC Rienzie Arsekularatne and Attorney Udara Muhandiramge in the Kapila Chandrasena inquest.
Department of Irrigation cautions of minor flooding in low-lying Kalutara areas after Kukule Ganga reservoir spill gates open; advisory runs to Sunday.
Chandrasekar orders Navy and partner agencies to expedite operations after fishermen failed to return from a Wednesday-night sortie; SLAF active May 29.
Prof. Kapila Perera resigns as Transport Ministry Secretary after Supreme Court ruling found he violated a senior SLAS officer's fundamental rights last week.
SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa defended Basil's continued US stay, saying government figures contact his uncle more often than he does and denying law-evasion claims.
Colombo High Court fixes July 7 as the start date of the Krrish trial against SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa over Rs. 70 million allegedly taken for rugby promotion.
Nuwara Eliya High Court Judge Wijeraj Jayasuriya sentenced four men to death in separate murder cases on Friday; one of the convicted then consumed poison.
Humanitarian Priority Plan concluded April 30 after reaching 81 partners across 25 districts; UN delegation presented latest Cyclone Ditwah situation report.
Opposition Leader at Ruhunu Vesak Perahera says external interventions are exploiting the country's situation; calls for safeguarding sovereignty.
Batticaloa MP's motion proposes a 10+2-year fund covering the North, East, Monaragala and Nuwara Eliya, citing decades of conflict and economic neglect.
Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Transport hears suspended drivers continue to receive salaries; some moonlighting on private buses.
The Sri Lanka Army's Special Forces Brigade staged an urban-operations exercise codenamed Hard Duck at the ITC Ratnadipa Hotel in Colombo on Tuesday.
The Welfare Benefits Board will credit May Aswesuma payments totalling Rs. 3.49bn to bank accounts of nearly 700,000 over-70 beneficiaries on May 29.
Sri Lanka Customs intercepted 14 Chinese nationals from Kuala Lumpur with 691 cartons (138,200 sticks) of foreign cigarettes valued at Rs. 20.73 million.
Six Chinese nationals aged 27 to 48 were arrested in a police raid on a club in Kollupitiya operating an illegal gambling den without a licence.
Mayor Balthazaar said the CMC owes Rs.483m in VAT for 2016-2020 and Rs.551m in penalties, currently being negotiated with the IRD.
Deputy Defence Minister Aruna Jayasekara toured Jaffna with Fisheries Minister Chandrasekar reviewing drug enforcement, IUU fishing and state-land release.
Police have refuted reports that the Dikoya double-murder suspect was re-arrested, saying he remains at large after escaping from a Kandy hospital.