All services at the Department for Registration of Persons (ID Office), including the one-day National Identity Card (NIC) service at the main office in Battaramulla and all provincial offices, will be suspended from tomorrow (27)...MORE..
26 Mar 2026 (7:43 PM)
All services at the Department of Registration of Persons (ID Office) have been temporarily suspended following an unexpected breakdown in the computer system at its main office, the department stated. MORE..
26 Mar 2026 (6:02 PM)
Three Chinese nationals have been arrested for producing the illegal drug ketamine in a makeshift laboratory inside a flat in Dhaka, Bangladesh and smuggling it to Sri Lanka concealed within sound equipment. MORE..
26 Mar 2026 (8:47 PM)
A charge sheet has been handed over today to IGS Premathilaka, the former Director of the National Institute of Education, who is accused of contempt of court for failing to implement a court order issued in relation to fundamental rights petitions filed over the leaking of three questions from the 2024 Scholarship Examination paper. MORE..
26 Mar 2026 (3:52 PM)
The Ministry of Digital Economy states that it has received more than 1,000 complaints regarding fraudulent activities involving the use of other individuals QR codes to obtain fuel. MORE..
26 Mar 2026 (3:47 PM)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is scheduled to meet with visiting Russian Deputy Energy Minister Roman Marshavin this evening (26) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, with discussions centering on strengthening bilateral cooperation in the energy sector. MORE..
26 Mar 2026 (6:16 PM)