Two firearms have been taken into police custody near the 20th milepost on the Polonnaruwa-Batticaloa main road within the Valaichchenai Police Division. MORE..
8 Dec 2025 (5:18 PM)
Justice Yasantha Kodagoda has been sworn in as the Acting Chief Justice of Sri Lanka. MORE..
8 Dec 2025 (6:21 PM)
Approximately 108,000 hectares of paddy, 6,600 hectares of maize, 6,143 hectares of up-country and low-country vegetables and 11,000 hectares of land used to cultivate other crops have been completely destroyed due to adverse weather conditions experienced in recent days. MORE..
8 Dec 2025 (7:26 PM)
A retired officer of the Government Analyst s Department has been taken into custody on charges of accepting bribes. MORE..
8 Dec 2025 (8:23 PM)
Sri Lanka is struggling to recover from the devastating Cyclone Ditwah even as it was trying to rebuild from a debt crisis and political turmoil, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Newsweek in an exclusive interview as he called for a new approach for debt-burdened countries vulnerable to climate change. MORE..
8 Dec 2025 (8:26 PM)
The government is hoping to restore public transport services by December 31, Minister of Transport Bimal Ratnayake has announced. MORE..
8 Dec 2025 (6:12 PM)