A total of 7,950 school-going children and youth below the age of 21 have been arrested within the 2024 over addiction to heroin and Ice (crystal methamphetamine), according to Sri Lanka Police. MORE..
28 Feb 2026 (5:25 PM)
Israel and Iran closed their airspace after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s government launched "preventive" airstrikes on Tehran. MORE..
28 Feb 2026 (2:39 PM)
Three persons, including a married couple, have been arrested in connection with the possession of a stock of narcotic pills worth Rs. 3 million, the Panadura South Police Headquarters said. MORE..
28 Feb 2026 (12:56 PM)
The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) has stated that a special program is being implemented under the leadership of the Director General of Civil Aviation and Chief Executive Officer, Captain Daminda Rambukwella, to facilitate passengers and aircraft arriving in and departing from Sri Lanka. MORE..
28 Feb 2026 (6:12 PM)
Update- The United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait have closed their airspace, joining Iran, Iraq and Israel in shutting their skies amid escalating regional tensions following military strikes between Israel and Iran. MORE..
28 Feb 2026 (4:25 PM)
Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed Israel and the US have carried out an operation "to remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran". MORE..
28 Feb 2026 (4:08 PM)