Companies and institutions have no legal provisions to impose additional charges ranging from 2.5% to 3% on customers for transactions made using credit or debit cards, the Director of Payments and Settlements at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Vasantha Alwis has stated. MORE..
24 Jul 2025 (4:20 PM)
The debate on the resolution for the removal of suspended Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon from office, under Section 17 of the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act, No. 5 of 2002, is scheduled to be held in Parliament on August 05. MORE..
24 Jul 2025 (7:27 PM)
Dhanushka Weerakkody, the son-in-law of Member of Parliament Rohitha Abeygunawardena, has been remanded until August 01 after surrendering to the Matugama Magistrate s Court today. MORE..
24 Jul 2025 (6:44 PM)
The bodies of a mother and her two daughters have been recovered from a well located in the garden of a residence in the Panikkankulam area of Mankulam in Mullaitivu today (24), according to Mankulam Police. MORE..
24 Jul 2025 (8:46 PM)
A health administrative officer escaped unharmed after an assailant s gun failed to fire adjacent to the S. de S. Jayasinghe grounds in Dehiwala this morning, police stated. MORE..
24 Jul 2025 (12:08 PM)
A Sub-Inspector attached to the Kompannavidiya Police Station was arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) near the Fort Magistrate s Court premises for allegedly soliciting a bribe of Rs. 100,000.
24 Jul 2025 (6:28 PM)