The International Monetary Fund asked cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Thursday to strengthen its anti-corruption agency and accelerate prosecutions after a review of a bailout that began in 2023. MORE..
9 Oct 2025 (5:27 PM)
Seven individuals including the assistant principal of a preschool, the sports coordination officer, two teachers in charge of the children, a preschool employee, and two swimming instructors have been arrested in connection with the death of a child who drowned in a swimming pool at a hotel in Nugegoda. MORE..
10 Oct 2025 (9:13 AM)
Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Dr. Chandana Abayaratne, announced that a significant number of retired public servants whose salaries were not increased in the 2025 Budget will receive due benefits in the 2026 Budget. MORE..
9 Oct 2025 (6:19 PM)
The government has announced the new portfolios of three Cabinet Ministers and 10 Deputy Ministers following today s Cabinet reshuffle. MORE..
10 Oct 2025 (10:58 AM)
The Department of Meteorology announced that showers or thundershowers are expected to occur at several places in the Eastern, Central, Uva, Southern, and Sabaragamuwa Provinces, and in the Polonnaruwa, Mullaittivu, Kilinochchi, and Jaffna Districts after 1.00 p.m. MORE..
10 Oct 2025 (7:38 AM)
A 21-year-old who is employed as a mason has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment after being found guilty of trafficking the narcotic substance known as ice . MORE..
10 Oct 2025 (11:54 AM)