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Sri Lanka’s 2027 Budget proposes raising the monthly tax-free threshold for salaried employees to Rs. 162,500, with personal income taxpayers receiving additional monthly relief of Rs. 750 to Rs. 15,750.

The family of Anojan Sivarasa, who had been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, met Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (November 12, 2026) to thank him for his intervention in securing Sivarasa’s release and clearing him of all charges.

The Ministry of Justice and National Integration and People’s Bank have signed an agreement to allow the public to pay court fees, fines and other court-related charges electronically in Sri Lanka.

A Buddhist monk was hospitalized with head injuries following a clash at a satyagraha protest site near the Ruwanweli Maha Seya in Anuradhapura today (November 12, 2026).

Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has accused the government of hiding true budget figures and fabricating data to achieve its aims.

Sri Lanka’s 2027 Budget should be judged by its plans for investment, job creation and economic growth rather than the amount allocated to individual ministries, Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Anil Jayantha Fernando said on Wednesday (November 11, 2026).

Two suspects were arrested with 13 forged driving licences and eight forged national identity cards following an operation in the Welikada Police Division on Wednesday (November 11, 2026).

Saudi Arabia has formally closed the case against Sri Lankan national Anojan Sivarasa after his death sentence was overturned, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism announced today (November 11, 2026).

Sri Lanka Police have urged the public to report dangerous driving through WhatsApp on 070-4755600 following a significant rise in fatal and serious road accidents across the country.

A former field labourer at the Kotte Municipal Council has been sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment for soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000 while serving as a public employee.

Rajakaruna Manamendralage Sunil Gamini, a former Chairman of Chilaw Plantations Limited, was arrested today (November 11, 2026) by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reviewed the final 2027 Budget proposals, which include Rs. 2,000 billion in capital allocations, at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo today (November 11, 2026).

Sri Lanka will introduce entrepreneurship and financial literacy into the Grade 6 school curriculum from 2027, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya announced on Tuesday (November 10, 2026).

The number of foreign tourists who visited Sri Lanka between January 1 and November 8, 2026, has exceeded 1.9 million, reaching 1,912,233 arrivals.