Sri Lanka ranks fourth among world’s fastest-improving countries in IIF report

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the long-term lease of five unused presidential residences in Sri Lanka for tourism investment projects.

Badulla District Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Chaminda Wijesiri was sentenced to one and a half years in prison after being found guilty of assaulting police officers, wrongfully restraining them and threatening to kill them.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today (July 28) granted bail to three suspects accused of accepting Rs. 120 million in bribes from the wife of organised criminal “Harak Kata”.

Sri Lanka’s prison authorities say delays in Government Analyst’s reports are holding up bail for inmates and worsening overcrowding, with around 39,000 people currently held in prisons across the country.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence marked National Integrity Week by administering the National Integrity Pledge at its premises yesterday (July 27), with senior defence officials and Tri-Forces officers taking part.

All groups that performed Kavadi dances at the Devinuwara Perahera in previous years will be allowed to participate this year, reversing an earlier decision to remove the event over intelligence warnings of possible gang violence and loss of life.

The Sri Lankan Cabinet has reportedly approved a proposal to extend the retirement ages of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges by two years.

National Integrity Week commenced at the Presidential Secretariat today (July 27), aiming to improve the quality, efficiency and transparency of Sri Lanka’s public service and build an exemplary administrative system free from corruption.

Five suspects, including former State Minister Shantha Bandara’s son Anuda Janadith Bandara, have been granted bail in the case involving the robbery of Rs. 20 million from a Chinese national.

National Integrity Week will begin across all Government institutions today (July 27) to improve the quality, efficiency and transparency of Sri Lanka’s public service and strengthen efforts against corruption.

A total of 99 kilograms and 478 grams of heroin valued at nearly Rs. 2 billion was destroyed in Puttalam on July 25, 2026, after the related court proceedings were completed.

The Kavadi dance scheduled for July 28, 2026, has been removed from the 769th annual Esala Maha Perahera of the historic Uthpalawanna Sri Vishnu Maha Devalaya in Devinuwara due to intelligence warnings of possible violence and loss of life.

Two suspects were arrested in Ranala on the night of July 25, 2026, while allegedly fleeing on a motorcycle after a fatal shooting in Bellanwila.

Sri Lanka’s President’s Media Division (PMD) has rejected as false and misleading reports that 3,089 outsiders were accommodated at Presidential Residences across the country in 2025.

Former Sri Lanka Cricket President and prominent businessman Upali Dharmadasa has passed away at the age of 72.