Category: Local News

The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development states that the August allowance for beneficiaries of the “Aswesuma” programme will be credited to their bank accounts today (August 15).

The Committee on Public Finance has officially approved the Bill to establish the Gambling Regulatory Authority in Sri Lanka.

Government apartment complexes in the Colombo District that are over 40 years old will be redeveloped starting next year, officials from the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) have announced.

Attorney-at-Law Priyantha Weerasooriya officially assumed duties this morning (August 14) as the 37th Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

Acting Director of the Police Cultural Division, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sathish Gamage, was arrested today (August 14) by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

A discussion on the proposed wind power plant in the Mannar area and related issues was held yesterday afternoon (August 13) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, under the patronage of Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

A pre-budget discussion for the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation was held yesterday morning (August 13) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, chaired by Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police and Attorney-at-Law Priyantha Weerasooriya as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP).

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today (August 13) arrested Dr. Nayanajith Hemantha Ranasinghe, Acting Deputy Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), in connection with a bribery case linked to 2024.

The Sri Lanka Police has introduced a dedicated WhatsApp number for the public and police officers to directly contact the Inspector General of Police (IGP) during incidents of crime or other problematic situations.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with senior representatives of Vietnam’s ROX Group at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo yesterday afternoon (August 12).

Police have launched an investigation into the shooting death of former Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha member Shantha Mudunkotuwa in Meegoda yesterday (August 12).

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says Sri Lanka must move away from being a country where the government simply provides jobs and instead become a nation that creates them.

The Constitutional Council has approved President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recommendation to appoint Acting Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya as the 37th Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Sri Lanka.

The former Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha member, Shantha Mudunkotuwa, who sustained serious injuries from gunfire while traveling on a motorcycle on Atigala Road in Meegoda around noon today (August 12), has passed away.

Former Minister Rajitha Senaratne, who has been named as a suspect in a bribery investigation, has been ordered to be arrested and presented before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.