Parliament will sit June 9–12 on tax bills, Public Security and Essential Services resolutions, a Rs.20bn supplementary estimate and a CBSL fiscal briefing.
The Temple Trees talks closed a three-day UNICEF Executive Board visit covering Cyclone Ditwah recovery, education reform and violence against children.
Dep Min Eranga Weeraratne says public service will move from a person-based to a system-based model, with mandatory micro-learning tied to officer appraisals.
Defence cites PTA Section 9B and five psychiatrists' findings; ASG Dileepa Peeris says reports surfaced only after May custody and disputes torture claims.
President AKD presides over commissioning of the former USCGC Decisive as a B-Type Reliance Class 210-foot cutter with 6,000-nautical-mile range.
DMC and WFP launched Sri Lanka's 2026–2030 Anticipatory Action Roadmap to advance impact-based forecasting, early warning and forecast-based financing.
Shayan Peris of RCSS told The Asia Foundation that the 517,000 sq km EEZ faces drug trafficking, IUU fishing, cyber threats and submarine cable risks.
Deputy Ports Minister Kodithuwakku said the vessel will strengthen Sri Lanka's maritime security and coastal surveillance; ceremony held at the East Terminal.
BASL wrote to President Dissanayake opposing a reported plan to amend the Constitution and extend Court of Appeal and Supreme Court judges' retirement age.
COPF was told entire Rebuilding Sri Lanka donation fund remains unused in a separate Treasury account, with no legal framework formally creating the fund.
The Western Province (North) Crimes Division seized 19 revolvers and arrested four suspects in a major raid at Dematagoda, the Sri Lanka Police said.
Four members of a Milidduwa family were arrested in Galle after a viral Facebook video showed them assaulting a 16-year-old accused of theft, police said.
Colombo Fort Magistrate barred former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and two military officers from leaving the country in the CID Easter Sunday attacks probe.
Sri Lanka's Health Ministry has gazetted recruitment of 3,000 student nurses, the first phase of a plan to add 13,600 personnel to the nursing service by 2029.
Sri Lanka Police are hunting a suspect who snatched a bag with about Rs. 30.5 million in cash from a state bank employee in Horana on Wednesday afternoon.
Police say a suspect grabbed two bags of cash being moved between state bank branches in Horana around 2.45pm Wednesday and fled the scene on foot.
Police arrested 44-year-old Sampath Kumaratunga, alias Bonchiya, of Payagala over the May 28 Wettumakada shooting after tracking him to a Maligawatta hideout.
A pistol was fired nine times into the air after a cab and a car collided in Maduwanwela, Kiriella, leaving one Horana man hospitalised, police said.
The National Water Resources Board says new laws will be introduced to regulate commercial groundwater extraction by amending the Water Resources Board Act.
PNS Taimur, Aslat and submarine Hangor docked alongside India's INS Airavat on June 1; a Sri Lanka Navy PASSEX with Pakistan is scheduled off the west coast.
A four-member JMC panel testified at Kuliyapitiya Court that Treasury official Ranga Rajapaksa's death was caused by self-inflicted cuts; next hearing June 12.
A 28-year-old husband was arrested in Rangala over the alleged murder of his 22-year-old wife, after police exhumed her body from a marsh behind their home.
Suresh Salley has PTSD and severe mental distress and was tortured at five locations, his lawyer told the Colombo Fort Magistrate, citing a JMO report.
Fort Magistrate ordered the CID to respond to a motion citing JMO findings that Suresh Sallay is suffering from PTSD, depression and self-harm risk in remand.