Police have arrested nearly 700 foreigners for immigration offences, with the CID probing some over alleged cybercrime, Police Spokesman ASP Wootler said.
Northern Province Governor Vethanayahan has denied false social media claims of a Vesak dansal ban, lodging a CID complaint over the reports.
PM Harini Amarasuriya meets the Education Graduate Association on May 26 over the stalled recruitment of 2018/19 and 2019/20 graduates into teaching.
Police are investigating whether deportees from the UAE — including alleged kingpin 'Kudu Duminda' and an army deserter — have ties to local politicians.
The Colombo Magistrate's Court adjourned the diplomatic-passport forgery case against Shashi Weerawansa, wife of Wimal Weerawansa, to July 24.
The SLPP has demanded the CIABOC Director General's removal, alleging an unlawful bid to cancel former SriLankan chair Kapila Chandrasena's bail.
Over 163,000 graduates sat the nationwide teacher recruitment exam on Sunday, resuming after three years of legal suspension due to court challenges.
JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva appeared before the presidential coal commission after a summons over his remarks, as it began reviewing 28 complaints.
Jeyakumar, second accused in the 2015 Vidya rape and murder, was found hanged in his Jaffna Prison cell after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence.
Former minister Wimal Weerawansa was arrested over the May 18 War Heroes Memorial confrontation and granted Rs. 500,000 bail by the Kaduwela court.
The Women Parliamentarians' Caucus appointed a subcommittee to monitor the Anuradhapura child sexual abuse case and recommend reforms, with a June 5.
An Angunakolapelessa Prison inmate has tested positive for meningitis; seven other symptomatic inmates are under observation at Hambantota Hospital.
COPE Chairman Nishantha Samaraweera says a Carlton preschool has occupied part of the Maligawatte housing complex since 1999 at well below assessed value.
Two-judge bench overturns Seethawaka Soratha Thero's Avissawella High Court conviction, citing contradictions in the teenage complainant's testimony.
Engine of the daily Maradana–Hikkaduwa express train derailed near Maradana bridge on Sunday evening, blocking one track between Maradana and Colombo Fort.
NPP minister Sunil Kumara Gamage says no one can stop President Dissanayake's re-election in 2029, citing economic stabilisation and record remittances.
Deputy Minister Gunasena challenged SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa to bring his uncle Basil back to Sri Lanka as court pressure on the Rajapaksa family intensifies.
A 28-year-old Pannipitiya resident has been arrested in Homagama over chain snatching and motorcycle theft across multiple Colombo district divisions.
Police arrested a 41-year-old man over an alleged petrol attack on his wife in Angoda; victim remains critical in National Hospital ICU with severe burns.
Council member Ruwan Senaratne alleges signatures were bypassed for unauthorised withdrawals, citing breach of the 2012 Local Government Audit Provisions Act.
Activists allege a police delay over a missing colonial-era copper lightning conductor at the protected Nuwara Eliya Post Office; OIC rejects the claim.
IGP directs all stations to ease congestion at Buddhist sites, deploy day and night patrols, and act against behaviour undermining the sanctity of Vesak.
Opposition leader says reserves fall below the three-month import-cover threshold and warns of financial instability without a successor IMF programme.
Academic urges Sajith Premadasa and Ranil Wickremesinghe to expedite the alignment with a single platform announcement, warning against backroom deals.