A serving public servant submitted the bid despite rules barring officials from official tenders; bidders also allege delays in vehicle handovers.
Sarvajana Balaya leader Dilith Jayaweera says a Polish-linked company submitted the best e-passport tender bid but was overlooked, prompting a complaint.
Civil society watchdog says some Aswesuma beneficiaries received double or excess April payments and demands Parliament invoke Article 148 financial powers.
Former MP Udaya Gammanpila says his statement on Ranga Rajapaksa's death was based on a May 1 Director General of Health Services letter.
Police dismissed Gammanpila's claims on the Treasury official's death as false; he is summoned to appear before Kuliyapitiya Magistrate's Court.
The Hambantota Magistrate's Court has acquitted Ajith Gallage and two employees of all charges over alleged illegal importation of 21 motorcycles.
UNP Deputy Secretary says the two opposition parties could move together with both Premadasa and Wickremesinghe leading, opening space for new figures.
Cabinet Spokesman names 14 politicians, including Weerawansa, Senaratne and Namal Rajapaksa, as accused awaiting verdicts in pending corruption trials.
Colombo High Court will hear CIABOC charges over a 2016 carpet contract at Lanka Fertilizer Company that allegedly cost the government Rs. 8.86mn.
Chief Opposition Whip Karunathilaka files motion with Speaker Wickramaratne calling for a debate condemning Executive encroachments on the Judiciary.
The CID's Illegal Assets Investigation Division wins a Magistrate's order freezing land and houses in Mahawila and Madupitiya tied to a Panadura drug network.
Three DIGs, eight SSPs and one SP have been transferred subject to Police Commission approval, with the head of child and women abuse prevention reassigned.
Constable attached to the payments division is accused of misappropriating reward fund cash; CCIB investigation ordered by IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya.
Speaker announces select committee chaired by Minister Abayarathna; Ravi Karunanayake among cross-party members tasked with strengthening electoral integrity.
NDF MP says seven of ten fraudulent transactions occurred under CBSL's Public Debt Department before the January transition to the new Treasury PDMO.
Opposition Leader meets activist Ashan Kottewatta in custody, calls arrest a rights violation and accuses NPP of partisan capture of Divisional Secretariats.
Speaker tells Parliament the Bill can still pass with a simple majority once the offending clause is amended at committee stage; tax reform package proceeds.
Sri Lanka's MFA voiced grave concern over recent West Asia hostilities and attacks on energy infrastructure, urging restraint and constructive dialogue.
Crime Investigation Bureau seized over 2g of Ice from a conductor at the SLTB Teldeniya Depot; supplier also taken into custody.
SJB MP Dayasiri Jayasekara questions Speaker's housing; PM Harini confirms a second government apartment is held alongside the official residence.
Pakistan High Commissioner Major Gen. Nayyar Naseer met Defence Secretary Sampath Thuyacontha at the Ministry of Defence to discuss bilateral cooperation.
Five-judge bench led by Chief Justice Surasena confirms death penalty against Swiss Kumar and three others for the 2015 Punkuduthivu schoolgirl killing.
G.L. Peiris and Namal Rajapaksa say AKD's May Day verdict remarks attacked judicial independence; Justice Minister and Cabinet Spokesman reject the criticism.
Former Auditor General Gamini Wijesinghe leads four new members sworn in before Speaker Wickramaratne under Section 9 of the National Audit Act.