Former minister Nalin Fernando has asked the Court of Appeal to quash a Sathosa carrom-board indictment, citing his existing Bribery Commission conviction.
Patali Champika Ranawaka said the government earned Rs.600 crore from the war-era fuel hike and alleged Trafigura and Aditya Birla procurement fraud.
PM Harini Amarasuriya said only state-approved programmes should run in schools, in remarks at a North Central Province education review on Wednesday.
CCIB has arrested former presidential private secretary Sugeeshwara Bandara over allegations of simultaneous salaries from two government posts under Gotabaya.
Retired Major General Suresh Sallay told his lawyer he refuses to return to the CID detention cell, calling it 'hell' and vowing to continue his hunger strike.
A 34-year-old physiotherapist was found dead in a car near Teldeniya Hospital; police say her boyfriend is a wanted person of interest in a suspected murder.
The UNP is asking the government to secure FBI and US Department of Justice material gathered through the 2019 American probe into the Easter Sunday attacks.
The Catholic Church said Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith never requested the appointment of Ravi Seneviratne or CID Director Shani Abeysekara.
The Archdiocese of Colombo called online claims that Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith had prior knowledge of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks false and baseless.
Skeletal remains of 351 individuals have been exhumed at Chemmani Siththupaththi in Jaffna, surpassing Mannar Sathosa as the largest mass grave in the north.
Sri Lanka Customs detained 26 ferry passengers at Kankesanthurai bound for Nagapattinam on suspicion of gold smuggling; two were found carrying gold.
COPF Chairman Harsha de Silva says online casinos use the SL government logo during cricket telecasts with no licensing oversight or tax framework.
Kilinochchi police arrested a 32-year-old Indian national naturalised in Sri Lanka over an alleged Rs. 4.99 million overseas job scam.
Sri Lanka's CCIB froze a Rs. 40m Ganemulla house owned by jailed drug trafficker Nilanthi Perera ('Kudu Kumari') after fixtures were stripped pre-seal.
The Election Commission has submitted four possible PC election models to Parliament's select committee, Chairman R.M.A.L. Rathnayake said.
Former Peliyagoda Police OIC Linton Silva and three officers are indicted at Colombo High Court over the 2021 torture of law student Migara Gunaratne.
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says falling global crude prices should be passed through to consumers and accuses the government of breaking promises.
Suresh Sallay's wife Manori says the CID has now confirmed her husband was stripped in custody and that his condition has worsened amid an ongoing fast.
The CID has sealed an underground secret detention complex inside Trincomalee Naval Base allegedly used to hold 60 people for torture and ransom.
CIABOC arrested Yoshitha Rajapaksa on Wednesday over his Sri Lanka Navy enlistment and UK Royal Naval Academy training at state expense.
Cabinet approved Rs. 129.69m to reconstruct 90 more places of worship damaged by Cyclone Ditwah, on top of 178 sites already under repair.
Director General Ranga Dissanayake says 971 officers including legal staff will run district-level branches accepting bribery complaints and filing action.
The Presidential Commission probing coal imports since 2009 made an on-site inspection at the Norochcholai Lakvijaya Power Plant, the PMD said.
Met Department says El Niño may drive above-normal rainfall and floods in October and November while July-September stays drier than normal.