The Minister told the Wildlife Veterinary Professional Association the Ministry would stand by officers targeted by baseless claims, including on social media.
A parliamentary committee took up legal reform banning physical punishment of children, alongside a single standard for all preschools by 2027.
Bar Association tells MPs the Supreme Court ruled only on how 22A may be enacted, not whether it should be, ahead of a two-day debate and Friday vote.
Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne has endorsed the Chief of Defence Staff (Repeal) Bill, enacting it as Act No. 22 of 2026 and abolishing the post created in 2009.
New Chinese Ambassador Wei Huaxiang called on Defence Secretary Sampath Thuyacontha, his second Defence Ministry call this month.
Police traced the consignment after questioning a suspect already in custody on a narcotics charge, and recovered it with the help of Customs officers.
The Court of Appeal cut seven-year terms to four for a couple convicted of trafficking a Russian woman, citing their children's circumstances.
The sixth accused broke his silence only at the mitigation stage, said his family had done nothing wrong, and offered to give evidence about the 2019 attacks.
Easter Sunday convicts plan Supreme Court appeal of 200-year prison terms, with some unrepresented during trial proceedings.
FCID arrests man over Rs. 24.85 billion forex fraud. Suspect moved money through five of 89 companies under investigation for bogus import transfers.
Colombo Chief Magistrate remands a businessman accused of moving Rs. 24.85 billion abroad through five shell companies against imports that never arrived.
Fort Police are seeking information on a suspect wanted over the abduction and sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl at Galle Face Green in January.
Mission chief Papageorgiou named three problems with the July 2026 amendments: restricted asset declarations, wider publication discretion, narrower coverage.
Drug-enforcement agencies from both countries met on 23 September, reviewing maritime trafficking routes and sharing intelligence on trafficking operatives.
SLPP MP Chanaka Madugoda told Parliament pupils attended a Thileepan commemoration in uniform during school hours, and questioned statues of LTTE cadres.
The Free Action Centre for the Protection of Democracy has withdrawn from Thursday's anti-22A protest, citing statements that undercut a unified campaign.
Fort Magistrate rejects Namal Rajapaksa's bail application in the SriLankan Airlines Airbus money laundering case and extends his remand to September 30.
SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa appears before Fort Magistrate as remand expires. CID file concerns alleged money laundering in SriLankan Airlines Airbus deal.
Mohamed Nasheed tells two President's Counsel he will assist on humanitarian grounds in the case of the Sri Lankan worker sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia.
He parked the cab at the corporation's head office on Wednesday, told a security officer he would be back shortly, and left. Police are still looking for him.
A couple were arrested in Padavi Parakramapura and assets worth Rs. 47.5 million frozen for 14 days in a drug-money laundering probe.
Police searching the homes of three Pannala drug suspects found 62g of narcotics, Rs. 1.68m in cash and packaging material including 2,235 plastic pipes.
Opposition Leader accuses the government of turning the judiciary into a servant of the executive, on the eve of the two-day 22A debate and Friday's vote.
An oversight committee will study pay gaps that deter senior teachers from joining the Principals' Service, and wants the 2014 Service Minute amended.