Deputy Minister Chathuranga Abeysinghe said reserves stand at $6.3bn with $1bn more expected in 30 days, dismissing opposition claims of imminent collapse.
Complaint count rose from 16 on May 20 to 28 at closure; COPE chair Samaraweera confirms findings will go to CID and CIABOC for criminal probes.
Hatton Police launched an investigation after an elderly couple were found dead inside their shop with injuries consistent with a sharp-weapon attack.
Election Commission told the Vijitha Herath–chaired committee it can hold provincial polls under whichever system Parliament approves; AG flagged hurdles.
A Sub-Inspector, a Sergeant and three Constables have been arrested by the CID over the abduction of a businessman and theft of 2kg of gold in 2023.
PM Harini Amarasuriya met Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey at Marlborough House; climate finance and democratic governance led talks.
The Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate's Court released Ven. Pallegama Hemarathana Thera on Rs. 10mn sureties, Rs. 100,000 cash bail and a foreign travel ban.
An anti-drug youth conference will be held on June 26, the International Day Against Drug Abuse, as part of the government's Ratama Ekata national campaign.
President restarts Rs. 945mn Nindavur Cultural Centre and Rs. 1,744mn Ampara town hall, both stalled for years, with 2027 and 2028 completion targets.
Sajith Premadasa and party leaders asked Speaker Wickramaratne for an urgent rupee debate and pressed President Dissanayake to convene an All Party Conference.
FM Herath thanked Washington for 10 Bell helicopters and a fourth Coast Guard Cutter after meeting US State Department's Nicole Chulick in Colombo.
Finance Ministry says officers are visiting Aswesuma applicants' homes ahead of the May 31 deadline; false information carries up to a year in jail.
IAID freezes Athurugiriya house, six bank accounts and a luxury car under the PMLA after a probe into eZ Cash wallet deposits dating to 2017.
Wickramaratne calls in the Sergeant-at-Arms after the NDF MP walks into the Well of the House and refuses to drop his sub judice travel-ban grievance.
Rear Admiral (Retd) Jayarathna says India and China read Colombo's decisions through their rivalry lens and warns local strategic awareness has lagged.
Admiral Colombage said China ran bonded weapons warehouses at Colombo and Galle from 2006–2009 from which Sri Lanka drew arms on Defence Ministry letters.
Anil Jayantha Fernando says 380 LCs covering 1,782 vehicles valued at USD 23.71 million were opened on the day before the 50% surcharge gazette took effect.
Women and Child Affairs Ministry asked the IGP to investigate ex-Minister Dilum Amunugama over remarks about a minor involved in the Hemarathana case.
Six months after Cyclone Ditwah hit Kandy, 1,630 families remain without permanent housing and the government cannot give Parliament a resettlement date.
Frontline Socialist Party petitioned the Court of Appeal to block recovery of Rs.20bn+ in substandard coal losses through electricity tariffs or taxes.
SJB MP Mujibur Rahman told Parliament 1,782 new-vehicle LCs were opened a day before the surcharge gazette, alleging dealers close to the President benefited.
Stock-verification gap between 281 ledgered paintings and 239 physically at the Kalabhavana dates to a 2015 survey; CID Colombo South is now assessing.
First phase covering 5,000+ paddy farmers across 7 cultivation seasons from 2019 Yala to 2022 Yala begins under the President's patronage in Malimbada.
MP Bhagya Sri Herath will chair a panel set up by the parliament Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment to probe the coal plant's environmental impact.