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Three suspects arrested over assault on bus conductor in Panadura News - Newswire
Showers above 50mm expected in several provinces today News - Newswire
The Ministry of Education has published interview details for graduates shortlisted for recruitment to Grade 3-I (a) of the Sri Lanka Teachers Service to fill vacancies for Sinhala, Tamil and English-medium teachers in national and provincial schools. ..
A depression over the Southeast Bay of Bengal is forecast to intensify into a deep depression and potentially a severe cyclonic storm by November 2, 2026, according to Sri Lanka's Department of Meteorology. The system may bring wind speeds of 70–80 kmph and heavy showers or thundershowers to the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, and Southern Provinces, as well as Ampara and Batticaloa districts.
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after surrendering to the Kadawatha Police Station over an incident in which he allegedly drove a three-wheeler despite police orders to stop at Mahakade Junction in Kadawatha yesterday afternoon. ..
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 01 NOVEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 01 November 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Kurunegala and Anuradhapura districts during the early hours of the morning. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a […]
කඩවත ගෝන හෙන ප්‍රදේශයේදී පොලිස් අණ නොතකා ධාවනය කළ තිරෝධ රථයකට පොලිසිය එල්ල කළ වෙඩි ප්‍රහාර ප්‍රහාරවලින් පාසල් සිසුවෙකු තුවාල ලබා රාගම රෝහලට ඇතුළත් කර ඇතිබව කඩවත පොලිසිය පවසයි.
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) told the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday that steps would be taken to freeze a luxury house belonging to the first suspect in the alleged Rs. 120 million bribery case linked to notorious drug trafficker Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne, alias ‘Harak Kata’. CIABOC made the disclosure […]
Investigators have begun extracting data from the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) computer systems as part of an investigation into alleged corruption, fraud and irregularities within the department. The operation is being conducted by the Walana Anti-Corruption Unit with the assistance of technical specialists from the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC), Sri Lanka […]
A 16-year-old boy was injured after police opened fire on a three-wheeler at Mahakade Junction in Kadawatha this afternoon (31). ..
The National System Operator submitted a preliminary investigation report to the Public Utilities Commission regarding an island-wide power failure on October 17. The failure was triggered when power generation at the first unit of the Norochcholai Lakvijaya Power Plant dropped from 187 megawatts to 5 megawatts in 450 milliseconds, causing the national grid frequency to fall from 49.906 Hertz to 48.75 Hertz in two seconds and setting off all five stages of the under-frequency load shedding protection system, leading to a grid collapse around 11:43 a.m.
ශ්‍යාමෝපාලි මහා නිකායේ අස්ගිරි පාර්ශ්වයේ මහා ලේඛකාධිකාරි ආචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය මැදගම ධම්මානන්ද නායක ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේ ප්‍රමුඛ පූජනීය ත්‍රෛනිකායික මහා සංඝරත්නය […]
MONETABRIEF– Sri Lanka’s two most senior Buddhist chapters, Malwatte and Asgiriya, demanded special concessions for monks serving prison sentences, following the disrobing of convicted monk Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara in line with established procedures. The chief prelate of the Asgiriya chapter, Most Venerable Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana, told Prisons Commissioner Senaka Palletenna that Ven. Gnanasara, who is […]
by Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka risks losing a critical opportunity to sustain economic growth as its population ages, fertility declines and skilled workers migrate overseas, with low female labour-force participation further limiting the country’s ability to respond to a shrinking workforce. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sri Lanka says the challenge calls for a […]
ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුවේ අංශ පහකට අයත් නිලධාරින් 77දෙනකුට ආසන්න පිරිසක් ‘රේගු 221’ අතිකාල ලේඛනයේ අත්සන් තබා පැය 18,225ක් අතිකාල සේවයේ නිරතවූ බවට සඳහන් කරමින් අතිකාල දීමනා ලබාගෙන තිබුණ ද එකී දිනවල එම අංශ රාජකාරි කටයුතු සඳහා විවෘත කර නොතිබූ බව අනාවරණය වී ඇති බැව් ජාතික විගණන කාර්යාලය පවසයි. මෙකී නිලධාරීන් පිරිස 2025 වර්ෂයේ දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේ […]
SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa and former Krrish Group Executive Director and businesswoman Janaki Siriwardena were further remanded until October 23 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with an alleged Rs. 70 million bribery case involving the Krrish Group. Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama rejected the bail application filed on behalf of […]
by Reemus Fernando Promising middle distance runner Lahiru Achintha continued his record breaking sphere with a remarkable sub four minutes feat in the 1,500 metres at the All Island Schools Games Athletics Championship at Diyagama today (17). The Asian Youth Games gold medallist who has run sub four minutes previously returned a time of […]
Sri Lanka’s men begin this match having won an international in the past week. This is more significant than it sounds. Their 2026 has been abysmal, with the team losing 22 matches to the 10 they have won. New captain Kusal Mendis had carried his team to that victory with his 87 not out off […]
A progress review meeting on reforms and modernisation initiatives at Sri Lanka’s key state revenue-collecting institutions was held on Thursday (15) at the Presidential Secretariat, chaired by Secretary to the President Dr Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, with the participation of representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and officials of the Revenue Administration, Reform and Modernisation […]
Over 125kg of smuggled Kendu leaves seized in Puttalam News - Newswire