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Rakitha Rajapakshe and Charith Abeysinghe produced before court

Srilanka, June 25 -- Former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe's son Rakitha Rajapakshe, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Horana organiser Charith Abeysinghe and former Executive Director of Airport a... Read More


Trade Minister calls for regulating online businesses amid tax and registration concerns

Srilanka, June 25 -- Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development, Wasantha Samarasinghe, has stated that online-based businesses operating in the country should be properly ... Read More


48-hour detention order issued on physiotherapist murder suspects

Srilanka, June 25 -- The Nuwara Eliya Magistrate's Court has granted permission to detain and interrogate the suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a physiotherapist attached to the Ampar... Read More


CDS to restrict dormant accounts after three years of inactivity to strengthen investor protection

Srilanka, June 25 -- The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) says that the Central Depository Systems (Pvt) Ltd (CDS), a subsidiary of the CSE, has announced new measures aimed at protecting dormant CDS acco... Read More


Rakitha Rajapakshe, Charith Abeysinghe and another remanded

Srilanka, June 25 -- Former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe's son Rakitha Rajapakshe, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Horana organiser Charith Abeysinghe, and former Executive Director of Airport ... Read More


Online applications open for re-scrutiny of 2025 O/L results

Srilanka, June 25 -- The Ministry of Education stated that applications for the re-scrutiny of the 2025 (2026) General Certificate of Education (G.C.E.) Ordinary Level (O/L) examination results will b... Read More


Sri Lanka moves to restrict social media access for children under 16

Srilanka, June 24 -- The New Democratic Front Parliamentarian President's Counsel Faiszer Musthapha has presented a Private Member's Bill aimed at restricting children's access to social media platfor... Read More


OMP and Rehabilitation Bureau sign MoU to strengthen cooperation on missing persons

Srilanka, June 24 -- The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) and the Bureau of Rehabilitation (BOR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to strengthen institutional cooperation on matters rela... Read More


Grama Niladhari Officers withdraw from field duties over unresolved demands

Srilanka, June 24 -- The Grama Niladhari Officers' Trade Union Alliance has announced that Grama Niladharis island-wide have decided to withdraw from all field duties with effect from today (24). ... Read More


Driver arrested over alleged links to main suspect in Teldeniya murder case

Srilanka, June 24 -- A driver attached to the Kundasale Pradeshiya Sabha has been arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting the main suspect linked to the discovery of a woman's body inside a parked ... Read More