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Asian Athletics Championships: Sri Lanka clinches Bronze in Women's 400m Relay

Sri Lanka, May 29 -- Sri Lanka has secured a bronze medal in the Women's 4x400m Relay at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships, held in Gumi, South Korea. The national relay team clocked an impressi... Read More


Civil Aviation employees withdraw from overtime duties

Sri Lanka, May 29 -- The Association of Civil Aviation Employees has resorted to trade union action from midnight yesterday (28), in protest over issues related to their overtime (OT) payments. The a... Read More


Draft Bill gazetted to establish Gambling Regulatory Authority

Sri Lanka, May 29 -- The draft bill to establish a Gambling Regulatory Authority has been gazetted under the directives of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his capacity as the Minister of Financ... Read More


Over 1,700kg of heroin and 'Ice' seized from fishing trawlers in 2025

Sri Lanka, May 29 -- Sri Lanka Police says that a total of 1,758 kilograms of heroin and 'Ice' drugs (crystal methamphetamine) smuggled into the country by drug traffickers on multi-day fishing boats ... Read More


Showery conditions to enhance in south-western part of island

Sri Lanka, May 29 -- The Department of Meteorology says that showery conditions are expected to be enhanced in the South-western part of the island from this evening (29). Showers or thundershowers w... Read More


Court grants permission to detain and question 11 arrested with 778kg of narcotics

Sri Lanka, May 29 -- Court today granted permission to the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) to detain and question the 11 individuals arrested following the seizure of two multi-day fishing trawlers in de... Read More


16 OICs transferred and assigned to new positions

Sri Lanka, May 29 -- A total of 16 Officers-in-Charge (OICs) of Sri Lanka Police have been transferred and assigned to new positions with immediate effect. Accordingly, transfers orders to five Inspe... Read More


Six arrested over shooting of Thusitha Halloluwa's vehicle remanded

Sri Lanka, May 29 -- A total of six individuals arrested over the shooting incident targeting the vehicle of former Executive Director of the National Lotteries Board (NLB), Thusitha Halloluwa, have b... Read More


24-hour passport issuance for one-day service to end on May 30

Sri Lanka, May 29 -- The 24-hour issuance of the one-day passport service at the Department of Immigration and Emigration will end effective from tomorrow (May 30), the department announced. Accordin... Read More


Ven. Bandarawela Amithananda Thero passes away

Sri Lanka, May 29 -- Prominent preacher Venerable Bandarawela Amithananda Thero, who was receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital due to an illness, has passed away this afternoon (29). V... Read More