Sri Lanka, July 1 -- The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) concluded its second official visit to Sri Lanka on June 24, 2026, following a 10-day mission aimed at assessing the... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 1 -- It is with humour that I listened to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake deliver his almost monthly speech in Parliament last week stating that if the media does not come out of th... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 1 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$200 million emergency assistance package to help Sri Lanka rebuild infrastructure, restore livelihoods and support communities a... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 1 -- Sri Lanka's dengue caseload has exceeded 55,000, with June alone accounting for more than 21,500 infections, according to the latest figures released by the National Dengue Survei... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 1 -- Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT) officers in the Western Province whose transfer orders do not specify an effective date will be transferred from August 1, 2026, without havi... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 1 -- Former Deputy Minister Sarana Gunawardena, who was found guilty and sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment in connection with four corruption cases, has filed four separate appeals b... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 1 -- Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena today further remanded Sugeeshwara Bandara, leader of the Nava Janatha Peramuna and former private secretary to former President Gotabaya R... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 1 -- Despite the completion of repair and maintenance work on the Talaimannar railway line, which was damaged by severe weather last year, train services have yet to resume, drawing cr... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 1 -- Former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Suresh Sallay, who launched a hunger strike while in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over the Easter Su... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 1 -- Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, participated in the Second Extraordinary Consistory convened by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on June 26 and 27. The h... Read More