The President’s Media Division (PMD) has rejected reports that 3,089 people were accommodated inside Presidential Residences in 2025, clarifying that the figure cited in the Auditor General’s report ...

Five people have reportedly died after a fire broke out at a helmet manufacturing factory in the Katuwana Industrial Zone in Homagama earlier today (21), according to Homagama Police. Police said the ...

The 21-year-old son of former State Minister Shantha Bandara is due to be produced before the Fort Magistrate’s Court today (22) after being arrested by the Kollupitiya Police in connection with the ...

The official inventory (assets register) of the Wijerama residence previously occupied by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has not been properly maintained. As a result, officials are reportedly ...

A major art scandal has emerged with the revelation that 47 valuable and historic paintings from the National Art Gallery (Kalabhavana) have gone missing. Among the missing works are paintings now ...

Former Provincial Councillor Jayalath Bandara Dissanayake, the brother of former Minister S.B. Dissanayake, has been arrested over an alleged financial fraud involving Rs. 27.5 million, police said.

Ex-chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), Hudson Samarasinghe, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the wife of late media personality Premakeerthi de Alwis, seeking Rs 500 ...

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa cannot recall the circumstances under which a photograph of him with Azad Maulana was taken, President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva told the Court of Appeal during ...

The Department of Examinations has released the names of students who secured the highest ranks in the 2025 General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level Examination across all subject streams ...

Former Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today. Karannagoda had previously been summoned by the Commission ...

Rakhitha Rajapakshe, the son of former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, and Charith Abeysinghe, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya organiser for Horana, have been arrested by the Commission to ...

A 73-year-old Indian national was among those killed during the recent violent unrest at the Negombo Prison, Police said. According to the Police Media Division, the inmate died during the clashes ...