It was revealed before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court that 89 companies registered in Sri Lanka had remitted more than Rs. 190 billion in US dollars out of the country under the guise of importing goods, despite no such goods being imported into the country. MORE..

Opposition Members of Parliament today (26) submitted a letter to the Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne seeking permission to hold a parliamentary debate on the prolonged vacancies in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka...MORE..

The Colombo High Court has ordered that the case filed by the Attorney General against Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, who is accused of making a statement deemed insulting to the religion of Islam, be called again on July 31.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has suspended the party membership and all positions held by its Horana Constituency Organiser, Charith Abeysinghe, with immediate effect following his arrest and remand in connection with an alleged bribery incident.

A further seven units of the Battery Energy Storage System project, initiated by the government to strengthen grid stability and provide relief to electricity consumers, arrived at the Colombo Port last evening.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Friday. No tsunami warning was issued. MORE..

The number ​of confirmed Ebola ‌cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ​increased to 1,155, ​including 304 deaths, government ⁠data showed on ​Thursday. MORE..

A head-on collision between two private buses has occurred on Vajira Wansa Mawatha along the Matara–Talalla Road, said police.

Showers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, and North-Western provinces, as well as in the Galle, Matara, Kandy, and Nuwara Eliya districts, the Department of Meteorology said.

An individual suspected of serving as the gunman for detained organized crime figure “Kehelbaddara Padme” has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).