The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Buddhika Hewawasam has tendered his resignation, citing personal and professional reasons.

A hotel owner has sustained injuries in a shooting incident on Seelalankara Mawatha in Habarakada, within the Athurugiriya Police Division, police said.

Iran has decided to shift its policy from defensive to "fully offensive" due to the deadlock in efforts to agree on a permanent end to its war with the United States, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday (Aug 17).

Sri Lanka Police have launched a special real-time information management system to assist the general public and devotees attending the historic Kandy Esala Perahera, which begins tomorrow (18).

Sri Lankan migrant workers have no reason to fear taxation when remitting their legally earned overseas income through the formal banking system, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has asserted.

The Acting Officer-in-Charge of the Sainthamaruthu Police Station and a police constable have been arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over an alleged Rs. 20,000 bribe.

President Donald Trump on Monday (Aug 17) threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a US deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran to surrender.

The General Manager of the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) has been sent on compulsory leave with pay following the preliminary disclosure of several alleged serious acts of misconduct.

A total of 6,914 dengue cases have been reported during August so far, pushing the total number of cases reported this year to 92,254, according to the latest data from the National Dengue Control Unit.

Sri Lanka will be able to manage the inflationary pressures if global oil prices remain at around US$80 a barrel through the end of this year, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Nandalal Weerasinghe has said.

Four managers of four private commercial banks arrested over an alleged USD 1 billion transfer by a Colombo Fort-based money changer without the import of any goods have been remanded until August 20 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.

The government of Japan has provided a JPY 282 million (approximately Rs. 591 million) grant to Sri Lanka for the Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) programme.

The 22nd Constitutional Amendment Bill has been included in the Parliament Order Paper, ahead of its scheduled presentation to Parliament tomorrow (18).

The government is moving ahead with plans to commence operations at the Neville Fernando Hospital, with funding requirements and the hospital’s future development among key issues discussed during a 2027 pre-budget meeting on the Ministry of Defence today (17).

The prevailing El Niño conditions could have an impact on electricity generation in Sri Lanka in late March and during the first two weeks of April next year, Minister of Energy Anura Karunathilaka said.