A prison officer accused of supplying drugs to the Magazine Prison in Borella has been arrested with a stock of narcotics valued at more than Rs. 2 million, police said.

Sri Lanka has recorded 1,408,620 tourist arrivals so far this year, surpassing the 1.4 million mark by August 9, according to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority.

The government is planning to introduce a loan mechanism to support small and medium-scale paddy mill owners in purchasing paddy from farmers at a fair price, following discussions held with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (11).

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) has stated that a newly identified zero-click WhatsApp account takeover attack is reportedly targeting iPhones running vulnerable iOS 16 versions, allowing attackers to gain access to WhatsApp accounts without

The government has not increased the salaries of Members of Parliament by any amount, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said today (11).

Sri Lanka Customs has appointed a special committee to find a solution to the ongoing dispute over vehicle imports that were brought into the country through Letters of Credit (LCs) but have been denied final customs clearance.

A container ship was hit by a missile in the Gulf of Oman, off the coast of Pakistan, news agency Reuters reported on Tuesday citing maritime security sources.

Sri Lankan skywatchers are set for a rare celestial spectacle tomorrow (12), with six planets expected to appear across the morning sky as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its annual peak, the Astronomy Division of the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies stated.

Periods of extreme heat are becoming more frequent, intense ‌and longer-lasting as climate change warms the planet, the U.N. weather agency said on Tuesday, noting changes since the famously hot European summer of 1976.

A suspected close associate of organised crime figure Kanjipani Imran, known as “Ratmalane Saima,” has been ordered to be detained for 48 hours for questioning, police said.

The government has not yet reached a final decision on a proposal to impose the death penalty on those involved in drug trafficking, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said today (11).

The government has purchased 27,458 metric tonnes of paddy so far, out of a planned total purchase of 39,500 metric tonnes, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said today (11).

Donald Trump secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, as part of an elaborate ruse in response to a possible Iranian threat, US media report.

Several factors have been identified as possible causes of recent clashes at prisons across the country, with authorities now taking steps to address them, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Nalinda Jayatissa stated.

Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government Professor Chandana Abeyratne has criticised the ongoing trade union action by Grama Niladhari (GN) officers, saying it is unacceptable as the present government has already proposed solutions to their