The younger brother of organised criminal figure ‘Loku Patty’ has been shot and killed in the Welikanda area of Ahungalla.

The younger brother of organised criminal figure ‘Loku Patty’ has reportedly been seriously injured in a shooting incident in the Welikanda area of Ahungalla.

Minister of Justice and National Integration Minister, Attorney-at-Law Harshana Nanayakkara said that a total of 17,506 forensic reports related to narcotics offences have been issued over the past two months.

Israel's three largest airlines said on Thursday they planned to resume flights to ‌Dubai after what Israeli officials have said was an apparent attempt to crash a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv the previous day.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that ensuring children’s emotional security, mental well-being and self-confidence is important in the face of the modern social and technological challenges confronting childhood, and that the Government has accorded priority to this area.

At least 15 Nepali workers were killed when an avalanche buried a mountain ​camp they were preparing in central Nepal for ‌foreign climbers, a rescue official said on Thursday, in the deadliest incident of the Autumn climbing season ending this month.

India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin met a five-member delegation from Sri Lanka’s ruling party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), led by its general secretary, Tilvin Silva, the party said on Thursday.

The cameraman attached to a private media institution, who was arrested over the alleged assault on a security officer of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, has been released on police bail.

The National Police Commission has cancelled the transfers of Senior Deputy Inspector General (SDIG) Ranmal Kodituwakku, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) Ashoka Dharmasena, and several other police officers, with immediate effect.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna General Secretary Tilvin Silva and his delegation from Sri Lanka on Thursday (October 1, 2026) morning.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed, without taking up for hearing, a writ petition filed by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa seeking an order preventing his arrest and detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in connection with investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

National People's Power (NPP), MP Asitha Niroshana, and Mayor of the Kaduwela Municipal Council, Ranjan Jayalal, have been summoned to the Athurugiriya Police Station over a complaint filed alleging the unauthorized use of land...

A cameraman attached to a private media organisation has been arrested by the Kompannavidiya Police in connection with the alleged assault on a security officer of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) says the government’s estimated savings from regulating the prices of 13 major high-priced medicines amount to Rs. 5.7 billion.

A three-wheeler travelling from Hatton towards Bogawantalawa has overturned across the road in the Bogawantalawa Watta area this morning (01), leaving two individuals critically injured.

The Department of Meteorology has issued an Amber-level severe lightning advisory for several parts of the country.

The Court of Appeal has issued an open warrant to arrest Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, the Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena organisation, who is serving a prison sentence in connection with a contempt of court conviction and produce him in court.

Former Minister Manusha Nanayakkara has arrived at the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), a short while ago.