Sri Lanka News Papers – News Headlines from Colombo

A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Beechcraft KA-350 aircraft has been deployed this morning (29) to locate the two missing fishermen who were onboard a multi-day fishing vessel which met with an accident off the coast of Paravi Wella Beach in Tangalle.

The National Transport Commission (NTC) announced that starting July 1, 2025, it will be compulsory for all bus drivers to wear seat belts, with strict penalties for non-compliance.

Dr. Sanjeewa Thennakoon has been re-elected as the President of the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA).

Several properties worth millions of rupees believed to have been purchased by a male and a female from Borella by using earnings from drug trafficking have been confiscated by the Illegal Assets Investigation Division

our Members of Parliament who are following a study course in governance at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) were stuck in an elevator while coming down from the study hall.

The Immigration and Emigration Department has warned the public not to pay any brokers or outsiders to speed up passport services.

Another fisherman who was reported missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Galle yesterday (27), has been rescued, the Sri Lanka Navy said.

A special awareness workshop on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was held today (28) at the Ministry of Education premises, targeting senior officials of the Ministry, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The office of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe denied media reports pertaining to his visit to the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2023.