A 58-year-old man was arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for attempting to smuggle a stock of foreign cigarettes into Sri Lanka. The incident was reported via AdaDerana RSS on February 17, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=118538
A foreign national was killed when a wild elephant attacked on the Sigiriya-Pidurangala road. The incident was reported via AdaDerana RSS on February 17, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=118537
Deputy Transport and Highways Minister Prasanna Gunasena said SLTB employee integration will be strictly based on qualifications and professional experience, ensuring merit-based hiring for all future appointments. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=118536
සිගිරියේ පිදුරංගල මාර්ගයේදී වන අලි පහරක් මඟින් විදේශීය ජාතිකයෙකු ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත්ව ඇත. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=221441
අමෙරිකාවේ රෝඩ් අයිලන්ඩ්හි හොකී පිටියේ සිදු වූ වෙඩි තැබීමකින් පුද්ගලයින් තිදෙනෙක් මියගොස් තිබේ. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=221440
ලංගමට තනතුරු සඳහා සේවක බඳවාගැනීම සුදුසුකම් සහ පලපුරුද්ද මත පමණක් පදනම් වන බව ප්රවාහන හා මහාමාර්ග නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය ප්රසන්න ගුණසේන මහතා පවසයි. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=221439
Two suspects were arrested for possessing Ice and heroin in Wellampitiya and Mattakkuliya. Separately, another suspect was arrested in Kotuwila, Wellampitiya with 50 grams and 960 milligrams of Crystal Methamphetamine (Ice). source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=118533
Two suspects have been arrested after a 59-year-old man was killed in Kopay’s Alliyawatta area, attacked with a mammoty. Police investigations are underway. The report is from Ada Derana RSS, dated February 17, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=118532
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would be involved indirectly in Tuesday’s high-stakes Geneva talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear program, adding he believes Iran is motivated to strike a deal. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=118531
වැල්ලම්පිටිය කොටුවිල ප්රදේශයෙන් හෙරොයින් සහ අයිස් මත්ද්රව්ය සමඟ සැකකරුවන් දෙදෙනු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබේ; එම මත්ද්රව්ය ග්රෑම් 960ක් තිබේ. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=221438