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The latest breaking news from Sri Lanka as it happens. KottuRoti monitors every major Lankan outlet around the clock and merges their reports into one clear story per event, so you see each development once — with every source attached. New stories appear here automatically, wherever in the world you are reading from.
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Government Will Abide by Court Rulings; Expect Nothing Beyond That”, says President
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India provides financial relief to Maldives with USD 320 million rollover
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Severe lightning advisory issued for six provinces and four districts
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Litro gas shipment carrying 3,900 MT due today, 350,000 cylinders to be issued
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European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank
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No change to Supreme Court decisions: President AKD sends clear message amid Gnanasara Thera pardon demands
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President AKD accuses 2 TV channels of creating artificial unrest, cites past drug-related allegation against one
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70-year-old man found dead on Wellawatte beach
Source coverage ·Yevan David to race for VAR in 2027 F3 season
Source coverage ·Lankan rubies among treasures of London’s Cheapside Hoard
Source coverage ·Flu cases surge across Lanka
Source coverage ·Karannagoda pushed for £24,536 for Yoshitha’s UK training, Court told
Source coverage ·Debate on NCM against Speaker postponed indefinitely
Source coverage ·Buddhist hierarchy demands prison perks for monk convicts
Source coverage ·Half a million people join protests in France, but some turn violent
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Record 1,600 students take Russian Classical Ballet examination in Sri Lanka
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Sri Lankan Woman Farmer named among FAO 100 Woman Heroes
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Education Reforms to Ease Students’ Academic Burden- Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya
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19 killed in stampede at religious festival in Kolkata, India
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Police seize firearms, ammunition and grenades from cinema hall
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France rocked by riots as 1,200 arrested and 150 police injured
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FAO, Ministry of Education and HNB Empower Young Innovators to Build More Resilient Agrifood Systems in Sri Lanka | Colombo Gazette
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Defence Secretary Graces Sri Lanka Air Force Passing Out Parade as the Chief Guest | Colombo Gazette
Source coverage ·Breaking news in Sinhala and Tamil
Most breaking stories in Sri Lanka are reported first in Sinhala. Every Sinhala report we ingest keeps its original language, and our dedicated සිංහල පුවත් (Sinhala news) page carries the full live Sinhala feed.
Tamil coverage from outlets across the island has its own live page too — follow தமிழ் செய்திகள் (Tamil news) for breaking stories in Tamil. English, Sinhala and Tamil reports about the same event are clustered together, so nothing is lost between languages.
How our live feed works
KottuRoti's ingestion pipeline scans every major Sri Lankan outlet — Sinhala, Tamil and English — roughly every five minutes. New articles are compared against recent coverage, and reports about the same event are clustered into a single story with every source attached, so one incident never floods the feed as ten near-identical headlines. A story is treated as breaking when it is newly detected or suddenly gathering fresh reports from multiple outlets; those stories surface at the top of this feed as soon as the cycle completes, and the feed then keeps updating in your browser without a reload.
One honest note: this is a scannable text feed, not a video stream. If you want a live TV stream, broadcasters host those on their own channels and websites. Text here often appears minutes after the first outlet publishes — usually faster than waiting for a bulletin. For a structured summary of the day rather than a rolling feed, see today's Sri Lanka news, and for the full list of outlets we monitor, see our Sri Lankan newspapers directory.
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The fastest way to follow breaking Sri Lankan news is the KottuRoti mobile app: it sends breaking news push notifications the moment our pipeline flags a major story, in the language you read — so the news finds you even when this page is closed.
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Frequently asked questions
How live is this page?
New stories appear automatically without a page reload. Our pipeline checks every major Sri Lankan outlet roughly every five minutes, and your browser polls for new stories every 20 seconds, so a breaking headline typically shows up here within minutes of the first outlet publishing it.
Is there a live video stream here?
No. This is a scannable text feed, not a video stream. If you want live TV coverage, broadcasters host their own streams on their websites and YouTube channels. What you get here instead is every outlet's reporting merged into one quick-to-read feed of the latest stories.
What counts as breaking news?
Newly detected events and fast-developing stories. When several outlets publish about the same event within a short window, our system clusters those reports into a single story, and stories that are new or gathering fresh reports rise to the top of this feed.
Are updates available in Sinhala and Tamil?
Yes. Every story keeps its original language, and we publish dedicated Sinhala and Tamil feeds alongside this English one. Visit the Sinhala news page or the Tamil news page to follow breaking stories in those languages.
Can I get push notifications?
Yes. The KottuRoti app for iPhone and Android sends breaking news push notifications, so the biggest Sri Lankan stories reach you the moment our pipeline detects them — no need to keep this page open.