ConfirmedConfirmed failure2025Very high attention
2025 criminal shooting surge
Police reported 114 shooting incidents, 60 deaths and 57 injuries during 2025, with organised crime and narcotics rivalries a major driver.
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The Incident Record
Records
70
Confirmed
17
Allegations
11
Positive
8
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Major incidents, controversies and delivered outcomes under the current government, each labelled by evidence strength: a confirmed failure is not an allegation, an allegation is not guilt, and positive outcomes sit in the same record as failures. Records without a citable source are among those held out of publication. How the labels work · How the records connect
70 published records
by evidence class- Confirmed
- 17
- Policy shortfall
- 8
- Disputed
- 19
- Allegation
- 11
- Positive
- 8
- Context
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17 results · Confirmed
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2025Very high attention
Ganemulla Sanjeewa killed inside court
A gunman disguised as a lawyer entered the Hulftsdorp court complex and killed a high-risk remand prisoner.
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2025Very high attention
Kotmale SLTB bus crash — 23 killed
An inquiry found driver fatigue was the primary cause and that mandatory rest regulations under the Motor Traffic Act had been violated.
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2026Very high attention
Negombo prison riot — 26 deaths
Twenty-six people ultimately died in a major prison riot; the prison was operating far above intended capacity.
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2025Very high attention
323 Customs containers released uninspected
Parliamentary material recorded that 323 containers were released without mandatory physical inspection, contrary to accepted Customs procedures.
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2026Very high attention
Low-quality coal / procurement crisis
Inferior-quality coal and procurement failures became a major national controversy, affecting generation and triggering high-level resignations.
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2026Very high attention
Treasury US$2.5m cyber/payment theft
Government funds totalling about US$2.5 million were fraudulently diverted through compromised payment processes.
ConfirmedCourt finding2024Very high attention
Grade 5 exam remedy violated fundamental rights
The paper leak itself began before AKD took office, but the Supreme Court held that the Cabinet's remedy of awarding free marks for leaked questions violated fundamental rights.
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2024Very high attention
Speaker Ranwala credentials resignation
Questions over Asoka Ranwala's academic credentials erupted after he became Speaker; he resigned after only weeks in office.
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2026Very high attention
Grade 6 education reform / module fiasco
An inappropriate external link and broader rollout concerns made Grade 6 education reforms a dominant national controversy; rollout was adjusted/postponed.
ConfirmedCommunications failure2025Very high attention
'Monkey caused blackout' explanation
The Energy Ministry initially said a monkey contact at a substation had triggered the island-wide outage, an explanation that became internationally mocked before later technical clarification.
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2025Very high attention
9 Feb 2025 nationwide blackout
Sri Lanka suffered an island-wide power failure.
ConfirmedCommunications failure2025Very high attention
Watagala urges emergency action against online critics
Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala told police to use emergency regulations against people he said were spreading malicious statements; AKD later publicly distanced himself from the remarks.
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2026High attention
Further missing foreign payment documents
The Treasury cyber/payment scandal widened with additional missing-payment/document concerns reported after the first US$2.5m disclosure.
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2026High attention
AI-distorted national emblem published
The Public Security Ministry published an AI-generated distorted national emblem, replaced it with another flawed version, and later restored the authentic emblem.
ConfirmedMisleading / incomplete public claim2026High attention
AKD Ditwah financing claim fact-checked
FactCheck.lk found the narrow claim that no new borrowing was needed at allocation time was correct, but the broader claim that the spending involved no borrowing was not.
ConfirmedFact-checked false claim2026High attention
Tilvin Silva's PC-election funding excuse rated false
FactCheck.lk found false the claim that PC-election funds had been reallocated to Cyclone Ditwah recovery and that lack of money legally prevented the election.