Canada and Europe should ally to protect their markets, democracies and rule ​of law in a world dominated by the United States and China, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday, after an EU proposal to ‌make Canada an "associate member".

Police have uncovered more details regarding the shooting incident targeting a three-wheeler driver near the ‘Kalu Palama’ in Dematagoda this evening (17).

Pakistan on Thursday ordered a 50 percent cut in fuel allocations for government vehicles for three months and imposed restrictions on official travel and spending, as intensifying Middle East hostilities disrupt energy supplies and drive up petroleum prices in the import-dependent country.

A businessman from the Dehiwala area, who was found guilty of possession and trafficking of heroin, has been sentenced to death by the Chilaw High Court today (17).

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mission Chief Evan Papageorgiou, who is currently visiting Sri Lanka, at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (17).

A stock of 145 rounds of T-56 ammunition and a set of handcuffs have been taken into police custody after being found near the expressway bridge in Malabe, police said.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose heavy tariffs on the European Union or halt some trade with the bloc after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada its first associate member.

A three-wheeler driver who was injured in a shooting incident near the ‘Kalu Palama’ in Dematagoda, a short while ago, has succumbed to injuries while receiving treatment.

Former Chairman of the National Transport Commission (NTC) Renuka Perera, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over corruption allegations, has been remanded until September 29 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.

The Colombo High Court has ordered that the corruption case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) against former Navy Commander, Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda and Yoshitha Rajapaksa be called for a pre-trial conference on October 13.

India and Pakistan have summoned each other's top diplomats in Delhi and Islamabad after two of their naval vessels collided in the Arabian Sea.

The driver arrested over the fatal multi-vehicle crash in Mattakkuliya, that claimed the lives of three individuals, has been remanded until September 30.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and the Law Council of Australia has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on the sidelines of the 39th LAWASIA Conference.

A discussion was held at Temple Trees with a delegation led by the newly appointed Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Sri Lanka, Wei Huaxiang.

For four years, India, one of the world's biggest oil importers, has turned Russia's war-driven disruption of global oil markets to its advantage.