Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ​said Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to a G20 ‌summit in Britain because of UK sanctions against him, The Economist newspaper reported on Thursday.

The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development-led initiative on building the “National Single Window for Trade” has gone live today (05), marking a significant milestone in trade facilitation.

An assailant attacked and killed a security officer near the Sri Lankan Embassy in Jordan’s capital Amman on Thursday, in what Jordanian authorities described as a terrorist act.

Steps will be taken to reduce the 72-hour detention period proposed in the Prevention of Organized Crime Draft Bill to 48 hours, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said.

An ‌Airbus A320 flying from Dublin to Rome was diverted to France's ​Evreux airbase following a ​bomb threat, the latest in ⁠a series of threats ​targeting flights in Europe, the office ​of French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Thursday.

The Colombo High Court has ordered the suspension of bank accounts and vehicles belonging to lawyer Rakitha Rajapaksha, son of former Minister Wijedasa Rakapaksha,which were recently frozen by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), for a period of three months.

Two individuals who were arrested and remanded over allegations that Rs. 190 billion was illegally transferred to foreign countries under the guise of importing goods into Sri Lanka, have been further remanded until November 12 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets across France on Thursday (Nov 5), as unions hold strikes alongside student-led demonstrations that have gripped the country for weeks.

Athula Kaluarachchi has resigned from his positions as Chairman of the Mahara Pradeshiya Sabha and as a member representing his electoral ward, where the National People's Power (NPP) holds power.

Wildlife officers have arrested a former Civil Defence officer suspected of cutting off the tusk of an elephant found dead without its tusk in the Kumbukwewa area in Kahatagasdigiliya.

The Court of Appeal today (05) directed the Attorney General to examine the possibility of allowing alleged drug trafficker Shiran Basik, who is currently in custody, access to meals provided from home and meetings with his lawyers, and to report back to court.

The Department of Meteorology has issued an Amber-level weather warning for several districts across the country, cautioning the public about thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning.

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has announced the postponement of the mandatory submission of Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Certificates for eight specified transactions until April 01, 2027.

A meeting between Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Levan S. Dzhagaryan and Speaker of House Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne has been held at the Parliamentary Complex.

Sri Lanka Customs has seized a container carrying 457 cartons of cigarettes valued at Rs. 792 million, which had been brought from India in an attempt to smuggle them into the country using fraudulent import documentation.