The mandatory seat belt regulation will be strictly enforced from June 20, the National Council for Road Safety announced.

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) has announced that water supply will be suspended in several areas of the Gampaha District due to emergency maintenance work at the Karasnagala Water Treatment Plant in Attanagalla.

U.S. average retail gasoline prices dipped ​below $4 a gallon for the first time since mid-April, as optimism grew that a preliminary deal between the U.S. and Iran would lead ‌to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical passageway for global oil supplies.

Eight people have been killed after a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber plane crashed immediately after take off from Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, base officials say.

US President Donald Trump has said a preliminary deal to end the war with Iran has already been signed and suggested that details of the agreement are set to be published "pretty soon".

Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts, today (16), the Department of Meteorology said.

Specialist Dr. M.K. Sampath Indika Kumar assumed duties as the new Deputy Director General of the Colombo National Hospital today (15).

A special meeting to review urgent measures to control the rapidly spreading dengue outbreak across the country was held today (15) at the Ministry of Health premises under the chairmanship of Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa.

US President Donald Trump has landed in Geneva ahead of this week’s Group of 7 summit, where his new agreement with Iran will be front and center.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has informed the Batticaloa Magistrate’s Court regarding ongoing investigations into a series of killings in 2008 in the Eastern Province, in which five people were shot dead using T-56 firearms.