Sri Lanka’s first Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and the “Diyajanani” Dambulla floating solar power plant are scheduled to be inaugurated today (18) under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

A special Public Day programme has been held under the patronage of Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), at the Deputy Minister's office in Colombo providing an opportunity for retired Tri-Forces personnel..

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser and Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa, who was arrested and subsequently remanded, has been produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court, a short while ago.

An Assistant Controller of the Department of Immigration and Emigration has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for allegedly assisting in the preparation of an illegal passport for an organized criminal.

The token strike initiated by railway trade unions over several demands, including the removal of the General Manager of the Department of Railways, remains in effect today, according to the Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Association (SLRSMA).

The Illegal Assets Investigation Division has frozen assets worth nearly Rs. 140 million belonging to two individuals suspected of acquiring them through illegal means.

Global oil prices fell about 1 per cent, extending losses for a third session, but stayed above $100 on Friday, as hopes of alternate ways for barrels from the Middle East to reach markets outweighed concerns about strikes between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthis.

Police say the law requiring all persons of vehicles travelling on expressways to wear seat belts will be strictly enforced from tomorrow (19).

A man alleged to have acted as the cash collector for large-scale drug trafficker Salindu Malshitha Gunaratne, also known as “Panadura Kudu Salindu”, has been arrested along with his wife, police said.

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is approaching a critical decision on whether to resume major military attacks against Iran.

Iran’s Revolutionary ​Guards Navy said a Togo-flagged oil ‌tanker ‌was ​struck ‌while ⁠attempting ​to make an “illegal ⁠passage” through the Strait ⁠of ‌Hormuz ‌on Thursday, ​Iranian state ‌media ‌said early on ‌Friday.

Police have arrested two suspects, including a woman, in separate drug raids carried out in Wellampitiya and Puttalam.

Showers will occur at times in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya Districts, today (18), the Department of Meteorology said.

The Trump administration will allow top Iranian officials to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, the State Department said on Thursday, even as Washington and ​Tehran remain at war and continue intermittent talks aimed at ending the conflict.

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.

The Department of Government Information has announced that commuters travelling by train can purchase tickets online.