An 18-year-old man armed with a sword attacked students at ​a Swedish high school on Friday, killing one person and injuring three, and police shot and detained him as media reported the ‌attacker was a former student at the school.

At least 13 Tunisians are missing after a migrant boat sank off ​the Tunisian coast while sailing towards Italy, and two ‌people were rescued, the head of a migrant rights group said on Saturday.

Sri Lanka Police are seeking public assistance to apprehend three Chinese nationals wanted in connection with the assault of three Chinese nationals near the Colombo Port City and the subsequent abduction and murder of one of them.

Iran said on Friday that its response to any new ​U.S. threats would be "devastating" after Washington pledged to impose the toughest financial penalties in history with the aim of toppling the Iranian leadership.

Several spells of showers will occur in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts, the Department of Meteorology stated.

Sri Lankan athlete Rumesh Tharanga has secured first place in the javelin throw event at the 2026 Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland, with an outstanding throw of 88.14 metres.

Minister of Justice and National Integration, Attorney-at-Law Harshana Nanayakkara, says steps will be taken to promptly submit to the Cabinet a report prepared by a committee appointed to establish a formal procedure for granting presidential pardons to convicted prisoners.

IdeaHell, a subsidiary of Derana Media Network, has secured a Gold award at the 2026 Dragons of Sri Lanka Awards for its acclaimed “Seat of Care (Suwa Sasuna)” campaign.

Ten police personnel attached to the Angulana Police Station have been commended by Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Damian Fernando, for their role in rescuing 11 naval personnel following an incident involving the Navy’s Fast Attack Craft P 4447 off the coast of Angulana.

The fourth Kumbal Perahera of the 2026 Kandy Esala Perahera at the historic Sri Dalada Maligawa has commenced its procession through the streets.

Two more petitions challenging the constitutionality of the 22nd Amendment Bill have reportedly been filed before the Supreme Court today (21).

A Sri Lankan man on a transit flight from Singapore to Toronto, Canada, was caught using a fraudulent Canadian passport while transiting through Taiwan's Taoyuan International Airport.

The facility to obtain railway season tickets online, currently available only to public sector employees, will be extended to private sector employees from September as a pilot phase, Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development Bimal Rathnayake said.

More than 2,500 people have now died in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, which is spreading exponentially in an area larger than France, senior United Nations Ebola coordinator Julien Harneis said on Friday.

A meeting of the Special Cabinet Sub-Committee and Officials’ Committee appointed to address the impacts of the El Niño climate phenomenon was held this morning (21) at the Presidential Secretariat, under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of the Traffic Control and Road Safety Range W.P.J. Senadheera says that since the beginning of the year, a total of 1,654 fatal road accidents have been reported as of yesterday (20), claiming the lives of 1,749 persons.

Police have received reports of vehicles and motorcycles being stolen after motorists and motorcyclists negligently leave their vehicles unattended, Police Media Spokesman Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) F.U. Wootler said.

The late veteran Buddhist monk, award-winning lyricist and author, Ven. Rambukana Siddhartha Thero, was laid to rest at Dehiwala Sri Saranankara Grounds this evening (21).