Manori Sallay, the wife of former head of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, has lodged a complaint with the National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses.

The highest temperature recorded across Sri Lanka today (21) was 37.2°C, according to the Department of Meteorology.

US and Iranian officials have arrived in Switzerland for direct talks after signing an initial agreement to end the war last week.

A 37-year-old man has died following a drowning incident at the Koggala estuary in Galle today (21), police said.

At least seven guest workers died and over 40 were hospitalised after an ammonia gas leak at a private seafood export unit in Kannigaipair, Tiruvallur district on Sunday.

A fire has broken out at a bakery in the Wellampitiya town at around 4:45 p.m. today, police stated.

A total of 11 advanced CT scanners have been introduced to the hospital system at a cost of Rs. 1,950 million, in a move aimed at strengthening diagnostic services for conditions including stroke, cancer and heart disease, the Ministry of Health and Mass Media stated.

The US-Iran peace agreement cannot be implemented unless the war in Lebanon ends, Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaie, Iran’s Deputy of Communications and Information Dissemination of the President’s Office, has said.

The number of dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka this year has exceeded 46,000, according to the National Dengue Control Unit.

An unknown individual has broken into the Moragahahena Sub-Post Office and stolen Rs. 474,000 after forcing open a safe, police said.

Peace talks led by United States Vice President JD Vance and Iranian chief negotiator Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf were set to begin on Sunday (Jun 21) morning at a Swiss mountaintop resort as both nations seek a durable end to their war...

The annual bus fare revision, normally implemented on July 1 each year, is expected to take effect on July 3, the Chairman of the Lanka Private Bus Owners' Association (LPBOA), Gemunu Wijeratne stated.

Vacancies within key child protection institutions are leading to delays in delivering justice in complaints and court cases involving children, the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs stated.

An individual has died while another has gone missing after the duo drowned while swimming in the Koggala Oya in Galle.

The government is considering introducing taxes on online betting activities in the near future, according to Deputy Minister of Industries Chathuranga Abeysinghe.

The Global Sri Lankan Forum has called on the President to urgently intervene on humanitarian grounds regarding the deteriorating health condition of former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has visited Kandy this morning (21) in connection with a series of religious observances organized to mark the birth anniversary of late former President Ranasinghe Premadasa, which falls on June 23.

The Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education has issued a statement saying there is no need to revise the dates of the G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination, as students have been provided with sufficient time to prepare.