The Court of Appeal has ordered that a writ petition filed by businessman Shehan Gunasekara, son of Osman Gunasekara, also know as Gampaha Osman,

Sri Lanka Police have urged the public to immediately report to the nearest police station any text message (SMS) received falsely claiming to be sent from the Police Traffic Division, instructing recipients to pay traffic fines.

A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly murdering his own mother and father in the Kiralawelkaduwa area of Embilipitiya, police said.

Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council has announced the recovery of 375kg of gold connected to a case involving the arrest last month of the former Deputy Minister of Oil for Refining Affairs, Adnan Al Jumaili, on suspicion of corruption.

Thai authorities are investigating if negligence was what led to the deadly inferno at a Bangkok bar late on Sunday, as survivors reported doors being locked and the lack of signage demarcating emergency exits.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ajith P. Perera claims that the government is planning to implement a proposal to extend the retirement age of Supreme Court judges before the end of this year.

The US military says it has completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran.

The National Dengue Control Unit says the number of dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka so far this year has reached nearly 70,000.

The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs has announced that National Early Childhood Care and Development Week will be observed from today (14) until July 20, 2026.

A 63-year-old Filipino woman has been arrested for attempting to smuggle 6 kilograms and 180 grams of ‘kush’ into Sri Lanka through the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake.

Sri Lanka has earned international recognition after being named among the Top 50 Food Destinations around the World for 2026, according to the latest editorial ranking released by “Travel And Tour World (TTW).”

Yemen's Houthi movement fired missiles at Saudi ​Arabia after accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control on Monday, breaking a four-year truce in the conflict between ‌the kingdom and the Iran-aligned group.

Two more prison guards have succumbed to their injuries while receiving treatment at the National Hospital in Colombo, raising the death toll from the violent clash at Negombo Prison to 31.

Oil prices settled up more than 9% on Monday at a one-month high after news ​that a United States' naval blockade due to begin on Tuesday...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said that the U.S. would ​take out Pickaxe Mountain in Iran, as he ‌warned that Washington would continue to hit the country hard.

One Indian crew ​member was killed and eight others were wounded when two Emirati oil tankers were struck by ‌Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday, in the latest escalation in the strategic waterway.

A few showers may occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts, today (14), the Department of Meteorology said.

The Houthi movement that controls northern Yemen accused Saudi Arabia on Monday of launching airstrikes against the international airport in Sanaa, and vowed to retaliate, testing a truce in the long-running conflict between the kingdom and the Iran-aligned group.