Construction work on the second passenger terminal at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake, which was halted due to the economic crisis, is scheduled to resume in November this year.

The Department of Meteorology has issued a ‘Red’ level advisory for strong winds and rough seas for sea areas extending from Kankesanthurai to Kalpitiya via Mannar.

Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) accompanied Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development Bimal Rathnayake during an inspection visit and discussion held at the Pettah Central Bus Stand in Colombo yesterday (12).

The Kennedy Center was running out of options Friday evening to keep President Trump's name on the facade of the iconic performing arts venue.

The Railway Department of Sri Lanka has stated that a train has derailed in the Rambukkana area.

A 65-year-old businessman has been arrested by the Madampe Police for the alleged sexual abuse of a five-year-old preschool student.

A meeting between the Leader of the indigenous Vedda community, Uru Warige Wannila Aththo, and Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya was held at Parliament, according to the Prime Minister’s Media Division.

US President Donald Trump has said a "swift and lethal kinetic" US military strike has killed "the infamous leader" of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang.

A 40-year-old father walking on the road while holding his child was killed after being struck by a bus near Herathgama Junction on the Kurunegala–Puttalam Road, police said. MORE..

The body of a six-year-old boy who had been reported missing from the Puloly South area within the Point Pedro Police Division was found in a well near his home, police said. MORE..

US President Donald Trump has agreed to unfreeze $24 billion in Iranian assets while avoiding explicitly confirming this, a senior Iranian official said Friday, according to the Fars News Agency. MORE..

Can a country put a fixed limit on its population? That is the question Switzerland will be answering on Sunday when voters go the polls to decide on a proposal to cap their population at 10 million. MORE..

A deal with the US to end fighting in Iran is close and includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Foreign Minister has said. MORE..

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts, the Department of Meteorology stated. MORE..

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that a “final, agreed upon text” of a deal between the U.S. and Iran “has been reached.”

US President Donald Trump says Iranian leaks of details of an alleged deal to end the war have "nothing to do with the terms that were agreed to" and "bears no relation to the truth".

The Annual Feast of the National Shrine of St. Anthony, Kochchikade, is scheduled for today (12) and tomorrow (13).

After reports suggesting that the memorandum of understanding for the peace agreement between Tehran and Washington includes an extension of the ceasefire, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a framework for further talks on the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme,... MORE..