Steps have been taken to appoint an audit committee under the supervision of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to investigate alleged financial irregularities at Divisional Secretariats in the Nuwara Eliya District.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the spiritual guidance rendered by the Maha Sangha and their support in strengthening values within society provide an invaluable strength for the Government’s efforts.

Sri Lanka has recorded a total of 92,011 dengue cases so far this year, while the number of dengue-related deaths has risen to 68, according to the National Dengue Control Unit.

Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, killing at least ​51, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday.

Two individuals have died in separate road accidents involving motorcycles in two areas, police said.

Search operations are continuing today (16), following Dvora vessel of the Sri Lanka Navy was involved in an accident in the seas off the coast of Angulana, the Sri Lanka Navy said.

One person has died, another has been rescued, and a third remains missing following a drowning incident in the Ma Oya in the Madurupitiya area of Meerigama.

A special traffic plan will be implemented in the Kaduwela area today (16) due to the annual ‘Diya Kapima’ of the Sri Rankadu Paththini Devalaya, Police said.

The Department of Agriculture says plans are currently underway to produce 50% of Sri Lanka’s annual big onion requirement locally.

A 22-year-old individual has been arrested with a stock of foreign cigarettes allegedly smuggled into Sri Lanka, the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) said.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday (Aug 15) proposed talks with North Korea to formally end the long-running Korean War, as Pyongyang deepens ties with Russia while asserting its status as an "irreversible" nuclear state.

Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western province and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts, today (16), the Department of Meteorology said.

The individual who was admitted to hospital after being shot and injured at Huludagoda Road in Mount Lavinia, has succumbed to injuries, a short while ago, police said.

The United Arab Emirates said ​on Saturday Iran had attacked an Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ‌vessel while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, the Emirati state news agency WAM reported.

Two individuals engaged in maintenance work at a fuel station along New Galle Road in Egodauyana, Moratuwa, sustained injuries and were admitted to Panadura Hospital after a pipe exploded during maintenance activities.

Rescuers combed through debris for survivors on Saturday (Aug 15) after a powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern Flores island, killing at least 47 people, according to a disaster official.

The Department of Meteorology says there is no tsunami threat to Sri Lanka at present with the effect of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Saturday, hours after at least 38 people were killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Saturday, hours after at least 38 people were killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).