Flour-producing companies have increased the price of wheat flour by Rs. 17 per kilogram.

Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday (Aug 29) to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.

Two more Chinese nationals wanted in connection with the assault of three Chinese nationals within the Colombo Port City premises and the subsequent abduction and murder of one of them have been arrested by the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) in Sigiriya.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that discussions regarding the discontinuation of the ‘Perahera’ should never again arise on the country’s political stage.

A 35-year-old man has died after being clubbed to death following an argument with his brother in the Mahagoda area within the Tangalle Police Division.

A container truck overturned near Gonapola Junction on the Horana-Colombo Road early this morning (29), obstructing one lane of the roadway, according to the Moragahahena Police.

Showers will occur at times in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts, according to the Department of Meteorology.

Indian authorities recovered seven bodies from rivers flowing from Nepal, believed to be victims of devastating floods, officials said Friday, underscoring the scale of the deadly disaster.

Iran condemned the United States' new economic sanctions on Friday as "state terrorism" while ​its supreme leader said he was banning acts that could harm "social cohesion" amid concern that more financial pain could spark unrest at home.

The number of people killed in Nepal has risen to 579, according to the latest release by Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).

President Donald Trump on Friday announced an ​unprecedented U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves, betting that American companies can revive the OPEC nation's battered energy ‌industry while delivering a new source of crude to help bring down U.S. fuel prices.

The Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Association (SLRSMA) has expressed its full support to the stance taken by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) regarding the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, stressing that safeguarding the

Nepal does not need help from other countries to conduct search and rescue operations after a devastating flash flood wrecked towns, its foreign ministry said on Friday (Aug 28).

Between 80 and 100 people die every day in Sri Lanka due to alcohol and substance abuse, according to Dr. Manoj Fernando, the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at Rajarata University.

Negombo Chief Magistrate Shilani Perera has ordered that notices be issued to twenty individuals to appear for an identification parade in connection with the deaths of 32 individuals during the Negombo Prison clash.

The Government of Sri Lanka has responded to concerns raised by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite over the proposed constitutional amendments to increase the retirement age of judges of

A warm weather advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for residents of the Eastern Province and Polonnaruwa, Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya, Monaragala and Hambantota districts.

Nepal is monitoring two lakes upstream of the flood ​zone where hundreds died on Wednesday, an official with ‌Nepal's Disaster Management Authority said.