Minister of Energy Anura Karunathilaka stated that a revision of fuel prices is likely to take place at the end of September, considering the recent increase in global crude oil prices and the prevailing situation in the Middle East.

Disaster Management Centre (DMC) Director Pradeep Kodippili stated that flash floods have been reported in a Divisional Secretariat (DS) division in the Kandy District following heavy rainfall.

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered the acquittal and release of defendants Caroline Jurie and Chula Padmendra, who were charged with forcibly removing the crown from and assaulting Pushpika De Silva,

The Railway Department currently has only 50 operational locomotives, according to a report issued by the department.

According to the Irrigation Department, the water capacity currently stored in Sri Lanka’s main reservoirs stands at approximately 45%.

The National Dengue Control Unit says a total of 97,637 dengue cases have been reported in Sri Lanka so far this year.

Senior Sri Lankan artist, ‘Virindu’ vocalist, and veteran dance instructor Daya Nellampitiya has passed away at the age of 91.

Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, ​while fresh attacks around the region's two most important oil transit routes deepened concern over global energy supplies.

Blocks 1 and 2 of the Yala National Park have been temporarily closed from today (14) due to the prevailing dry weather conditions, the Department of Wildlife Conservation and Forest Conservation said.

President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday the ​United States could stay in Iran and "keep the ‌oil", drawing a parallel with a U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves.

Due to a low-level atmospheric disturbance in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, cloudy skies are expected over the Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and Uva provinces, with showers or thundershowers occurring at times, today (14), the Department of Meteorology said.

Oil prices jumped more than 2% on Monday, after new Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and Iranian attacks on ships in the Gulf compounded supply concerns following the closure of a key Saudi oil pipeline.

A Ugandan national has been arrested by officers of the Sri Lanka Customs Narcotics Control Unit for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine worth more than Rs. 50 million into Sri Lanka by swallowing around 90 capsules containing the drug.

A Russian drone has hit a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and top European security officials had passed through.

Sri Lanka has officially launched the first project under a programme aimed at adding 300 megawatts (MW) of solar power to the national electricity grid.