The exact timing of the ​signing of the ‌Islamabad memorandum will not be on ​Sunday, Iran's Foreign ​Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei ⁠said, according ​to state media ​on Saturday.

According to the Department of Irrigation, there is a possibility of minor flooding in low-lying areas of the Kuda Ganga sub-basin of the Kalu River Basin within the next 24 hours.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has met with a delegation from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to discuss ongoing efforts to support the recovery of the education sector following the impact of Cyclone Ditwah.

An ‘Amber’ advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for strong winds for the Central, Sabaragamuwa, Northern and North-central provinces and in Trincomalee and Hambantota districts.

Pakistani Prime ⁠Minister Shehbaz Sharif ‌said on Saturday that the United States ​and Iran have ⁠agreed to ⁠a framework for a ⁠peace ‌deal that would ⁠end the months-long conflict ​in ‌the Middle East, with ⁠a ​final text of the deal ⁠reached.

The Free Lawyers’ Organization states that, although more than eight months have elapsed since the alleged cyber fraud involving USD 2.5 million in funds that went missing from the General Treasury, no official report on the matter has still been tabled in Parliament.

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

Steps have been taken to evacuate six families residing in the Basnakanda area of Makandura, Godakawela, due to the risk of a landslides.

Five Indian air force personnel were killed when a military plane crashed while landing at a base in the country's remote northeast on Saturday, the military said in a statement.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with the Chairman of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), Bai Yinzhan, and a delegation from the company this morning (13) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

Officials of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) informed the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) that government-provided fuel subsidies are scheduled to end in June.

A group of former Members of Parliament has forwarded a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake under the title “Let us ensure the rule of law.”

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).