A female Land Registrar has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over her alleged involvement in a large-scale racket of aiding organised criminals by forging documents and unlawfully transferring ownership of properties.

An overturned container truck has obstructed two lanes of the road between Dematagoda and Peliyagoda near Grandpass in Colombo, prompting police to implement traffic diversions while efforts are underway to clear the obstruction.

The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board has announced that crop damage compensation totaling Rs. 12,341.5 million has been paid to 202,025 farmers affected by last year’s Cyclone Ditwah.

The new attacks by the U.S. on Iran were “absolutely necessary,” ​NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.

Oil prices jumped nearly 6% on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said the US ceasefire with Iran was “over,” raising fears of renewed conflict and fresh supply disruptions in the Middle East.

US President Donald Trump says that the interim agreement with Iran is “over” but he will allow talks to continue.

The case filed over the alleged misappropriation of public funds against former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the former Secretary to the President, Saman Ekanayake has been adjourned till September 30.

Former Minister Jagath Pushpakumara, who was arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) earlier today (08), has been granted bail.

The pilot project currently being implemented to reduce social media usage among children below the age of 16 has shown successful results, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has stressed the need to establish a stronger social security system based on a scientific assessment mechanism to ensure welfare programmes genuinely empower beneficiary families.