The Department of Prisons has posthumously promoted the eight prison officers who lost their lives in the recent riots at the Negombo Prison.

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) has launched a special bus services to Kataragama to facilitate devotees travelling for the annual festival of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya.

Legal action has been taken against 13 homeowners after a special dengue control programme carried out in the Wattala area found mosquito breeding sites and larvae on their premises.

The newly appointed Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Damian Fernando, has called on the Chief Prelates of the Malwathu and Asgiri Chapters and had received their blessings during a visit to Kandy.

The final rites of veteran Sri Lankan singer Mariazelle Goonetilleke will be held on July 13 at the Borella General Cemetery.

A clash has reportedly broken out involving around five inmates at the Magazine Prison this afternoon (10).

Thai immigration authorities at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok have dismantled an international smuggling operation that attempted to traffic a Sri Lankan family to Kazakhstan using Malaysian travel documents.

Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence back home where her party is banned, told Reuters she and senior party colleagues plan to return from exile ​in India around December and surrender.

The parliamentary opposition group has decided to submit a no-confidence motion against Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara.

The writ petition filed by former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Suresh Sallay, challenging his arrest and detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has stated that funds allocated for the Provincial Council elections have not been utilized for disaster relief activities.

A large and powerful typhoon approached a remote chain of ​islands in Japan's southwest on Friday, prompting authorities to warn of violent winds, torrential rain, landslides and flooding in what could ‌be the region's most destructive storm in years.

An ‘Amber’ advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for strong winds affecting the Central, Sabaragamuwa, and North Central provinces, as well as the Monaragala, Puttalam, Hambantota, Trincomalee, and Mannar districts.

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Damian Fernando, made his first official call on the President of Sri Lanka and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, at the Presidential Secretariat recently.

Andy Burnham has taken another step towards becoming the next Labour leader and prime minister, after the vast majority of Labour MPs nominated him to replace Sir Keir Starmer.