A case filed under the Public Property Act against former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and former Secretary to the President Saman Ekanayake is scheduled to be taken up today (30) before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court.

US forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, a departure celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies ​who now have deep influence in the country where 4,500 Americans died during more than two decades of war.

The number of tourists that have arrived in Sri Lanka so far this month has surpassed 143,000.

Oil prices rose on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump denied he would be willing to ease sanctions on Iran while Qatar pushed for peace talks, after falling in the previous session on a recovery in crude supply from the Middle East.

A businessman who was abducted in the Walana area of Panadura has been found abandoned near the Minuwanpitiya cemetery, police said.

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has seized 801 reusable plastic bottles during a special raid targeting shops selling such bottles in the Pettah area.

A prominent businessman in Panadura has allegedly been abducted by a group of unidentified individuals while he was returning home along a side road off Mahanama Road in Panadura.

A suspect has been arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting a triple murder carried out by gunfire in Halpathota, Baddegama, police stated.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath held discussions with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The Department of Meteorology has warned that atmospheric conditions are becoming favourable for afternoon thundershowers across several parts of Sri Lanka from tomorrow (01).

A 34-year-old businessman has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) after police allegedly found nearly 4 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (‘Ice’) worth more than Rs. 80 million in his luggage.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration resume deporting ​migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to show the harms they may face.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has urged the government to introduce a fair and equitable tax policy for professionals, including doctors.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday (Sep 29) he will set out "different options" for future ties with the European Union closer to a planned summit with the bloc later this year.

Construction of 51 new houses for families in the Alagolla Estate in the Uva Paranagama Divisional Secretariat Division of the Badulla District commenced today (29) with the laying of foundation stones.