Health authorities have warned that hospitals are reaching or exceeding their capacity to accommodate dengue patients amid a rapid increase in infections across the country.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism has issued a public appeal requesting assistance in identifying an individual believed to be of Sri Lankan origin currently residing in Lebanon. MORE..

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday strongly backed India’s strategic autonomy and said any attempt to pressure India through sanctions would boomerang under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. MORE..

The newly appointed Defence Attaché of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Sri Lanka, Senior Colonel FU Xiao, paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sampath Thuyacontha, at the Ministry of Defence recently. MORE..

The Sri Lankan Government has published a new Bill proposing the establishment of the Chartered Institute of Media Professionals of Sri Lanka, aimed at regulating and professionalizing the country’s media sector.

At least 49 people died of thirst after a truck broke down and they were stranded for days in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, authorities said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he currently saw no reason to meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy after the Ukrainian president published an ‌open letter proposing they hold face-to-face talks to agree an end to a war now in its fifth year. MORE..

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a murder of a man who was allegedly attacked with a sharp weapon in the Halgahawatta area of Sahaspura, police stated. MORE..

The Department of Railways has announced the temporary closure of the Kota Road railway crossing from 9.30 a.m. today (06) until 7.30 a.m. tomorrow (07) to facilitate essential renovation work on the Cotta Road railway crossing, located between the Baseline...MORE..

The U.N. food agency said millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high. MORE..