A column of black smoke has been seen near Riyadh's international airport hours after air raid alerts were issued in the Saudi capital.

The number of dengue-related deaths recorded in Sri Lanka so far this year has risen to 75.

The Meteorology Department says showery weather in the South-western parts of the island is likely to increase during the next few days, starting from today (19).

UPDATE: The bodies of two of the four missing persons, swept away while bathing in the Ma Oya at Badalgama, have been recovered, according to police.

Sri Lanka’s former foreign minister Ali Sabry has expressed deep concern regarding the reported escalation of Sri Lankan national Anojan Sivarasa’s five-year prison sentence to a death sentence in Saudi Arabia.

Sri Lanka Police said that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has requested Interpol for the issuance of ‘Blue Notice’ for the arrest of former Minister Basil Rajapaksa in connection with three allegations.

A new WhatsApp number has been introduced by the Commissioner General of Motor Traffic to enable the public to submit written complaints regarding issues encountered during the registration of motor vehicles and inconveniences caused to the public by vehicles.

Sri Lanka Police said that two suspects have been arrested within an hour in connection with an armed robbery at a liquor store near Anuradhapura Junction in Trincomalee.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that development projects can deliver results to the people more quickly when the political authority and the public service work together towards a common, people-oriented objective.

A 37-year-old man was killed in an attack carried out by his younger brother using a sharp weapon in the Pethigamuwa Kanda area of Anguruwatota.

An ‘Amber’ advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for severe lightning in the Uva, Eastern provinces and in Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya and Polonnaruwa districts.

President Donald Trump has extended an executive order that would impose ​a fee of $100,000 for H-1B non-immigrant visas by another year, the White ‌House said on Friday.

The death toll ​in a suicide ‌attack at a police ​compound ​in northwest Pakistan has ⁠reached ​31, AFP reported ​on Saturday, citing a police ​official.

Wearing seat belts has become mandatory for all passengers travelling in vehicles on expressways from today (19).

US President Donald Trump signed a bill yesterday authorising new sanctions designed to pressure Russia over its war in Ukraine, shortly after it received congressional approval this week.