Former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra's appeal against her conviction and three-year rigorous imprisonment sentence has been fixed for hearing on August 06, by the Court of Appeal today (06).

Five children among six persons were killed in a house collapse in Mumbai’s Mankhurd area amid heavy rains on Sunday (July 5, 2026) night, officials said.

A 54-year-old man has been arrested in the Muwadhora Uyana housing complex in Grandpass for allegedly possessing the narcotic substance ‘hashish’, police said.

The National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) says the total number of dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka so far this year has increased to 61,060.

Iran will fully shut Tehran’s airspace on Monday as part of funeral arrangements for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ISNA news agency reported.

The 11th National Accident Prevention Week commenced today (06) and will continue until July 10 under the guidance of the Ministry of Health.

A cargo ship came under attack Sunday off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea, the British military said, the latest maritime attack off the conflict-torn Arab country.

All arrangements have been finalized to launch the national programme to conserve 1,000 archaeological sites across Sri Lanka, alongside the commencement of Archaeology Week, which begins tomorrow (07).

The death toll from Venezuela's twin quakes ​has risen to 3,342, ‌according to numbers released by the Venezuelan information ministry on ​Sunday.

Oil prices inched lower on Monday after OPEC+ agreed to further increase its output targets from August while exports from key producers via the Strait of ​Hormuz are recovering, potentially adding to global supplies.