SriLankan Airlines has announced the cancellation of its flights to Riyadh until tomorrow (10), citing the prevailing security situation in the Middle East.

Police stated that a shooting occurred this morning (9) at a restaurant located along the Kalutara–Nagoda Road.

The Opposition is scheduled to submit a no-confidence motion against Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne in Parliament today (9).

The US will livestream the Army's upcoming firing squad execution on December 3 of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, ‌in a 2009 shooting spree, a Pentagon official said, in what would be an unprecedented move.

Showers or thundershowers will occur in most parts of the island after 1.00 p.m. today (09), the Department of Meteorology said.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States is ​having productive discussions with Iran and will ‌not launch an attack on the country before US midterm congressional elections in November.

Prosecutors in the United States have accused Venezuela's former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, of conspiracy to commit torture.

Director of Irrigation (Water Management) Engineer H.M.P.S.D. Herath has stated that two spill gates of the Deduru Oya Reservoir have been opened by two feet each due to prevailing heavy rainfall.

Tankers are facing a higher risk of attacks and intimidation as they try to get critical shipments through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran issued new warnings it would block routes that it has not authorized, sources said.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has stated that the Government aims to reduce tax rates and provide relief to the public by lowering Value Added Tax (VAT) rates over the next two to three years.

The Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Bill was passed in Parliament today (08) with amendments and without a vote.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says he will appoint a committee to amend the existing laws governing how Buddhist monks should be kept in prison and how they can be escorted out of prison, and to introduce new guidelines and regulations on the matter.

The 25-year-old suspect, arrested by police for allegedly transferring USD 25 million in foreign currency overseas via Telegraphic Transfers under the guise of importing goods, has been remanded until October 15 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.

Thirty-three people have been killed in a Russian glide bomb attack on two civilian buses in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, rescue officials say.

A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition has been filed with the Supreme Court, seeking an order directing prison authorities to ensure that Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero—who is currently serving a prison sentence—appears in his monastic robes when being produced before courts for other cases.

The “Janathawadi Joint Opposition” has stated that it does not condone the removal of Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero’s saffron robes under any circumstances.

The Colombo High Court has rejected the preliminary objections raised by the defendants seeking the dismissal of a case filed by the Bribery Commission against three individuals, including former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, over alleged corruption.

This year's El Niño will intensify before peaking in December and is nearly 100% certain to last until February ​2027, the World Meteorological Organization said in its monthly climate bulletin, ‌on Thursday, with sea surface temperatures set to break records.