Due to a sudden breakdown in the computer system of the Department of Immigration and Emigration, passport issuance services were disrupted this morning (11).

‘Ratmalana Saima’, who is alleged to be a close associate of organized criminal figure ‘Kanjipani Imran’, has been handed over to the Peradeniya Police for further investigations.

A 78-year-old man has died after being attacked with a sharp weapon in the Thorapitiya area of Laggala.

The death toll from a magnitude-7.4 earthquake that struck western Colombia on Monday has risen to 132, with more than 570 others injured, the Colombian government said in its latest update.

The head of military intelligence for eastern Libya's Libyan National Army ​was killed on Monday when an ‌explosive device detonated in his car outside his home in the Hawari area of Benghazi, ​two security sources told Reuters.

People in the Northern, North Central, Eastern and Uva Provinces are facing severe hardships due to the prevailing dry weather conditions.

The Irrigation Department says there is currently no risk of flooding in any part of the country as rainfall has eased across Sri Lanka.

An 18-year-old youth has died following a motorcycle accident in the Welihena area in Dambulla.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday responded to Iran's conditions for a peace deal with his own demands ​that Iran pay compensation for people killed in wars, attacks and protests, in a rhetorical escalation likely to complicate efforts to reopen the Strait of ‌Hormuz.

Showers will occur at times in Sabaragamuwa province and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts, today (11), the Department of Meteorology said.

At least 111 people are dead and a state of emergency has been declared after Colombia was hit by one of its largest earthquakes in years.

Sri Lanka’s mine-clearance programme has been highly successful, according to internationally renowned Hollywood actress and International Mine-Clearance Ambassador Rosamund Pike.

Organised crime suspect Danushka Kaushalya, alias “Ratmalane Saima,” who was arrested in Malaysia, was brought back to Sri Lanka today (10), with police investigations uncovering information relating to several organised crimes.

The death toll after a strong earthquake that rocked western Colombia on Monday has risen to at least 20, authorities said.

Property damage caused by recent unrest at the Negombo, Mahara, Magazine, Pallansena and Kuruwita prisons has exceeded Rs. 255 million.

The shooting took place at around 1:20 p.m. near a building materials shop on Sri Sangharaja Mawatha in Maligawatte.

A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and other Latin American countries on Monday (Aug 10), causing unspecified damage and injuries and building evacuations in Bogota.

The General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Sagara Kariyawasam has been released on bail by the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court today (10).