At least two individuals have died following a clash between two groups of inmates within the Negombo Prison this afternoon (05).

The service firearm reported missing by the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Traffic Division of the Yatiyanthota Police has been recovered during a search operation conducted near the Yatiyanthota Bridge, police said.

The number of individuals admitted to the hospital following a scuffle between inmates within the Negombo Prison has increased to 20.

At least eight people have been shot, including four children, in Coney Island, New York on Saturday night, ABC News reported, citing the New York Police Department.

A woman allegedly involved in the long-running distribution of illegal liquor and narcotics in Eppawala and several surrounding areas has been arrested with heroin, police said.

OPEC+ is set to agree on Sunday (Jul 5) on another increase in output targets from August, sources with knowledge of the matter said, adding to global supply amid falling oil prices due to a gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz for oil exports.

Legal action has been taken against nearly 7,500 individuals found maintaining mosquito breeding sites since the start of the island-wide dengue epidemic, according to Acting Chairman of the Sri Lanka Public Health Inspectors' Union, Upul Rohana.

The 11th ‘National Injury Prevention Week’ is scheduled to commence tomorrow (06) with the aim of raising public awareness on accident prevention, as thousands of Sri Lankans lose their lives and hundreds of thousands more suffer injuries or disabilities due to accidents annually.

The Lanka Private Bus Owners' Association (LPBOA), has described the proposed annual bus fare revision as "distorted," claiming the government has deliberately failed to regulate fares.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the children of Sri Lanka are well capable of viewing the world with creativity and critical ways of thinking, and that the Government is committed...

An ‘Amber’ advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for strong winds affecting the Central, Northern, and Northcentral provinces and inRathnapura, Hambantota and Trincomalee districts.

President Donald Trump marked the 250th anniversary of the United States on Saturday with ​a campaign-style speech that repeated his calls for new voting restrictions, warned that "communists" could gain ground in the country and cycled through what he touted ‌as his achievements.

The public has been urged to contact the Dengue Relief Centre if they identify any mosquito breeding places in their local areas, the Additional Secretary, ‘Clean Sri Lanka Programme’ said.

Six people have been killed in separate road accidents reported across several parts of Sri Lanka during the past 24 hours, Police said.

The total number of dengue cases reported in the country so far this year has exceeded 59,000, according to the National Dengue Control Unit.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr ​Zelenskiy said on Saturday he had ‌spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump on the Fourth of July holiday and called ​for "American resolve" to help end the ​more than four-year-old war with Russia.

The government has decided to launch a special dengue eradication programme from today (05), covering 23 high-risk dengue areas across the Western Province.

A 27-year-old suspect has been arrested in the Hunupitiya area of Kiribathgoda for allegedly possessing a large stock of duty-free foreign cigarettes, bottles of foreign liquor and liquid used for electronic cigarettes.