There will be no change in the domestic refill prices of LAUGFS Gas for the month of September, the company announced today.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has denied all the allegations levelled against its National Organiser, MP Namal Rajapaksa, who was arrested and remanded yesterday in connection with the controversial Airbus deal.

U.S. special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed in Moscow on Saturday for talks on how to end the ‌war in Ukraine, where they were met by Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev.

The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), during its routine maritime surveillance and patrol operations, today (September 5) provided urgent humanitarian assistance to a group of 8 individuals, including four women and three children, found stranded on a remote sandbank off Thalaimannar.

Two youths have drowned while bathing in the Nanu Oya canal, which flows from Nuwara Eliya towards the Kotmale Reservoir, said Ada Derana reporter.

A pilot project has been launched to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to intercity private buses, with the aim of enhancing the safety of both passengers and drivers.

A Chinese national was pulled alive from a ​tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, ​the authorities said, 10 days ⁠after a wall of ice, ​rock and mud tore through a ​Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people and leaving over 5,600 missing.

An Iranian tanker ‌was hit by U.S. forces on Saturday near Iran's key oil export hub, Kharg Island, in the Gulf, the semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim reported.

The main suspect in the murder of a man who was allegedly killed by being doused with petrol and set on fire at Oban Place in Dehiwala on August 29 has been arrested by the Mount Lavinia Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau.

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

Due to the reduction in gas prices, the price of a cup of milk tea and plain tea will be reduced by Rs. 5 from midnight today (5), according to the All-Island Restaurant Owners’ Association.

The National Disaster Relief Services Centre (NDRSC) states that a total of 115,534 individuals across 35 Divisional Secretariat Divisions in seven districts in Sri Lanka have been affected by the prevailing dry weather conditions attributed to the El Niño weather pattern.

Boralesgamuwa Police have uncovered further details regarding an incident in which a man was shot dead inside a residence on Malani Bulathsinghala Mawatha, Boralesgamuwa, last night (04).

One person ​has been confirmed dead ‌and 11 others remain missing after torrential rains ​triggered a mudslide early ​Saturday morning in a ⁠town in China's ​Jiangxi Province, local authorities said.

Sri Lanka Police have recovered a T-56 assault rifle, four magazines and 25 rounds of ammunition from an unattended parcel found on the Mahakanadarawa Tank embankment in Mihintale.

A 17-year-old youth has died after a tractor travelling along the Rambawala tank bund on the Divulwewa-Weligollawa Road overturned and plunged towards the tank.

President Donald Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are not a “war.”

The price of Litro domestic LP gas cylinders will be reduced with effect from today (05), the Chairman of Litro Gas Lanka, Channa Gunawardana, announced.