A 22-year-old man has died after drowning while bathing in Galpoththahena Lake in the Eheliyagoda area.

A 51-year-old woman has been arrested with 67 liters and 500 milliliters of illicit liquor during a raid conducted in the Wennappuwa area, police said.

Seven people including two police officers ‌died in a car crash in northeast England on Saturday after a car heading the wrong way down a major road hit a marked police ​armed response car, the local police force said.

A total of Rs. 10 million in government funds has been allocated for the development of Muslim places of worship in the Gampaha District, the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs stated.

Iran on Saturday denounced U.S. plans to announce new sanctions that could put further strain on the Islamic Republic's economy and have an impact ​on its most important trading partners including China.

Beloved Sri Lankan singer, musician and cultural icon, the late Visharad Dr. Nanda Malini, who made an invaluable contribution to Sri Lanka’s music industry, would have marked her 83rd birthday today (23).

The first Randoli Perahera of the historic Kandy Esala Perahera festival is scheduled to take to the streets today (23) at 6:44 p.m., at an auspicious time.

Sri Lanka’s tourism revenue declined by 11.5% during the first seven months of this year compared with the same period last year, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

A 56-year-old man has been attacked to death at a residence in the Kottalbadda area within the Kekirawa Police Division this morning (23), police said.

A Panama-flagged cargo ship sank in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, about 240 nautical miles from the Paradip coast in Odisha, officials confirmed.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has said a fresh wave of US tariffs on Canada is a "miscalculation" designed to "hurt and divide us", after trade talks collapsed late on Friday.

Several spells of showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, NuwaraEliya, Galle and Matara districts, today (23), the Department of Meteorology said.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday ​that starting September 8 Canada would impose tariffs on imports from ‌the United States across a raft of sectors in retaliation for President Donald Trump's new 50% tariffs that came into effect from midnight.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the policy of the Government is to ensure equal rights and equal opportunities for all, without leaving any citizen behind.

International passengers flying out of India will no longer need to have their boarding passes stamped at immigration counters from September 1, as the Bureau of Immigration moves to accept e-boarding passes on smartphones at all international airports.

The United Nations on Saturday welcomed Sri Lanka’s decision to simplify immigration procedures to expedite the voluntary return of refugees from India who left the country without valid documents during its decades-long war. 

Sri Lanka Police today announced that applications for police clearance certificates can now be submitted through the usual online procedure as the digital data system has been restored.

Beloved Sri Lankan singer, musician and cultural icon, the late Visharad Dr. Nanda Malini, was laid to rest this evening (22) in a cremation ceremony attended by relatives and loved ones at the Borella General Cemetery.