Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Wasantha Samarasinghe has stated that Sri Lanka aims to increase its total export earnings beyond USD 36 billion by 2030.

The death toll in Spain’s Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67, the Spanish government said Saturday. They included some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier.

Sri Lanka Customs officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) have seized a stock of narcotics estimated to be worth over Rs. 100 million, concealed in an air cargo consignment sent from Thailand.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has extended his congratulations to Sri Lankan athletics star Rumesh Tharanga, who won the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The Department of Meteorology has issued an “Amber” advisory for strong winds affecting the Northern, North Central, North Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces, and the Monaragala, Hambantota and Trincomalee districts.

The Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has issues and emergency alert that 17 empty shipping containers that fell overboard from a merchant vessel are currently drifting in the sea, approximately 17 nautical miles west of the Colombo Port.

A joint search and rescue operation by the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) and the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) is underway following the capsizing of a fishing vessel in the seas off Negombo.

A 45-year-old man has been killed after being attacked by a wild elephant in the Kuda Oya area of Dambagalla, police said.

A joint operation by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) has been launched to rescue a fishing vessel reported to be in distress in the seas off Negombo.

The Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters' Association (SLRSMA) has warned that it will resort to trade union action in the near future if the authorities fail to take immediate steps to resolve ongoing issues within the Railway Department.

The Meteorological Department has issued a marine weather forecast warning of rough sea conditions in several areas around Sri Lanka, advising naval and fishing communities to remain vigilant and avoid entering affected sea areas until further notice.

The Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has imposed an immediate prohibition on small fishing boats venturing into the sea along the coastal belt from Jaffna to Beruwala following forecasts of adverse weather conditions.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area near the southern Italian city of Naples on Friday, ​causing power outages, disrupting train and metro services and damaging ‌some buildings, authorities said.

Yemen's Houthi-run maritime coordination body denied on Saturday that it ​planned to impose fees on commercial ships ‌transiting the Bab el-Mandeb strait, saying no such decision had been taken and that passage through the strategic ​waterway remained free.

According to the Department of Irrigation, there is a possibility of minor flooding in low-lying areas of the Kelani River valley within the next 48 hours.

Oil prices rose on Friday after Iran said it had stopped two vessels seeking to exit the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring concerns over global ​energy supplies following a drone attack on ships in a Mediterranean Egyptian port this week.

The U.S. Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter is expected to live after ejecting from the jet before it crashed in California.

Spain said on Friday it had reversed a huge rush of migrants into a Spanish enclave in North Africa, with most of the more than 50,000 people who had crossed the border by land and sea ​already heading back voluntarily.