The cost of printing excise security labels on liquor bottles has not been reduced despite most manufacturers now using digitally printed labels instead of physical stickers, it was revealed at the Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF).

The number of dengue-related deaths reported in Sri Lanka so far this year has risen to 31, according to the National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU).

More than 18,000 Dansals have been registered across Sri Lanka for the Poson Poya festival, the Public Health Inspectors' (PHI) Union says.

Four people, including a 16-year-old motorcyclist and a female pedestrian, have been killed in separate road accidents reported in Polonnaruwa, Ambanpola, Piliyandala and Ingiriya, Police said.

An individual has been attacked to death using a sharp weapon in the Kinchigune area within the Weeraketiya Police Division.

Less than two years after India and Sri Lanka relaunched the passenger ferry, the state is moving to commercialise the route’s onshore infrastructure, inviting bids for duty-free retail and foreign-exchange concessions at the Nagapattinam International Passenger Terminal.

The body of an unidentified man has been discovered floating in a canal in the Halgahawatta area within the Sahaspura Police Division, police said.

The death toll from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes rose above 1,400. with 3,238 injured, on Saturday as ​foreign rescue teams poured into the country and authorities pressed on with the search for survivors in the hardest-hit coastal areas.

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected a U.S.-brokered security agreement between Lebanon and Israel on ‌Saturday a day after it was signed, describing it as a surrender to Israel.

Showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle,  Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts, today (28), the Department  of Meteorology said.

The US military on Saturday conducted more strikes against Iranian targets at the president’s direction “in direct response to continued Iranian aggression,” US Central Command said.

An earthquake 6.2 magnitude struck Afghanistan on Saturday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). Tremors were also felt across several parts of north India. The quake occurred at 7.04pm, it struck at a depth of 215 km beneath the surface, the NCS said.

Leader of 'Sarvajana Balaya' and Member of Parliament Dilith Jayaweera stated that public confidence in the current government has completely eroded.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) successfully conducted its 2026/27 Annual General Meeting, during which new office bearers were elected to lead the Association for the forthcoming term.

A Sri Lankan national was detained at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru after allegedly attempting to travel to London using a forged Canadian passport and fake immigration documents.

Britain’s government said it will open safe, legal routes for eligible refugees, while also changing human rights laws to make it easier to deport people who are in the country illegally.

Up to 6.76 million people could be affected by the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24th June, according to initial estimates by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

A tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unidentified projectile on Saturday, causing damage to the vessel's bridge, while all crew members remain safe, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said.