A delegation led by Inoue Naoki, President of the Sri Lanka–Japan Friendship Association has met with Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake at the Presidential Secretariat.

A total of 1,693 individuals have lost their lives in fatal road accidents reported across Sri Lanka so far this year, according to Sri Lanka Police.

Sri Lanka Police says that Red Notices have been issued through Interpol to apprehend and bring back 93 wanted suspects hiding overseas in connection with crimes committed in Sri Lanka.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has called for Sri Lanka’s education and assessment systems to be modernized, with greater emphasis on skills, creativity, experiential learning and the overall development of students.

Amid the arrest of nine fishermen from Rameswaram by the Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister Srinath on Thursday said that he will visit Delhi next week to take up the issue with the Union Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar, and the Union Minister of Fisheries,

A man has been arrested by the Mirihana Special Investigations Unit for allegedly defrauding large sums of money from individuals by claiming through social media that he provided house construction services.

Two individuals who allegedly collected money from job seekers by promising employment opportunities in Israel’s construction and hospitality sectors have been arrested.

South Korea's Incheon has become the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic for the first time, new figures show.

Police suspect that the shooting death of the mother of Nirmala Prasanga alias “Backhoe Saman,” who is currently being held at the Boossa High-Security Prison, was carried out in retaliation for the killing of underworld figure Ganemulla Sanjeewa.

Senior Vice President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Shohei Hara and a delegation met Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at Temple Trees to discuss Sri Lanka’s post-disaster recovery, economic development and future cooperation.

Two U.S. Army soldiers died when an Apache military helicopter attached to ​the service's Fort Hood base crashed ‌into a field in Texas on Wednesday, sparking a large grass fire, officials said.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has assured that he will not exercise his executive powers beyond the limits set by the Constitution. The President made the remarks during a meeting with representatives of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday (12).

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has announced that Value Added Tax (VAT) for July 2026 must be paid on or before August 20, 2026.

The Department of Meteorology says that, with the prevailing dry weather conditions, the feels-like temperature has risen to concerning levels in several parts of the island.

The motorcycle allegedly used by the suspects involved in the murder of the mother of underworld figure ‘Backhoe Saman’, has been found abandoned in the Urubokka area, Police said.

Former Deputy Secretary-General of Parliament Chaminda Kularatne has arrived at the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), a short while ago.

The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a fishing trawler along with nine Indian fishermen for fishing in Sri Lankan waters off Urumalei Point, Talaimannar.

Sri Lanka’s first report under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is set to be reviewed at the 35th session of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Geneva, Switzerland.