U.S. President Donald Trump said on ​Saturday he would deliver a speech to mark the country's 250th anniversary on the National Mall "no matter what," as summer ‌thunderstorms threatened to delay or disrupt the event.

A fire has broken out in a protected reserve near the Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery, Kumbalwela in the Ella Police Division, last night (04).

U.S. President Donald Trump was due to mark the country's 250th anniversary on Saturday with a political rally on a fenced-off National ​Mall in Washington, though summer thunderstorms threatened to disrupt the event at least temporarily.

The Department of Examinations has released the re-scrutiny results of the 2025 G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) Examination.

Several spells of showers will occur in Sabaragamuwa province and in Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya Districts, today (05), the Department of Meteorology said.

India's government on Friday ​sought to contain a growing backlash against its mandatory use of 20% ethanol-blended petrol, as consumers ‌unhappy about lower fuel efficiency and vehicle performance, planned a protest against the policy.

A suspect wanted in connection with the assassination of a lawyer and his wife in Akuregoda has been arrested by security forces in the Maldives.

Two locally manufactured firearms, identical to the 18 weapons recently recovered in Dematagoda, have been seized in the Modara area by officers of the Central Criminal Investigation Bureau (CCIB).

The Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Pakistan, Lieutenant General (Retd) Muhammad Ali, has paid a courtesy call on Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General (Retd) Aruna Jayasekara, at his office in Colombo.

After weeks of reviewing contested ballots, protests and accusations of fraud in a razor-thin race, conservative Keiko Fujimori was officially declared the winner of Peru’s presidential race by the country’s electoral office on Friday.

China has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening development cooperation with Sri Lanka, emphasizing long-term partnership, mutual modernization, and expanded economic collaboration across key sectors, according to remarks delivered at a high-level forum in Colombo.

The Sri Lanka Navy has apprehended 27 individuals for engaging in illegal fishing activities during operations conducted in local waters between June 16 and June 30.

The Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), chaired a meeting on Friday at the Ministry of Defence to address pressing garbage disposal and waste management issues affecting the Colombo Municipal Council area.

As Iran commenced the funeral ceremonies of its late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday (July 4), US President Donald Trump remarked that Washington had effectively given Tehran "a week off" to conduct the final rites.

A special dengue prevention operation will be launched tomorrow (05), targeting 23 high-risk dengue zones across the Western Province.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump agreed to meet in the United States in the near future during a phone conversation on Friday, according to a report by the Times of Israel, citing a statement from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

Actively contributing to the national effort to combat the dengue menace, a special dengue prevention programme with the full participation of the Tri-Forces commenced this morning (04), centred in the Western Province.

The Chairperson and Commissioners of the Independent National Women’s Commission of Sri Lanka met Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at Temple Trees on Friday.