Both upcoming cultivation seasons can be successfully managed without difficulty if the Maha season is commenced early and without delay, according to the Director of the Water Management Secretariat of the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, Nilantha Dhanapala.

Oil prices fell on Monday (Aug 24) as investors braced for details of a United States plan to isolate the Iranian economy that President Donald Trump billed as the "most crushing" financial operation ever against Tehran.

Although water levels in the main reservoirs of the island’s wet zone remain stable, the water capacity of reservoirs in the dry zone is rapidly declining, according to the Director of Irrigation, Engineer L. S. Sooriyabandara.

Oman's Foreign Minister ​Sayyid Badr Albusaidi ‌will visit Tehran on Tuesday ​to continue ​talks between Iran and ⁠Oman on ​the Strait of ​Hormuz, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei ​said on ​Monday.

SJB MP Chaminda Wijesiri, who was sentenced to one and a half years of imprisonment by the Badulla High Court for threatening the lives of two police officers and assaulting them in 2019, has been granted bail by the Badulla High Court after considering his appeal.

A total of 94,037 dengue cases have been reported across Sri Lanka so far this year, according to health authorities.

A two-year-old child has reportedly died after falling into a canal in the Galnewa–Galewewa Road area.

The mother of former Head of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, has written to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, urging him not to extend her son’s detention.

The body of the doctor attached to the Badulla Hospital who was reported missing has been found on a rock near the Mapakadawewa area in Mahiyanganaya.

The Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on Sunday approved a provision in a draft law allowing Tehran to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Four individuals have been killed in separate road accidents reported in several parts of the country within the past 24 hours.

Sri Lanka Police says that an anesthesiologist attached to the Badulla Teaching Hospital has been reported missing.

Andy Burnham will mark his first foreign visit as prime minister with a trip to Kyiv on Monday to reiterate the UK's support for Ukraine and honour the country's independence day.

A landslide at a landfill in Guinea's capital killed 30 people, ​the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted the ‌collapse of a massive mound of waste that engulfed nearby tents and shacks.

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) says seven districts across the country have been affected by dry weather conditions caused by the El Niño phenomenon.

The U.S. threatened Iran with what it called "the greatest financial offensive ever marshalled" as it prepared to ​roll out economic sanctions on Monday that target Iran's trade partners.

The Public Health Inspector’s Union (PHI) of Sri Lanka will be launching an island-wide trade union action from 8.00 a.m. today (24).

A suspect detained under a detention order in connection with a drug-related offence has been revealed to have aided and abetted the shooting and killing of a woman in the Middeniya Police Division.