A total of 652 individuals have been arrested during island-wide operations launched by Sri Lanka Police to apprehend individuals linked to crimes and drug-related offences.

The Department of Meteorology has issued an “Amber” advisory for strong winds and rough seas in the sea areas extending from Kankasanthurai to Kalpitiya via Mannar and from Matara to Pottuvil via Hambantota.

Russian forces have launched a major drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, killing at least 10 people, officials say.

The number of dengue-related deaths confirmed in Sri Lanka in 2026 has increased to 35, the National Dengue Control Unit has confirmed.

Around 30 people die daily in Sri Lanka due to various accidents, the Ministry of Health has revealed highlighting what officials describe as a largely preventable public health burden.

The alleged plot to topple the TVK government led by Joseph Vijay in Tamil Nadu has blown into an all-out political slugfest, with the TVK and its allies trading charges with the opposition DMK and AIADMK.

There has been a growing trend of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, among adolescents in Sri Lanka, the Minister of Health and Mass Media, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated.

Venezuela’s earthquake catastrophe entered its seventh day today with the official death toll climbing to 2,295, while a deepening crisis over missing persons, displacements and deteriorating conditions in the hardest-hit areas intensified pressure on the country’s fragile post-Maduro government.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka has expressed its full support for Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and the Catholic Church’s efforts to seek truth and justice for victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks.

Water tariffs are unlikely to be revised during the next six months of the year, the Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply, Susil Ranasinghe.

The US has declined to renew the landmark US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in its current form, according to a senior US official.

A total of 13 shop owners in the Kilinochchi town area have been fined for allegedly selling cigarettes to underage students attending schools and tuition classes, police said.

An individual has been arrested with over five kilograms of heroin during a raid conducted by officers of the Colombo Crime Detection Bureau (CCDB) along Ferguson Road in Mattakkuliya, police said.

Two members of a family were killed while two others injured after the three-wheeler they were traveling in collided head-on with a private bus along the Galle–Colombo main road in Katukurunda, within the Payagala Police Division, at around midnight, police stated.

Oil prices fell more than 1% on Wednesday to their lowest levels since March as optimism over U.S.-Iran talks allayed supply concerns after U.S. President Donald Trump said talks in Qatar had gone well.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has issued an amended list of companies and institutions that are reportedly engaged in prohibited pyramid schemes.

The number of tourist arrivals in the month of June has declined by 9.9% in comparison to June, 2025, data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) shows.

A few showers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in the Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts today (02), the Department of Meteorology stated.