Senior Sri Lankan artist, ‘Virindu’ vocalist, and veteran dance instructor Daya Nellampitiya has passed away at the age of 91.

Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, ​while fresh attacks around the region's two most important oil transit routes deepened concern over global energy supplies.

Blocks 1 and 2 of the Yala National Park have been temporarily closed from today (14) due to the prevailing dry weather conditions, the Department of Wildlife Conservation and Forest Conservation said.

President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday the ​United States could stay in Iran and "keep the ‌oil", drawing a parallel with a U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves.

Due to a low-level atmospheric disturbance in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, cloudy skies are expected over the Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and Uva provinces, with showers or thundershowers occurring at times, today (14), the Department of Meteorology said.

Oil prices jumped more than 2% on Monday, after new Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and Iranian attacks on ships in the Gulf compounded supply concerns following the closure of a key Saudi oil pipeline.

A Ugandan national has been arrested by officers of the Sri Lanka Customs Narcotics Control Unit for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine worth more than Rs. 50 million into Sri Lanka by swallowing around 90 capsules containing the drug.

A Russian drone has hit a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and top European security officials had passed through.

Sri Lanka has officially launched the first project under a programme aimed at adding 300 megawatts (MW) of solar power to the national electricity grid.

Sri Lankan javelin star Rumesh Tharanga continued his remarkable run of form by winning the men’s javelin throw at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hungary, overcoming a field featuring several of the world’s leading throwers.

The funeral of two brothers who were killed in a grenade attack on a house along the Sirisangabo Mawatha, Dehiwala, is scheduled to take place tomorrow (14) at the Mount Lavinia Public Cemetery.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday a lot of "very negative forces" are bringing things up about AI that won't happen and said that he wanted to make sure that the United States remains the industry leader.

The Sri Lanka Navy has successfully recovered Fast Attack Craft P 4447, bringing to a close a multi-stage emergency response following the vessel's distress during a routine patrol off Angulana on August 15.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara has sought the intervention of international human rights and parliamentary bodies over what he alleges is the obstruction of a parliamentary privilege question and interference with his freedom of speech in Parliament.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced that the government will take steps to remove the Value Added Tax (VAT) imposed on school books, with further details expected to be presented in the upcoming Budget.

Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports if it doesn't restart its major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to a loss of up to 4 per cent of global supply, Saudi oil buyers and traders said.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has questioned the practice of political power being passed from father to son, calling for a major transformation of Sri Lanka’s political culture.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for China and India to view each other as partners rather than rivals, outlining four priorities for ensuring the steady and sustained development of bilateral relations.