A 22-year-old individual has been arrested with a stock of foreign cigarettes allegedly smuggled into Sri Lanka, the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) said.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday (Aug 15) proposed talks with North Korea to formally end the long-running Korean War, as Pyongyang deepens ties with Russia while asserting its status as an "irreversible" nuclear state.

Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western province and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts, today (16), the Department of Meteorology said.

The individual who was admitted to hospital after being shot and injured at Huludagoda Road in Mount Lavinia, has succumbed to injuries, a short while ago, police said.

The United Arab Emirates said ​on Saturday Iran had attacked an Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ‌vessel while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, the Emirati state news agency WAM reported.

Two individuals engaged in maintenance work at a fuel station along New Galle Road in Egodauyana, Moratuwa, sustained injuries and were admitted to Panadura Hospital after a pipe exploded during maintenance activities.

Rescuers combed through debris for survivors on Saturday (Aug 15) after a powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern Flores island, killing at least 47 people, according to a disaster official.

The Department of Meteorology says there is no tsunami threat to Sri Lanka at present with the effect of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Saturday, hours after at least 38 people were killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Saturday, hours after at least 38 people were killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).

The Department of Meteorology has issued a warm weather advisory for Vavuniya, Mullaitivu, Trincomalee, Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa, Ampara, and Monaragala districts.

The Sri Lanka Grama Niladhari Union has announced that Grama Niladhari Officers will withdraw from Saturday duties with effect from today (15), citing the government’s failure to address their demands following previous trade union action.

The Central Crimes Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has obtained a 72-hour detention order to further interrogate alleged large-scale drug trafficker Shiran Basik following his deportation to Sri Lanka from Dubai on Thursday (14).

A total of 709 prisoners who had escaped from prisons before completing their sentences have not been re-arrested, according to a recent report released by the National Audit Office.

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

Eleven navy personnel have been rescued and hospitalized after a Dvora vessel of the Sri Lanka Navy was involved in an accident in the seas off the coast of Angulana.

Rescuers combed through debris for survivors Saturday (Aug 15) after a powerful earthquake struck off Flores island in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 20 people and sending thousands fleeing.

An earthquake of magnitude 5 struck the southern Spanish ​city of Granada in the early ‌hours of Saturday morning, with the regional government saying houses and cars were ​damaged but no injuries had ​been reported.

Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath has extended warm congratulations to the Governments and people of India and Pakistan on the occasion of their respective Independence Days.