It has been revealed that a 30-year-old man who was murdered in Weeraketiya was an active member of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and served as the Media Secretary of the Hambantota District Youth SJB.

All arrangements have been finalized for the National Poson Festival, which will be centred around the historic Mihintale, the Anuradhapura Atamasthana sacred sites, and the Tantirimale Rajamaha Viharaya.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a viral social media video showing the inhumane assault of a dog, police said.

Four suspects, including a woman, have been arrested at the arrival terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake during a raid conducted by officers of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) based on intelligence information.

An ‘Amber’ advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for rough sea conditions and strong winds for sea areas extending from Kankasanthurai to Pottuvil via Mannar, Colombo, Galle and Hambantota.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday claimed it had destroyed eight US military infrastructures in Kuwait and Bahrain in a joint missile and drone operation, describing the strikes as retaliation for a second wave of US military attacks on Iranian targets.

A special programme has been launched to issue National Identity Cards (NICs) to elderly individuals from low-income families who have been unable to receive the senior citizens' allowance due to the lack of an NIC.

Israeli military said ​on Sunday it ‌killed Hezbollah militants armed ​with rocket-propelled ​grenades and struck a ⁠rocket ​launcher in the ​Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon to ​remove ​threats to its soldiers.

The cost of printing excise security labels on liquor bottles has not been reduced despite most manufacturers now using digitally printed labels instead of physical stickers, it was revealed at the Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF).

The number of dengue-related deaths reported in Sri Lanka so far this year has risen to 31, according to the National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU).

More than 18,000 Dansals have been registered across Sri Lanka for the Poson Poya festival, the Public Health Inspectors' (PHI) Union says.

Four people, including a 16-year-old motorcyclist and a female pedestrian, have been killed in separate road accidents reported in Polonnaruwa, Ambanpola, Piliyandala and Ingiriya, Police said.

An individual has been attacked to death using a sharp weapon in the Kinchigune area within the Weeraketiya Police Division.

Less than two years after India and Sri Lanka relaunched the passenger ferry, the state is moving to commercialise the route’s onshore infrastructure, inviting bids for duty-free retail and foreign-exchange concessions at the Nagapattinam International Passenger Terminal.

The body of an unidentified man has been discovered floating in a canal in the Halgahawatta area within the Sahaspura Police Division, police said.

The death toll from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes rose above 1,400. with 3,238 injured, on Saturday as ​foreign rescue teams poured into the country and authorities pressed on with the search for survivors in the hardest-hit coastal areas.

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected a U.S.-brokered security agreement between Lebanon and Israel on ‌Saturday a day after it was signed, describing it as a surrender to Israel.

Showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle,  Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts, today (28), the Department  of Meteorology said.