The Department of Meteorology has issued an ‘Amber’ advisory for severe lightning in the Sabaragamuwa, Central, North Central, Uva and North Western provinces, and the districts of Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya and Mannar.

The Most Venerable Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Mahanayake Thero of the Asgiriya Chapter has stated that the imprisoned Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero should be released.

Police have read out and formally served a court order on the Buddhist monks staging a protest in front of the Presidential Secretariat.

The Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) states that 167,569 vehicles were transshipped and handled through the Hambantota International Port between March 2025 and September 2026.

Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa and former Krrish Group Executive Director and businesswoman Janaki Siriwardena have been further remanded until October 23 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court, in connection with an alleged bribery case involving the Krrish Group.

Police have obtained a court order from the Fort Magistrate’s Court prohibiting protests in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, citing its designation as a high-security zone, according to Sri Lanka Police.

Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody in connection with investigations into the controversial ‘Krrish’ deal, has been brought before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.

Three suspects have been arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting the recent fatal shooting of a man and a woman in front of a restaurant in Nagoda, Kalutara.

Three children and one teacher were shot dead at an elementary school Thursday in the northwestern US state of Oregon, police said, adding that the assailant was a 16-year-old who was killed by an armed bystander.

Buddhist monks and supporters participating in the “Justice for the Robe – National Pledge Offering and Freedom March,” organized under the leadership of the Maha Sangha to demand the release of Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero,

A Houthi missile attack on Yemen’s presidential palace in Aden killed five people and injured 16 others on Thursday, according to Yemen’s health minister.

The Department of Meteorology states that showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, Southern, Central, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western Provinces, as well as in the Northern Province and the Anuradhapura District.

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not ‌guilty on Thursday to a new US indictment accusing them of conspiring to torture political opponents.

Seven of 12 crew members are missing after a drone attack left a chemical tanker ablaze off Romania's coast on Thursday morning, naval authorities say.

A tense situation has unfolded outside the Presidential Secretariat as the police proceeded to remove a canopy erected by protesting Buddhist monks, triggering a confrontation between the Maha Sangha and the police officers.

The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen said on Thursday that the country's Houthis had attempted to attack dozens of Saudi airports, ports ​and oil facilities, as fighting between the Iran-aligned group and Saudi Arabia ‌intensified.

The Department of Irrigation has issued a warning of possible minor flooding in the low-lying areas of the Nilwala River basin within the next 24 hours.

A ​container ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past ‌24 hours after being hit by projectiles in separate incidents, maritime officials said on Wednesday.