The Department of Meteorology has issued an ‘Amber’ advisory for severe lightning in the Eastern and Uva provinces and the Polonnaruwa District.

The landslide early warning issued by the National Building Research Institute (NBRI) has been further extended.

The deaths of two Sri Lankan women in separate incidents in Ali Sabah Al-Salem and Al-Nahda have prompted investigations by the authorities, with both cases registered as suspected foul play.

In connection with the investigation into the assassination of an attorney-at-law and his wife in a parking lot within the Thalangama Police Division on February 13, 2026, investigating officers have seized a bus suspected of having been used to transport the shooter involved in the crime.

A magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck waters near the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Saturday, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to issue a tsunami warning.

Seven people have been killed in an attack on a funeral in central Jordan, officials have said.

The satyagraha launched by a group of Buddhist monks at Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo, demanding the release of the imprisoned Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, enters its ninth day today (24).

An Extraordinary Gazette has been issued temporarily suspending the registration of the National Sports Association for Automobile Sports.

A stock of sacks suspected to contain narcotics was recovered from Talalla Beach in Matara this morning (24), the Sri Lanka Navy said.

Oil prices ​settled more than $3 higher on Friday, their highest in nearly six months after Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia stoked concerns over further disruption ‌to energy supplies from the Middle East, where UAE authorities also reported an oil spill.