Sri Lanka Police have issued a statement addressing remarks made by former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila concerning former intelligence chief Suresh Sallay,

Three individuals have drowned while bathing at the Daluwa Estuary in Norochcholai, said police.

A woman was killed and 12 others were left injured after a small lorry veered off the road and crashed into a tree in the Mudalakkuliya area in Anamaduwa, at around 1.00 p.m. today (06).

Ukraine fired hundreds of drones at Russia early on June 6, leaving one person dead and setting an oil depot ablaze on the final day of the country’s flagship economic forum in St Petersburg, officials said.

Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU), former MP Udaya Gammanpila, has alleged that former Head of the State Intelligence Service, Maj. Gen. (Retd) Suresh Sallay, who is currently being held under detention orders, has launched a hunger strike.

Showers or thundershowers are expected at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, and North-Western Provinces, as well as in the Galle, Matara, Kandy, and Nuwara Eliya districts, according to the Department of Meteorology.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has alleged that the incumbent government, which he claims is alarmed by the results of the Local Government elections, is deliberately delaying the Provincial Council polls.

The owner of the cab involved in the recent fatal crash at Meegoda Junction, which claimed the lives of six persons and left several others injured, along with another suspect, has been remanded until June 16.

Kuwait’s air traffic resumed on Saturday after it was temporarily suspended following Iranian attacks, the Kuwaiti Civil Aviation Directorate said on Saturday. MORE..

The U.N. food agency said millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high. MORE..

A suspect has been arrested in the Kuruppumulla area of Panadura while in possession of a foreign-manufactured revolver, 49 rounds of T-56 ammunition and nine rounds of 9mm ammunition.

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

Health authorities have warned that hospitals are reaching or exceeding their capacity to accommodate dengue patients amid a rapid increase in infections across the country.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism has issued a public appeal requesting assistance in identifying an individual believed to be of Sri Lankan origin currently residing in Lebanon. MORE..

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday strongly backed India’s strategic autonomy and said any attempt to pressure India through sanctions would boomerang under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. MORE..