The body of an unidentified man has been recovered from the Kelani River in the Jalthara area within the Hanwella Police Division.

A train derailed between Rouen and Caen in Normandy, northern France, injuring 44 people on Friday ​evening at around 7:30 p.m. local time, ​French authorities and the French railway operator said.

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 7,000, with the virus spreading to a new province, government ​data showed on Friday.

Iraq ordered the closure of ​the Shalamcheh border ‌crossing between Iraq and Iran as ​a precautionary measure ​after the latest drone ⁠attacks on ​Saudi Arabia, two security ​sources told Reuters on Saturday.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on ​Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on a vital global shipping route in the widening Middle East war.

Several spells of showers will occur in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts today (12), according to the Department of Meteorology.

Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development Bimal Rathnayake says the Government is implementing a people-centered and sustainable urban development programme aimed at creating cities where people can live comfortably, rather than focusing solely on concrete buildings.

The Public Service Commission has approved a request made by the Ministry of Education to provide concessions regarding the efficiency bar examinations required under the Sri Lanka Teacher Service.

U.S. President Donald Trump vowed Friday that the United States would never forget the September 11, 2001 attacks and would continue to "fight," as he marked the 25th anniversary in a ceremony at the Pentagon.

Six grenade attacks have been carried out by organized criminal gangs in Sri Lanka so far this year.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have seized control of the country's entire Red Sea coast, a military official from the internationally recognised government told AFP on Friday, consolidating the group's control of the vital waterway.

Prices in the US rose by 3.4% in the year to August, with the cost of living pushed up by higher gasoline prices, official figures show.

A special discussion has been held to brief representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the paperless Customs Declaration Processing System scheduled to be implemented by Sri Lanka Customs from October 01, 2026.

A 17-year-old individual who was found stranded on a sandbank in the sea off Talaimannar has been rescued by the Sri Lanka Navy today (11).

The newly appointed Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Sri Lanka, Wei Huaxiang, has paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of Parliament, Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne at the Parliament premises.