The bodies of a 35-year-old woman and two girls who went missing while bathing in the sea off the Epamulla coast in Pamunugama have been recovered, while the 13-year-old boy remains missing, police said.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has departed Sri Lanka, today (31), to undertake an official visit to Bhutan to participate in the Global Conscious Food Systems Summit, scheduled to be held in Bhutan.

The deadline for filing petitions in support of or against the 22nd Constitutional Amendment Bill ends today (31).

Member of Parliament (MP) Ravi Karunanayake is scheduled to appear before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today (31) to provide a statement in connection with an ongoing investigation.

More than 250 Japanese tourists and investors have arrived in Sri Lanka for the first time, seeking to renew the longstanding friendship between Japan and Sri Lanka.

A woman and three children have gone missing after reportedly drowning while bathing in the sea off the Epamulla coast in Pamunugama.

Global oil prices jumped more than $1 a ‌barrel on Monday after the U.S. attacked an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz and drew retaliation from Tehran, as conflict in the Middle East extended into its sixth month.

Several spells of showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts, today (31), the Department of Meteorology said.

The Nepal Tourism Board says 289 foreign nationals have been rescued since the floods hit earlier in the week.

U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak Island on Sunday, ​a U.S. official said, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since ‌late July.