The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it suspects some rare human to human transmission took place between close contacts on board a luxury cruise ship hit by seven confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases. MORE..
5 May 2026 (6:35 PM)
South Korea is evaluating whether to join US efforts to guide merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz, the country s foreign ministry said in a statement Tuesday. MORE..
5 May 2026 (5:45 PM)
There is no requirement to remove the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Harshana Suriyapperuma from office in connection with the reported incident involving US$2.5 million intended for external debt repayment but allegedly diverted to another party, the Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Nalinda Jayatissa has stated. MORE..
5 May 2026 (6:52 PM)
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that American forces would need to conduct a ground mission into Iran to secure enriched uranium that remains trapped beneath the rubble of nuclear facilities destroyed in last year s joint U.S.-Israeli aerial campaign. MORE..
5 May 2026 (10:55 PM)
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), along with an associated low-level atmospheric disturbance, is likely to develop in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, according to the Department of Meteorology. MORE..
5 May 2026 (6:16 PM)
The Illegal Assets Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has today (05) imposed restrictions on properties worth over Rs. 40 million, believed to have been acquired through a drug trafficking network linked to an associate of a major drug trafficker known as �Panadura Kudu Salindu�. MORE..
5 May 2026 (8:30 PM)