The Director General of the Department of Fisheries Aquatic Resources, Susantha Kahawatta, stated that one of the two Sri Lankan fishermen taken onboard the Singaporean merchant vessel for emergency treatment has been reported dead, raising the total deaths to five among the 6-member crew. MORE..
30 Jun 2024 (1:25 PM)
Five children and two adults have died in mudslides in Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian country on the front line of climate change, the government said Saturday. MORE..
30 Jun 2024 (7:56 PM)
Two Sri Lanka Navy personnel attached to the Intelligence Unit have been arrested by the SL Navy Special Investigation Unit over their alleged involvement in a large-scale drug smuggling racket. MORE..
30 Jun 2024 (4:06 PM)
The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Colombo coordinated the retrieval of two critically ill fishermen on the multi-day fishing trawler "Devon 5", through the merchant ship MV KOTA CAMIL this morning (30). MORE..
30 Jun 2024 (11:05 PM)
At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in a string of suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, emergency services said. MORE..
30 Jun 2024 (1:07 PM)
Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel have arrested an individual for attempting to commit murder by attacking another person with a sharp weapon. MORE..
30 Jun 2024 (12:26 PM)