The Department of Meteorology has issued an advisory for severe lightning in several provinces and districts. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (5:21 PM)

The Gampaha High Court the Trial-at-Bar has deferred delivering the verdict in the case against a Brigadier and three soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army over the shooting to death of three persons and injuring several others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water at Rathupaswala, Gampaha. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (5:16 PM)

A "man with a sword" has been arrested after reports several people have been stabbed, including two police officers, near a Tube station. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (4:34 PM)

The government plans to designate 49 more destinations as official tourist zones, says State Minister Diana Gamage. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (3:35 PM)

At least four people have been killed in a Russian missile strike that hit a Gothic-style building in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (2:24 PM)

The Colombo High Court on Friday (30) acquitted and released former minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage from the money laundering case filed against him. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (1:11 PM)