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Multi-day fishing trawler with suspected narcotics to be brought to Dikkowita Harbour General

Multi-day fishing trawler with suspected narcotics to be brought to Dikkowita Harbour

A multi-day fishing trawler suspected of carrying narcotics has been taken to Dikkowita Fisheries Harbour. The Sri Lanka Navy seized the trawler while it was…

16 Mar 2026
Warm weather advisory issued for several provinces and districts General

Warm weather advisory issued for several provinces and districts

A warm weather alert has been issued for people living in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, and North-western provinces, along with the Monaragala, Mannar,…

15 Mar 2026
Israel to continue Iran campaign for at least three more weeks General

Israel to continue Iran campaign for at least three more weeks

The Israeli military has announced plans to continue its campaign against Iran for at least three more weeks, as there are “thousands of targets” still to…

15 Mar 2026
Court issues warrant against MP Asoka Ranwala over road accident case General

Court issues warrant against MP Asoka Ranwala over road accident case

The Mahara Magistrate’s Court has authorized a warrant for the arrest of Asoka Ranwala, a Member of Parliament from the National People’s Power (NPP). This…

15 Mar 2026
Navy intercepts another multi-day fishing vessel carrying suspected narcotics General

Navy intercepts another multi-day fishing vessel carrying suspected narcotics

The Sri Lanka Navy has arrested five individuals and seized a local multi-day fishing boat believed to be carrying bags that may contain illegal drugs. The…

15 Mar 2026
Mahara court issues warrant against MP Asoka Ranwala over road accident case General

Mahara court issues warrant against MP Asoka Ranwala over road accident case

The Mahara Magistrate’s Court has released a warrant for the arrest of Asoka Ranwala, a Member of Parliament from the National People’s Power (NPP). This…

15 Mar 2026
Police officers deployed to control traffic near filling stations General

Police officers deployed to control traffic near filling stations

Police officers are now stationed near filling stations to help with traffic jams after the QR code system was brought back for fuel distribution, according to…

15 Mar 2026
Iran arrests 20 suspected Israeli spies General

Iran arrests 20 suspected Israeli spies

Iranian authorities have detained 20 individuals in Urmia, the main city of West Azerbaijan Province, on charges of spying and working with Israeli…

15 Mar 2026
Fuelpass registration now available for unregistered and transferred vehicles General

Fuelpass registration now available for unregistered and transferred vehicles

The registration for the QR code system is now open for new vehicles , transferred vehicles , and those that were never registered before, as confirmed by…

15 Mar 2026
More than 100 hospitalised in Israel over past 24 hours General

More than 100 hospitalised in Israel over past 24 hours

The health ministry of Israel has reported that in the last 24 hours, 108 individuals have been hospitalized due to injuries. Out of these, 96 suffered minor…

15 Mar 2026
Hamas calls on Iran not to target neighboring countries but affirms its right to self-defence General

Hamas calls on Iran not to target neighboring countries but affirms its right to self-defence

Hamas, the Palestinian militant group aligned with Iran, has urged Iran not to strike neighboring countries while affirming its right to defend itself against…

15 Mar 2026
Water supply disrupted in several areas in Kalutara General

Water supply disrupted in several areas in Kalutara

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) has reported that water service is interrupted in multiple areas of Kalutara. This issue is caused by a…

15 Mar 2026
Illegal assets worth Rs. 55.5 million linked to drug trafficker frozen General

Illegal assets worth Rs. 55.5 million linked to drug trafficker frozen

The Illegal Assets Investigation Division has put a freeze on assets worth Rs. 55.5 million linked to a suspected drug trafficker. This action came after the…

15 Mar 2026
IRGC warns attacks on US banks in Gulf region will expand if more Iranian banks are targeted General

IRGC warns attacks on US banks in Gulf region will expand if more Iranian banks are targeted

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a warning on Saturday, stating that if more Iranian banks are attacked, the strikes on American bank…

15 Mar 2026
Have to damage these bases so they cannot attack - Representative of Iran s Supreme Leader clarifies strikes on Gulf nations General

Have to damage these bases so they cannot attack - Representative of Iran s Supreme Leader clarifies strikes on Gulf nations

Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader in India , spoke on Saturday about Iran’s attacks on Gulf nations during the ongoing West…

14 Mar 2026
Iran warns US hideouts in UAE are legitimate targets General

Iran warns US hideouts in UAE are legitimate targets

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned the United Arab Emirates that US military "hideouts" are valid targets. This follows a US attack on…

14 Mar 2026
Deadly US attack on warship in Indian Ocean will not go unanswered- Iran army chief General

Deadly US attack on warship in Indian Ocean will not go unanswered- Iran army chief

Amir Hatami, the chief of the Iranian army, has stated that the deaths of 104 crew members from the IRIS Dena, one of Iran's latest warships, in the Indian…

14 Mar 2026
Formal investigation before eviction of Divulapathana residents – AG tells SC General

Formal investigation before eviction of Divulapathana residents – AG tells SC

The Attorney General has told the Supreme Court that an official investigation will take place regarding the residents of Divulapathana village in the Eastern…

14 Mar 2026
Suspect arrested with firearms and ammunition in Kaduwela General

Suspect arrested with firearms and ammunition in Kaduwela

A suspect was taken into custody in the Weliwita area of the Kaduwela Police Division after being found with a stash of guns and live ammunition. The Sri Lanka…

14 Mar 2026
Ten suspects granted 7-day detention over southern sea drug and weapons haul General

Ten suspects granted 7-day detention over southern sea drug and weapons haul

Ten individuals have been granted a week-long detention after being arrested in connection with a significant drug and weapons bust involving two multi-day…

14 Mar 2026
Sri Lanka repatriates remains of 84 Iranian sailors killed in US torpedo strike General

Sri Lanka repatriates remains of 84 Iranian sailors killed in US torpedo strike

Sri Lanka repatriated the remains of 84 Iranian sailors on Friday night. These sailors died when their frigate was sunk by a US submarine nine days earlier.…

14 Mar 2026
Iran s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei wounded, likely disfigured- Hegseth General

Iran s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei wounded, likely disfigured- Hegseth

Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been reported wounded and possibly disfigured, according to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday, March…

13 Mar 2026
All six crew members killed in US refuelling plane crash General

All six crew members killed in US refuelling plane crash

All six crew members died in a crash of a refuelling plane in Iraq, according to the US Central Command. Earlier, it was reported that four out of the six had…

13 Mar 2026
Iranian state television reports large explosion in Tehran near protests General

Iranian state television reports large explosion in Tehran near protests

Iranian state television has reported a significant explosion in a square in Tehran, where protests were expected to take place. Footage and images released by…

13 Mar 2026