News from 2026

Air traffic in the United Arab Emirates has returned to normal, according to state media reports. Earlier on Tuesday, the General …

The Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka has decided that some departments will work from home every Wednesday. This change comes as pa…

More than 400 individuals lost their lives and 250 others were wounded in an air strike by Pakistan on a hospital for drug users i…

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya emphasized that freedom has historically been restricted to a select few in society. She exp…

Gulf Arab nations are not asking the U.S. to engage in war with Iran, but many are now urging the country not to stop until Iran c…

The airspace of the United Arab Emirates has been temporarily shut down due to missile and drone threats from Iran, according to r…

US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he plans to postpone his important trip to China, originally scheduled for late…

The US embassy in Baghdad has come under a series of drone and rocket attacks, as reported by Reuters and Agence France-Presse (AF…

The Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Nalaka Kaluwewe, has declared that all government schools in Sri Lanka will be closed …

Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that the UK will not become involved in a larger conflict in Iran. He emphasized the importance…

The Chairman of the National Transport Commission (NTC), P. A. Chandrapala, announced plans to increase the weekly fuel quota for …

The Sri Lanka Navy announced today (16) that they caught a multi-day fishing trawler in the waters near Beruwala. When they brough…

China has reacted to comments made by President Trump during an interview with the Financial Times, a UK newspaper. Trump had warn…

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has scheduled a hearing for the case against former MP Hirunika Premachandra and 14 others on Aug…

Dubai’s international airport started to reopen some flights on Monday, according to officials, after a drone attack caused a fi…

The Sri Lanka Tourism Alliance has introduced its latest campaign, “Love Sri Lanka, Always.” This global initiative aims to re…

Farmers in Sri Lanka will get 15 litres of fuel for each acre they harvest and 20 litres for each acre they plough. This fuel will…

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has stated that school events should be planned so they do not create financial stress for p…

President Donald Trump stated on Sunday that he has requested around seven countries to send warships to ensure the Strait of Horm…

A person was detained in Kotadeniyawa for having illegal drugs, specifically heroin and Crystal Methamphetamine, also known as ‘…

A fire in the trauma care unit of a hospital in Odisha, India, resulted in the deaths of at least 10 individuals on Monday, accord…

The Sri Lanka Navy has brought a multi-day fishing trawler, which was seized for carrying suspected narcotics, to Dikkowita Fisher…

The Sri Lanka Navy has discovered around 123 kilograms of heroin on a fishing trawler it seized in waters south of Dondra, as repo…

French President Emmanuel Macron stated that he has called on Iran to stop its attacks in the Middle East during a phone conversat…

A fire ignited by a drone attack on Monday close to Dubai International Airport has been controlled, with no injuries reported. Ho…