A total of five persons were swept away by strong currents while bathing in the Deduru Oya at around 3.30 p.m. today (01) in a tragic incident, Police said.

However, three of them have been rescued while two others are still missing, according to Police.

The missing, aged 20 and 22, are employees of a supermarket in Kandy.

Three females who were...

A stash of jewellery suspected to be gold has been found in a safe linked to organized criminal Janith Madushanka, also known as “Podi Lassie”, and his close family members.

Accordingly, the Illegal Assets Investigations Division has taken custody of jewellery weighing approximately 1 kilogram and 112 grams in total suspected to be gold items...

Two persons have died and around 40 others have sustained injuries following a head-on collision involving two private buses in Minihirigama, Minneriya this afternoon (01).

The accident was a result of a private bus heading towards Polonnaruwa from Colombo colliding head-on with a bus arriving from the opposite direction along the...

Israeli authorities have declared a national emergency in response to fast-moving wildfires near Jerusalem, which began on 30 April.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the fires posed a direct threat to the capital and warned they could reach the outskirts of the city.

He said: “The western wind can push the fire easily towards the outskirts of [...