The public security ministry has decided to grant cash rewards for information leading to the seizing of unauthorized firearms and grenades.

The head of the Wagner mercenary group has been pictured by Reuters news agency apparently leaving the city of Rostov-on-Don, which his fighters took control of earlier today.

All government MPs have been told to be in Colombo during the week starting tomorrow (26).

Sri Lanka will rest injured pace bowler Dushmantha Chameera for the first round of the World Cup qualifier now underway in Zimbabwe, according to Ada Derana.

Most government MPs are intending to support incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe if he decides to contest the next presidential election, said minister Prasanna Ranatunga.

Prof. Barana Jayawardena of University of Peradeniya has been elected new president of the Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA).

A female state counsel has been slightly injured in a knife attack near her home in Panadura on June 23.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is addressing the nation Saturday, after mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin called for armed rebellion and reached a key Russian city with his troops.

Parliament is to be summoned in emergency session next week to obtain its approval for financial regulations to restructure domestic debt as per agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

As many as 51 vehicles belonging to the Presidential Secretariat were unaccounted for as at end-2022, said the National Audit Office in a report.