At least 37 people have died in a stampede during an army recruitment drive at a stadium in Congo-Brazzaville, the government has said.

North Korea claims it has successfully put a military spy satellite into space, after two earlier attempts failed this year.

The proposed bill for electricity sector reforms towards restructuring Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has been approved by the cabinet of ministers at its meeting held on Monday (Nov.20), Power & Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said.

Arab-Israeli vlogger and online influencer Nuseir Yassin - known to his millions of followers as the founder of the popular online community “Nas Daily” – has entered into an agreement with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB).

A discussion has been taken place at the Presidential Secretariat, chaired by Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayaka, with representatives from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

FitsAir, Sri Lanka’s first privately owned international airline, today announced its partnership with Mastercard involving integration with the Mastercard Payment Gateway Services (MPGS) platform to strengthen its payment infrastructure.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have released video footage showing armed men dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea.

More than 200 defendants in one of Italy's biggest mafia trials for generations have been sentenced to a total of more than 2,200 years in jail.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) yesterday (19) stated that it would take a minimum of 14 days to repair the Unit 2 generator of the Lakvijaya Power Plant in Norochcholai, which broke down, resulting in the loss of 300 Megawatt (MW) of generation capacity to feed the national grid.

The Foreign Ministry has received a request from the Chinese embassy for permission fo another Chinese research vessel to enter Sri Lankan waters early next year.

Altogether 74,664 foreign tourists arrived in Sri Lanka in the first 15 days of November, according to the latest statistics released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development Samantha Power told President Ranil Wickremesinghe that the Biden administration greatly values its partnership with Sri Lanka.

Protests have been held across Spain against an amnesty deal with Catalan separatists aimed at securing a new term for the Socialist-led government.

Australia's largest ports operator is set to keep its sites closed for days as it recovers from a cyber-attack, according to government officials.

A comprehensive investigation is now underway on the alleged importation of an unusually large amount of sugar days before the special commodity levy hike to Rs. 50 from 25 cents per kg came in effect on November 2, Finance Ministry sources said.

Sri Lanka Customs has to forego millions of rupees in revenue due to the discretion given to their officers to determine the fine for smuggling restricted goods into the country, the Parliamentary Committee on Ways and Means revealed.

The People’s Republic of China officially handed over 26 RANOMOTO motorcycles and 100 LENOVO desktop computers to the Sri Lanka Police Department in a ceremony at the Presidential Secretariat on Friday (10 Nov.).

Two more post office buildings in Diyatalawa and Galle and three more ancient buildings in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya are to be offered for hotel projects through the Urban Development Authority (UDA) in addition to the historic Nuwara Eliya post office.

Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes raised fears of a volcanic eruption.

This week marked the end of the most dramatic phase of Donald Trump's New York business fraud trial, which saw high-profile members of his family make the journey to Lower Manhattan one by one to answer probing questions from prosecutors.