Ivy Park, the sportswear brand that is a joint venture between singer Beyonce and Topshop tycoon Philip Green, has defended itself against a Sun newspaper report that says its supplier in Sri Lanka uses "sweatshop slaves" to produce the clothing.

Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe toured his electorate Biyagama in Gampaha yesterday (21) to look into the flood situation there.

DIG in charge of Colombo Gamini Mathurata has been transferred to the Police Field Headquarters in Bambalapitiya with immediate effect.

The Education Ministry has opened a disaster relief operations centre for the benefit of schoolchildren affected by the adverse weather.

Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala made history early this morning as the first Sri Lankan to scale Mount Everest.

Another landslide has been reported from the Aranayake area, earlier this afternoon (May 21).