Several roads were inundated across the Galle District this morning due to heavy rains, causing obstructions to transport.

Pic: Lalith Chaminda

A Christian mass was held in the town of Qaraqosh, south west of Mosul, for the first time after two years. The town, which used to be the biggest Christian town in Iraq, was liberated after more than two years under the rule of the ISIS

Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera was engaged in morning exercises with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and other delegates during the Indian Ocean Rim Association Council of Ministers meeting in Bali, Indonesia.

Zimbabwe will face the first of two Tests against Sri Lanka on October 29. This match will be Zimbabwe's 100th Test match. Zimbabwe played its first Test in 1992 against India.

A hartal was launched today to protest against the recent death of two Jaffna University students on the night of October 20, allegedly by police shooting. Several political parties and other associations support this hartal.

Fishermen and their families joined a protest against the use of illegal fishing methods including fishing nets, blocking the Puttalam - Kalpitiya road for a second day. Pic: Lankadeepa

A protest began a short while ago near the Colombo District Court opposing what the protesters call a 'ban' on Prasanna Vithanage's movie 'Usaviya Nihandayi' (Silence in the Courts). The District Court issued an injunction order against the screening of the movie on October 5. The case will be heard again today.

President Maithripala Sirisena met with Myanmar's State Counsellor and leader of the National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday at Goa, India.

Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away at the age of 88, causing its people to weep in unison. The king, considered in near-religious fervor by many Thais, was the longest serving head of state of a sovereign nation.

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary called on Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera at the Foreign Ministry on 12 October 2016, to discuss bilateral cooperation and issues of mutual concern. The Hungarian Foreign Minister was accompanied by a delegation that consisted of Gylua Pathó, Ambassador of Hungary to Sri Lanka and Gabor Kun, Deputy CEO, Hungarian National Trading House.