Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during the 107th International Rotary Convention in South Korea

President Maithripala Sirisena met with US President Barack Obama at the G-7 outreach meeting in Japan today.

President Maithripala Sirisena met with Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during his visit to Japan

The Italian navy has released striking photos of a crowded migrant boat carrying more than 500 people capsizing in the Mediterranean. Some 1,370 migrants have died so far this year trying to reach Europe by boat. (Pic: Marina Militare)

Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala became the first ever Sri Lankan to summit Mount Everest last Saturday. Her friend Johann Peiris could not finish the final leg of the climb. (Pic Twitter @jayfemrock)

President Maithripala Sirisena visiting flood victims in Wellampitiya and Meethotamulla areas. 

Indian aid ships arrived in Colombo harbour yesterday, carrying relief items for the flood victims. An Indian C-17 cargo aircraft also arrived in the island yesterday.

Buddhists around the world mark the Vesak Full Moon day today. The Buddha is said to have born, reached enlightenment and passed away on Vesak days. Pic: Boroburud Temple Complex, Indonesia.

Displaced people living on the Kelani Bridge said to BBC last night that they were in need of clothing and sanitary-ware more than food. (Pic: BBC Sandeshaya)

Vendors moved their fish to the expressway entrance near Peliyagoda fish market as flood waters were threatening the low lying areas. The Kelani River was almost at the overflow level near the Peliyagoda Police Station. Meanwhile, lower areas along the Kelani River valley had been inundated and thousands have been evacuated. (Pic: Jehan Xavier/Facebook)