Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the vessel and heightening tensions as planned ceasefire talks in Pakistan failed to materialize. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=121577
A youth was killed in a collision between a motorcycle and a luxury jeep on the Siyambalanduwa–Ethimale road in Siyambalanduwa, Sri Lanka. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=121576
සියඹලාණ්ඩුව ඇතිමලේ ප්රධාන මාර්ගයේ කණුව ප්රදේශයේ යතුරුපැදියක් සුඛෝපභෝගී ජීප් රථයකට ගැටී මාරක අනතුරක් සිදු වී තරුණයෙක් ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත්වී ඇත. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=224480
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ත්රස්තවාදයට මුදල් සැපයුම වැළැක්වීම සඳහා ඉලක්කගත මූල්ය සම්බාධක (TFS) ක්රියාත්මක කිරීම ජාතික ආරක්ෂාව ශක්තිමත් කිරීමේ ප්රධාන පියවරක් බව ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශය පවසයි. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=224478
The government pledges full support to strengthen the Ratama Ekata anti-drug programme to eradicate drugs nationwide. Deputy Defence Minister Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) stated authorities will sustain and bolster the initiative launched to combat the drugs menace. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=121573
Gold prices firmed on Wednesday as lower oil prices followed the U.S. extension of a ceasefire with Iran, easing fears of an inflation spike and prolonged high interest rates. The ceasefire news reduced uncertainty, supporting bullion demand and keeping gold prices elevated. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=121572
An Iranian military commander warned Gulf neighbors that if their land or facilities are used by enemies to attack Iran, those states should “say goodbye to oil production in the Middle East region,” state media reported, highlighting risks to regional oil infrastructure. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=121571
Sri Lanka has strengthened its national security and counter-terrorism financing framework, with a renewed emphasis on Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS) to block funding channels for terrorism, according to the Ministry of Defence. The update was reported by AdaDerana on April 22, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=121570
ජගත් මිහිතල දිනය අදට යෙදී තිබේ (22 අප්රේල් 2026). මේ වසරේ තේමාව Our Power – Our Planet (යොදා මිනිස් බලයක් – රැකගමු මිහිතලයක්) යන්නයි. මිහිතලය රැක ගැනීමට මනුස්ය බලය කෙරෙහි අවධානය යොමු කරයි. AdaDerana RSS මඟින් සටහන්. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=224475