The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, has increased to 7.3% in July 2026, up from 6.8% recorded in June 2026.

About 49,000 migrants have crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco in the last 24 hours via land and sea, officials estimate.

An establishment operating a mobile canteen unit on a train running from Kankesanthurai to Colombo has been fined Rs. 500,000 for selling bottled drinking water at a price above the prescribed maximum retail price.

Lieutenant General Nilantha Premaratne has been appointed as the new Commander of the Sri Lanka Army.

The Supreme Court has ordered an employee to pay Rs. 50 million in compensation to a company operating in the Katunayake Export Processing Zone for allegedly disclosing its “manufacturing secrets” and “trade secrets” to another company for financial gain.

The Colombo Permanent Trial-at-Bar is scheduled to deliver its verdicts today (31) in the cases filed by the Attorney General against former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith

The Department of Meteorology has issued an “Amber” advisory for strong winds affecting the Northern, North Central, North Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces, as well as the Monaragala, Hambantota and Trincomalee districts.

Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Thursday appealed for calm and harmony after three people died in communal violence in border districts, as authorities expanded curfew restrictions to more areas.

The National Dengue Control Unit has reported that the dengue-related death toll in the country has risen to 62 so far this year.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that a nation and society can only progress with a generation of young people equipped with skills and vision, and that it is essential to build the confidence of young people

The Colombo High Court has sentenced two former police officers and a civilian to rigorous imprisonment over a cash robbery following an altercation.

An explosion inside a coal mine in southwest Pakistan killed at least 32 miners Thursday and trapped 10 others underground in what officials believed to be life-threatening conditions as rescuers raced to reach them.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is set to deploy $450 million to protect poor households and strengthen the economies of Cambodia and Sri Lanka as the conflict in the Middle East drives up costs and deepens uncertainty across Asia and the Pacific.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised that physical development alone is insufficient to build a nation, stressing that sustainable progress must be rooted in a deep and intrinsic connection with the country's culture, values and historical heritage.

Showers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in the Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts today (31), the Department of Meteorology stated.