The US military completed the 11th consecutive night of strikes against Iran at 8:15 p.m. ET, US Central Command announced tonight in a post to social media.

The Southern Provincial Education Department has postponed the Grade 9 Geography and Civic Education question paper scheduled for today (22) under the second term examinations.

The preliminary feasibility study for Sri Lanka’s first Canal-Top Solar power project has commenced along the Viyana Canal in Mahiyanganaya.

The United States is set to impose new tariffs that could hit dozens of countries soon, trade envoy Jamieson Greer signalled on Tuesday (Jul 21), with President Donald Trump's temporary global levies due to expire this week.

The supply of water will be suspended for four hours today (22) in the Kandy District due to essential maintenance work being carried out at the Kandy Main Water Supply Project, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) said.

A group of unidentified persons arriving in a car opened fire at a house in Gandara, Dondra in the early hours of today (22), police said.

Two individuals have been arrested after they were found transporting Rs. 27 million in cash in a car down Park Street in Kompanna Veediya yesterday (21), police stated.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed the country's army commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.

A few showers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in the Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts today (22), the Department of Meteorology stated.

The war with Iran has cost the US some $37.5bn (£28bn) so far - an increase of nearly $8bn since the last estimate in May, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday shrugged off the threat of the Iran-backed Houthis blockading the Red Sea, telling reporters that “if there is something like that, we’ll just have to take care of business.”

The Court of Appeal was informed today that although former SIS Director Major General Suresh Sallay had made extensive presentations to the Security Council in 2016 on the growing threat of ISIS ideology in Sri Lanka, a senior member of the council had objected to those submissions.

The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has revealed that the factory in the Katuwana Industrial Zone, Homagama, where a deadly fire broke out, had not renewed its Environmental Protection License after 2024 and had failed to prepare an emergency response plan.

A revenue inspector attached to the sub-office of the Kotikawatta–Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over an alleged bribery incident.

The head of the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday (Jul 21) that renewed fighting in the Mideast increases concerns over energy supplies but that the market still has cushions to absorb the impact.

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya held discussions with representatives of leading UK-based animal welfare organizations on implementing a more systematic national programme to eliminate rabies from Sri Lanka while improving animal welfare and managing the population of free-roaming animals.

Sri Lanka Marine Corps personnel have taken part in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise currently being held in Hawaii, alongside military forces from 28 other countries.

Leader of the Opposition in the India's Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were detained by the Delhi Police on Tuesday.