Three Thai nationals have been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake while attempting to smuggle a consignment of hashish worth approximately Rs. 51 million into the country.

The Department of Meteorology has issued an ‘Amber’ advisory for severe lightning in the North-central, Eastern, Central, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces and in Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya, Gampaha, Colombo and Kurunegala districts.

Six suspects, including two women, have been arrested with a stock of over 100 grams of heroin while allegedly engaging in heroin trafficking and packaging from a rented house in Halpita, Polgasowita.

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has announced that individuals registered for income tax must submit their income tax returns for the 2025/2026 Year of Assessment before November 30.

The “Justice for the Robe – National Pledge Offering and Freedom March,” organised under the leadership of the Bikkhu groups calling for the release of Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, has commenced its final day of marching today (15), setting off from Kadawatha towards Colombo.

The Court of Appeal has ordered that the petitions seeking to invalidate the decision by prison authorities to remove the monastic robes of Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, who is currently serving a prison sentence, be taken up for consideration on October 22, 2026.

India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a transnational smuggling network that illegally imported more than 7,300,000 kilograms of Pakistan-origin rock salt by routing shipments through Sri Lanka and using forged trade documents to conceal their origin.

Kenya has confirmed a second case of Ebola, 10 days after a businessman died of the virus after he had travelled to the East African nation from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Epidemiology Unit says an increase in influenza cases has been observed in Sri Lanka in recent weeks.

A 76-year-old Italian national has succumbed after being hit by a train at Kattuwa Railway Station in Negombo, police said.