Sri Lanka Police have announced a special security and traffic management plan for the third Randoli Perahera of the Kandy Esala Perahera, which is scheduled to parade the streets tomorrow (25).

U.S. Ambassador-designate Eric Meyer has arrived in Colombo to assume duties as the 29th United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved new feed-in tariffs for electricity generated from renewable energy sources, with the revised rates coming into effect from tomorrow (25).

The daily drinking water allocation for people affected by shortages caused by prevailing dry weather conditions has been increased from 6 litres to 15 litres per person, according to the National Disaster Relief Services Centre (NDRSC).

The Anuradhapura Magistrate’s Court has imposed a Rs. 200,000 fine on the management of a supermarket in Anuradhapura for displaying electrical wire cords without the required Sri Lanka Standards (SLS) certification for sale.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has called for greater attention to the underlying causes of non-communicable diseases, stressing that efforts to improve nutrition must go beyond providing meals to schoolchildren.

Sri Lanka has revived plans to introduce an Air Cargo Community System (ACCS) aimed at making the country’s air cargo clearance and transportation processes faster, more efficient and transparent.

Nearly 8,000 acres of cultivated land have been damaged due to the prevailing dry weather conditions, affecting around 7,000 farmers, according to the Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board.

Both upcoming cultivation seasons can be successfully managed without difficulty if the Maha season is commenced early and without delay, according to the Director of the Water Management Secretariat of the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, Nilantha Dhanapala.

Oil prices fell on Monday (Aug 24) as investors braced for details of a United States plan to isolate the Iranian economy that President Donald Trump billed as the "most crushing" financial operation ever against Tehran.

Although water levels in the main reservoirs of the island’s wet zone remain stable, the water capacity of reservoirs in the dry zone is rapidly declining, according to the Director of Irrigation, Engineer L. S. Sooriyabandara.

Oman's Foreign Minister ​Sayyid Badr Albusaidi ‌will visit Tehran on Tuesday ​to continue ​talks between Iran and ⁠Oman on ​the Strait of ​Hormuz, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei ​said on ​Monday.

SJB MP Chaminda Wijesiri, who was sentenced to one and a half years of imprisonment by the Badulla High Court for threatening the lives of two police officers and assaulting them in 2019, has been granted bail by the Badulla High Court after considering his appeal.

A total of 94,037 dengue cases have been reported across Sri Lanka so far this year, according to health authorities.

A two-year-old child has reportedly died after falling into a canal in the Galnewa–Galewewa Road area.