Police officers attached to the Anuradhapura Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau recorded statements this afternoon (08) from a group of Buddhist monks who are continuing their satyagraha for a second consecutive day near the Ruwanweli Maha Seya in Anuradhapura.

Construction of the proposed international cricket stadium in Mandaitivu, Jaffna, is expected to commence within the next few weeks, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Sunil Kumara Gamage has announced.

A train crash near the Egyptian city of Giza has killed four people and injured at least 88, the health ministry has said.

The United States military has announced it will create a 20-member task force to find ways to disrupt land routes into Iran that it says are used for shipments of weapons and illicit materials.

Hiniduma in the Galle District recorded the highest rainfall in the country, with 211mm reported during the 12-hour period ending at 6.00 p.m. today (08), according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC).

The National Building Research Institute (NBRI) has issued landslide early warnings for several divisional secretariat divisions across multiple districts.

Sri Lanka Customs officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) have seized 39 drones and 16 microphones allegedly brought into the country without the required authorisations by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Nalin Bandara.

The General Secretary of the SLPP, Attorney Sagara Kariyawasam has requested Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa to intervene in securing two urgent parliamentary debates on alleged acts of violence targeting the Buddhasasana and Buddhist monks, as well as the sudden transfers of judges.

The Sri Lanka Coast Guard vessel SLCGS Jayesagara has successfully rescued a fisherman who encountered distress while engaged in fishing activities off the coast of Mullaitivu and safely transported him to Trincomalee.

The Avissawella Private Bus Stand has been inundated following torrential rainfall experienced in the area this evening (08).

The bodies of all four youths who went missing after drowning while bathing in a stream in the Bevaraliya area of Deniyaya have been recovered, police confirmed.

Traffic movement along the Colombo–Ratnapura main road has been severely disrupted following the collapse of a large tree onto the roadway in the Madola area of Avissawella.

Three persons have been injured after a tree collapsed in Nawagamuwa amid strong winds accompanying heavy showers, causing extensive damage to four vehicles parked in the area.

Seven fishing boats that had been withdrawn from service were completely destroyed in a fire that broke out at a boat maintenance yard within the Galle Fisheries Harbour premises around midday today (8).

Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa has criticised the government over the recent flooding in Colombo, claiming that the administration, which promised to bring about a transformation within six months, has failed even to clean the city's drainage systems.