The Government has commenced a project to construct 1,000 ‘Arogya’ Health and Wellness Centres across the country, with foundation stones laid today (01) for the construction of 10 new wellness centres under the programme.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) members on Tuesday signed the Bishkek Declaration after the group's 26th summit in Kyrgyzstan.

The government will not be prepared to show any leniency toward individuals involved in the sale of narcotics, Minister of Justice and National Integration Harshana Nanayakkara says.

Sir Keir Starmer has announced he is to stand down as MP for Holborn and St Pancras, a move that will trigger a by-election in the London seat.

A warm weather advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for residents of the Northern, North-Central, Eastern provinces and Monaragala district.

The national programme “Ceylon King Coconut Village,” implemented by the Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure, is scheduled to be launched tomorrow (02) at the Mahayaya Estate premises of the Coconut Cultivation Board in the Kurunegala District.

Cabinet Spokesman and Minister of Health Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said that the estimated crop damage caused so far by the prevailing extreme dry weather conditions is nearly 8,000 acres of farmland belonging to around 7,000 farmers.

Sri Lanka’s total public debt stood at US$97.952 billion (Rs. 32.977 trillion) as of June 30, according to the latest report issued by the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) of the Ministry of Finance.

Montana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen joined Sri Lankan military counterparts at Sri Lanka Air Force Base in Katunayake to kick off Atlas Angel II, a five-day exercise focused on humanitarian assistance, disaster response and improving how partner forces work together during emergencies.

Russia launched a large aerial assault in and around Ukraine’s capital overnight into Tuesday morning, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than a dozen others, including three children, local authorities said.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to amend the Community-Based Corrections Act, No. 46 of 1999, with the aim of strengthening the legal framework for dealing more effectively with repeat offenders.

Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias “Pillayan,” and two military intelligence informants have been further remanded until September 15 over their alleged involvement in the 2008 killings of five people in Batticaloa.

A programme to rehabilitate 296 minor irrigation tanks across Sri Lanka has commenced with financial assistance from the World Bank, with more than Rs. 5.8 billion allocated for the initiative.

A foreign-made hand grenade has been found in the Delgaha Ara Canal, which flows behind the residence of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Member of Parliament Dr. Kavinda Jayawardhana in Weligampitiya, Ja-Ela.

The Supreme Court has three weeks from today to determine whether the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution requires a referendum, Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said today (01).

Three 17-year-old schoolgirls who went missing from the Ellarawa area in Pinnawala, Balangoda, have been found in Trincomalee, police stated.

Iran will immediately reciprocate if the United States returns to its commitments under an interim deal signed in June, President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday.

Legal reforms to allow certain individuals to serve their sentences under house arrest instead of imprisonment are currently being pursued, according to Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Nalinda Jayatissa.