The Hatton Magistrate’s Court has ordered the destruction of 1,740 kilograms of dhal deemed unfit for human consumption and seized during an operation in Kotagala.

Germany has recorded an estimated 5,120 heat-related deaths so far this year, most of them in late June when weekly average temperatures far exceeded 20 degrees Celsius, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for public health ⁠said on Thursday.

The third meeting of the Cabinet subcommittee appointed to develop 25 technical and industrial colleges under the Department of Technical Education and Training was held today (09), with discussions focusing on modernising vocational education in Sri Lanka.

Eight Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) in the Colombo District have contracted dengue fever while carrying out dengue prevention and control operations, officials revealed.

Although cryptocurrencies are not recognized as legal tender in Sri Lanka, income generated through cryptocurrency transactions and related activities will be treated as “other income” by the Inland Revenue Department, the Deputy Minister of Finance Anil Jayantha Fernando said.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by former Minister Wimal Weerawansa, upholding a previous court order directing him to pay Rs. 1 million in compensation to the General Secretary of the JVP Tilvin Silva for violating his intellectual property rights.

US strikes on five Iranian provinces over the past two days killed at least 14 people and injured 78 others, the Iranian Health Ministry said Thursday.

The prison administration has decided that it is no longer suitable to keep inmates at the Negombo Prison premises following the unrest that occurred within the facility on July 5 and 6.

The four individuals who were produced before court earlier today (09) in connection with the murder of a female physiotherapist in Nuwara Eliya have been further remanded.

The remains of Prison Guard M.G. Upali, the eighth prison officer to die following the recent unrest at the Negombo Prison, is scheduled to be taken to his residence in Kamburupitiya today (09).

The government has planned to extend the Central expressway to Gannoruwa in the future, Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, Bimal Rathnayake said in Parliament today (09).

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emphasized that the government’s aim is to transform Sri Lanka’s healthcare sector beyond mere reforms and elevate it to internationally recognised standards of quality.

An ‘Amber’ advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for strong winds affecting the Central, Sabaragamuwa, North-central provinces and in Puttalam, Hambantota, Mannar and Trincomalee districts.

The Sri Lankan Rupee has depreciated further against the US Dollar.

Sri Lanka’s dengue death toll has increased to 45, while the total number of dengue cases reported so far this year has surpassed 65,000, the National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) said.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has filed a case before the Colombo High Court against former Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena over an alleged bribery offence.

The house of a notorious underworld figure known as "Thembili Lahiru" has been set ablaze by an unidentified group in Kudagalara, Middeniya last night (08), police said.

An individual has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for attempting to smuggle gold worth over Rs. 11.8 million into the country without a permit and without declaring it to Customs.