Nepal will receive $20 million in aid from the United Nations' climate loss and damage fund after the devastating flood along its border with China's Tibet region in August, the government said late on Thursday.

Former SLPP parliamentarian Thisakutti Arachchi has arrived at the Proceeds of Crime Investigation Division (PCID) of Sri Lanka Police to record a statement regarding an ongoing investigation.

Litro Gas Lanka Limited has announced that 350,000 Litro gas cylinders are scheduled to be released to the market over the next three days.

SLPP Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody, has been brought to the Colombo Magistrate’s Court by prison officers.

Today (23) marks the eighth consecutive day of the ongoing satyagraha campaign at Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo, where a group of Buddhist monks are demanding the release of Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero.

Almost all of Taiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon ‌Champi, which is forecast to bring strong winds and torrential rain, though the storm is weakening and is not expected to make direct landfall on the island.

A court order has been issued concerning the protest being held at Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo, demanding the release of Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena organisation.

Fairly heavy rainfall exceeding 75 mm is likely at some locations across Sri Lanka today (23), as the influence of a low-pressure system near the island continues despite the system moving westward and away from the country.

At least 16 people were killed and 32 more were injured when a strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck China's remote Tibet region, state news agency Xinhua said, citing local authorities.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that "illegitimate" protests would ​be banned in the coming days and blamed "seditious" ultra-left groups and vandals for last weekend's ‌riots and looting.

An earthquake of magnitude 7 ​struck China's southwestern region of Tibet ‌at around 10:33 p.m. (1433 GMT) on Thursday, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said.

Leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ and Member of Parliament Dilith Jayaweera has criticised the government’s handling of international relations, claiming that diplomatic failures and a lack of strategic foresight have undermined Sri Lanka’s international standing.

French health officials on Thursday confirmed that they had detected the Shamonda virus in a human — who died early this month — in what they say was the first-ever case of a human contracting the livestock disease.

The Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs has informed the Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha that the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero, will not be produced before the court tomorrow (23).

A tense situation has been reported at the Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo, as police officers arrived with a court order at the location of the Satyagraha campaign launched by a group of Buddhist monks, demanding the release of Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero.

The Department of Meteorology warns that a low-pressure area is likely to form over Southeast and adjoining East-central Bay of Bengal around tomorrow (23 October).

A section of the Kandy-Jaffna A9 Road, specifically at the '7th Mile Post' (7 Kanuwa) area in Kurugoda, within the Alawathugoda Police Division—is scheduled to be temporarily closed from 10.00 p.m. tonight (22) until 2.00 a.m. tomorrow (23).

The low-pressure area in the vicinity of Sri Lanka is moving westward away from island. However, the influence of this system may persist tomorrow (23), the Department of Meteorology said.