Sri Lanka is to host the inaugural BIMSTEC Health Ministers’ Meeting and the BIMSTEC Health Secretaries’ Meeting in November, to advance cooperation on pandemic preparedness and the One Health approach, according to Acting Foreign Minister Arun Hemachandra.

Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says it is a matter of immense joy to learn that the Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia has taken steps to overturn the death sentence imposed on Sri Lankan national Anojan Sivarasa, who was sentenced to death by a Saudi court.

Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara says that according to the recommendations of the interim committee report, a Buddhist monk who is taken outside the prison is permitted to wear his monastic robe, unless the chapter to which he belongs objects to it.

At least 600,000 people across Ukraine are now without electricity after deadly overnight Russian missile and drone strikes, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

A fire has broken out this afternoon (14) in an apartment on the fourth floor of a residential apartment complex located in the Castle Lane area of Bambalapitiya.

The Colombo Stock Exchange’s (CSE) All Share Price Index (ASPI) fell below the 20,000-points mark today (14) for the first time since August 14, 2025, declining by 281.42 points to close at 19,796.06.

The interim report of the special committee appointed to update the rules, regulations and standing orders made under the Prisons Ordinance was handed over to the Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake this morning (14) at the Presidential Secretariat.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia to set aside the death sentence imposed on Sri Lankan national Anojan Sivarasa.

Sri Lanka Customs has announced that it has achieved its 2026 revenue target of Rs. 2,207 billion by October 13, 2026.

The Department of Meteorology has issued an Amber advisory for severe lightning across all provinces of Sri Lanka.

President of the Court of Appeal Justice Rohantha Abeysooriya today recused himself from the bench hearing the petitions seeking to invalidate the decision by prison officials to remove the monastic robe of Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero following his sentencing to imprisonment.

The Court of Appeal has postponed until October 22 the delivery of its decision pertaining to the intervening petitions seeking permission to make submissions in a petition filed by former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director, retired Major General Suresh Sallay,

Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment Arun Hemachandra has announced on social media that the Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia has set aside the judgment imposing the death penalty on Sri Lankan national Anojan Sivarasa, yesterday (13).

The Fort Magistrate’s Court has issued an arrest warrant for former Minister Basil Rajapaksa over the alleged misuse of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau funds during the Uva Provincial Council election.

Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa has been brought before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court, said Ada Derana reporter.

A discussion was held yesterday (13) at the Ministry of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment regarding the development of an integrated digital database system for the “Praja Shakthi” national programme, which aims to eradicate poverty, a key priority of the government.

The fifth day of the “Justice for the Robe – National Pledge Offering and Freedom March,” organised under the leadership of the Maha Sangha to demand the release of imprisoned Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, is being held today (14).

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a ruling that former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and several others are in contempt of court for failing to comply with a Supreme Court order.