President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has stated that the Government aims to reduce tax rates and provide relief to the public by lowering Value Added Tax (VAT) rates over the next two to three years.

The Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Bill was passed in Parliament today (08) with amendments and without a vote.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says he will appoint a committee to amend the existing laws governing how Buddhist monks should be kept in prison and how they can be escorted out of prison, and to introduce new guidelines and regulations on the matter.

The 25-year-old suspect, arrested by police for allegedly transferring USD 25 million in foreign currency overseas via Telegraphic Transfers under the guise of importing goods, has been remanded until October 15 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.

Thirty-three people have been killed in a Russian glide bomb attack on two civilian buses in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, rescue officials say.

A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition has been filed with the Supreme Court, seeking an order directing prison authorities to ensure that Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero—who is currently serving a prison sentence—appears in his monastic robes when being produced before courts for other cases.

The “Janathawadi Joint Opposition” has stated that it does not condone the removal of Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero’s saffron robes under any circumstances.

The Colombo High Court has rejected the preliminary objections raised by the defendants seeking the dismissal of a case filed by the Bribery Commission against three individuals, including former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, over alleged corruption.

This year's El Niño will intensify before peaking in December and is nearly 100% certain to last until February ​2027, the World Meteorological Organization said in its monthly climate bulletin, ‌on Thursday, with sea surface temperatures set to break records.

National People's Power (NPP) Parliamentarian Chandana Sooriyaarachchi, who was arrested in connection with a road accident, has been granted bail.

Due to the prevailing heavy rainfall, the Irrigation Engineer’s Office in charge of the Deduru Oya Reservoir took measures to open two spill gates of the reservoir by one foot each last night (07).

An individual has been arrested by Peliyagoda Police in the Ja-Ela area while in possession of over 4.5 kilograms of ‘Ice’ (crystal methamphetamine), police said.

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, accompanied by First Lady Susan Gianforte and a delegation from the state of Montana, will visit Sri Lanka tomorrow (09) to expand opportunities for American agricultural exports and deepen security cooperation

The Sri Lankan Bhikkhu Association in Europe has submitted a letter to the Commissioner General of Prisons requesting legal provisions to allow incarcerated Buddhist monks to wear their monastic robes,

The members of the opposition have signed a no-confidence motion against Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne today (08).

An ‘Amber’ advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for severe lightning in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-western, Northern, North-central and Southern provinces.

The Central Criminal Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has been declared a place of detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) through an Extraordinary Gazette notification.

The bodies of two elderly women, who are suspected to have been murdered, have been found in the backyard of a house in the Ginigala area of Habaraduwa.