US President Donald Trump has said that the United States hit Iran “very hard last night.”

The Ministry of Education has instructed all school principals to allow students to wear suitable clothing that covers their arms and legs, in addition to the prescribed school uniform, to protect them from dengue mosquito bites.

The Department of Prisons has decided to conduct court proceedings of inmates transferred from the Negombo Prison to other prisons through video technology.

The US Central Command has said that the Strait of Hormuz is “open to all vessels,” despite Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announcing earlier today that it had closed the waterway.

A warm weather advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for residents of the Mullaitivu, Vavuniya, Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee and Monaragala districts.

A conference attended by all District Secretaries in the country has concluded with a focus on resolving district-level issues and improving the efficiency of public service delivery.

Vietnamese police arrested on Sunday (Jul 12) the captain of a speedboat that capsized near southern Phu Quoc island, killing 15 Indian tourists, authorities said.

Sri Lanka has been ranked the third most traffic-congested country in the world, highlighting the region's continuing struggle with worsening road gridlocks.

Three people, including a child, have been injured by falling shrapnel in Qatar following Iranian attacks, the country's interior ministry has said.

The number of dengue cases recorded in Sri Lanka so far this year has surpassed 68,000, with 47 deaths reported, the National Dengue Control Unit said.

The government has increased the fees for registering companies and societies.

A suspected crystal methamphetamine ("Ice") trafficker has been arrested by the Police Special Rapid Response Unit stationed in Kandakuliya, police said.

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) has presented a set of proposals to contain the dengue outbreak in the country.

An Indian national remains missing after an Iranian attack on a Cyprus-flagged commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman.

The Sri Lankan government has moved to ban the import of goods produced using forced labour.

The second reading of the Appropriation Bill for the year 2027 (Budget Speech) is scheduled to be presented in Parliament on November 12, 2026.

The University of Visual and Performing Arts in Colombo, which was closed for two weeks due to the spread of dengue, will reopen tomorrow (13), the university administration announced.

The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that its air defense systems intercepted incoming Iranian missiles and drones, as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it targeted US military bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar.