Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage (PhD) assumed duties as the Secretary to the Foreign Ministry (14 August) following the appointment to the position by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

 Mainly fair weather will prevail over the island.

Coincident with the 74th Independence Day of India (15 August), a simple commemoration ceremony of fallen War Heroes of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) got underway at the IPKF Monument in Palaly on Saturday (15).

The Extraordinary Gazette Notification announcing that the Ninth Parliament will convene on the 20 th of August at 9.30 a.m. was issued August (13).