News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts – The Island
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings to the Colombo, Galle, Kalutara, Matara and Ratnapura Districts. Accordingly, Level I landslide early warnings have been issued to the Divisional Secretaries Divisions of Seethawaka and Padukka in the Colombo District, Elpitiya, Nagoda, Yakkalamulla, Neluwa and Baddegama in the Galle District, Bulathsinhala in the Kalutara District, Deraniyagala and Yatiyanthota...
News Room : Security paranoia
Monday 15th May, 2023 Colombo looked like a garrison town over the weekend with a heavy military and police presence. The government had received an intelligence warning that a plot was being hatched to trigger a wave of civil disturbances, media reports said. Thankfully, what was feared did not come to pass, and the need for the government to take...
News Room : Landslide early warnings issued to Galle, Kalutara and Ratnapura Districts extended
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has extended the landslide early warnings issued to the Galle, Kalutara and Ratnapura Districts till 1830hrs today (14). Accordingly, the level I landslide early warnings issued to the Divisional Secretaries Divisions of Nagoda, Neluwa, Baddegama, Yakkalamulla and Elpitiya in the Galle District, Palindanuwara and Walallawita in the Kalutara District and Eheliyagoda and Kiriella in...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Southern provinces. Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Several spells of showers will occur in Northern,...
News Room : Pope tells Zelensky he is ‘praying for peace’
Pope Francis has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky he is constantly praying for peace after the two met privately at the Vatican. The pontiff also stressed on the urgent need to help “the most fragile people, innocent victims” of the full-scale invasion launched by Russia last year. Zelensky earlier met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni who assured him of Rome’s support...
News Room : Wild lion Loonkiito, ‘one of the world’s oldest’, killed in Kenya
A wild male lion believed to be one of the world’s oldest has died after being speared by herders, authorities in Kenya have said. Loonkiito, who was 19, died in Olkelunyiet village on Wednesday night after preying on livestock. The village borders Amboseli National Park – in southern Kenya. Conservation group Lion Guardians said he was “the oldest male lion in our...
News Room : Imran Khan leaves court after being granted bail
BBC reported that Pakistan’s ex-prime minister Imran Khan has left court premises in Islamabad, a day after the Supreme Court ruled his dramatic arrest on corruption charges was illegal. On Friday evening, Khan’s party said he was heading for the city of Lahore. Judges granted Khan protected bail, meaning he can not be re-arrested on those charges for two weeks.
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Northern provinces and in Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Southern provinces. Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Several spells of showers will occur in Northern,...
News Room : Schoolgirl’s death in Kalutara: Police identify mystery caller
Main suspect before forensic medical officer on 16 May By Hemantha Randunu and R. A. S Premathilake The last phone call received by Tihara Nirmani, 16, a schoolgirl from Kalutara, who died after jumping off a three-storey hotel building, was from her 19-year-old friend, who accompanied her to the hotel to meet Dhanushka Sahabandu, 29, who was with Tihara at the...
News Room : Cardinal calls for cleansing of hearts to take country forward – The Island
Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has said there is no point in Sri Lanka getting loans from the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund if the people who handle those monies continue to be the same fraudsters. Delivering his homily at the 125th Jubilee Mass, offered in the church, dedicated to St, Joseph at Kaluwarippuwa, Katana, the Cardinal said...