As the storm approached, police patrolled the coastline in the town of Cox’s Bazar carrying loudspeakers, urging people to stay indoors. The streets emptied as the cyclone intensified – the skies darkened, the winds picked up pace and the...
India’s opposition Congress party has won power in a key state, partial election results showed, defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP a year ahead of national polls.
It removed Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party from office in Karnataka, the only...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...