BBC reported that at least 21 people have died after a packed tourist boat capsized in India’s southern Kerala state.
The death toll could rise as rescue efforts are under way on Monday and the vessel is pulled from muddy...
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued Level I landslide early warnings to Badulla, Galle, Kegalle, Kurunegala and Matale Districts.
Accordingly, Divisional Secretaries divisions of Passara in the Badulla district, Baddegama, Elpitiya, Nagoda and Yakkalamulla in the Galle district,...
By Shamindra Ferdinando
SLPP MP Gevindu Cumaratunga, now functioning as an independent, yesterday (07), said that it would be the responsibility of Parliament to ensure that amendments, recommended by the judiciary to a Bill titled ‘Central Bank of Sri Lanka,’...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 04 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur over most parts of the island after 1.00pm.
Showers will occur in Western and Northwestern provinces and in Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mannar,...
ECONOMYNEXT –Cancer patients at the Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama are facing a double blow as the facility has run out of vital supplies to operate a scanner that helps in the diagnosis and crucial treatment, doctors said.
The main cancer hospital...
By Sujeeva Nivunhella
in London
First Lady Maithree Wickremesinghe arrived here ahead of President Ranl Wickremesinghe who arrived on Thursday (May 4) accompanied by a few foreign ministry/security officials to attend King Charles’ Coronation.
(BIA sources in Colombo said the the...
SLT-MOBITEL is donating over eight million rupees worth of essential drugs to hospitals across the country under its ‘Sambandiyawe Dahami Sathkaraya’ programme to mark the Vesak, and as part of company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments.
eChannelling, has joined...
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has extended the Level I and Level II landslide early warnings issued to the Badulla, Matara, Matale, Galle and Kegalle districts until 0000 hrs on 7th May 2023.
In addition, a Level II warning...
Aljazeera quoting officials reported that at least 176 people have been killed in flash floods in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Torrential rain in South Kivu province caused a river to overflow on Thursday (04) and led to...
The ‘Buddhaloka Sadhu Nada Seela Samadhi Program’ was held at the Shangri-La Green adjacent to the President’s Office on Friday (05) morning. Nearly three thousand school children representing many schools in the Colombo region participated in this program, which...