WEATHER FORECAST FOR 01 APRIL 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 01 April 2025 by the Department of Meteorology
The atmospheric conditions are getting favorable for afternoon thundershowers in the most parts of the island for next few days from...
Japan has funded a project to strengthen Sri Lanka’s commitment to tackling GBV (gender-based violence) and ensuring that survivors were not left without access to critical services.
As part of this project, six more Emergency Waiting Areas (EWAs) will be...
Environmental groups, including the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS), the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) and the Environmental Foundation Ltd. (EFL), are raising renewed concerns about the potential ecological impact of large-scale wind energy development on Mannar Island....
Currently imprisoned former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the second time. This year, members of the Pakistan World Alliance (PWA), an advocacy group founded last December, announced Khan’s nomination for...
Aid groups in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said they were in urgent need of shelter, food and water after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,700 people, but said the country’s civil war could prevent them from helping...
Pakistan is facing a severe water shortage that is significantly affecting agriculture and livelihoods across the country. However, in the face of this challenge, farmers in Hyderabad have taken proactive steps to address this growing problem, as reported by...
MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake has been ordered to remain in remand custody until 8 April 2025.
The Colombo Magistrate’s Court issued the order today (1 April) after he was produced before the court. Dassanayake, who was arrested on 27 March,...
A gas pipeline burst in a Malaysian suburb outside Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of nearby homes.
The towering flames near a petrol station in Putra Heights, central Selangor state, could be seen for kilometres. National oil company...
A female attorney-at-law who was remanded for contempt of court by High Court Judge of Puttalam, Nadee Aparna Suwandurugoda, following an incident on 28 March, has been granted bail by the Appeal Court.
The charge sheet against the lawyer revealed...
Dr. Neville Hewage yesterday said that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada had determined that alleged Tamil genocide hadn’t taken place in Sri Lanka.
The academic, who successfully moved...