Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern, Uva, Northern, North-central, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces during the afternoon or night. Fairly heavy showers...
Easter Sunday attacks
By Norman Palihawadana
Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, yesterday asked whether there had been any investigation into the possible dealings between intelligence agencies and Zahran Hashim’s National Thowheed Jamath.
Addressing an event to mark the fourth anniversary of...
40 to 45 percent of grease in the market adulterated
30 percent of lubricants unauthorised
The Ministry of Power and Energy had proposed to remove the lubricant levy from the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), regulator of the lubricant...
The defence ministry in Moscow says a Russian fighter jet accidentally bombed the city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine.
Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the blast had left a huge crater about 20 metres (60 ft) wide...
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena participating at the Badulla district progress review meeting of “Aluth Gamak- Aluth Ratak” the National Integrated Participatory Development Programme held at Badulla District Secretariat on Thursday (20) pointed out that some government officials had neglected...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 19 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Sabaragamuwa, Western, Central, North-Western, and North-central provinces and in Galle, Matara and Mullaitivu districts during the...
By Rathindra Kuruwita
About 50 fresh medical graduates were leaving the country without even applying for their post-intern positions here, Secretary of the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Dr. Haritha Aluthge said yesterday.
He said that there was a severe shortage...
Aljazeera reported that Cuba’s National Assembly has ratified another five-year term for incumbent President Miguel Diaz-Canel, in a move expected to result in few changes as the country struggles with an economic crisis and an exodus of citizens.
“We must...
BBC reported that an inquest has ruled that the death of a doctor after his Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab was due to “unintended complications of the vaccine”.
Stephen Wright, an NHS psychologist in south-east London, died 10 days after his first...
BBC quoting officials reported that at least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during a distribution of charity for Ramadan.
Video footage on social media shows chaotic scenes after...