A warm weather advisory has been issued for residents of the Northern, North-Western, North-Central, Western and Southern provinces and the Trincomalee district. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (6:05 PM)
China urged calm and restraint by all sides on Monday (Apr 13), following US President Donald Trump s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz after the failure of weekend talks in Islamabad aimed at ending the Iran war. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (5:28 PM)
An individual who had gone to climb �Katusu Konda� in the Hanthana Mountain Range and went missing has been successfully rescued by the Sri Lanka Army. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (9:20 PM)
Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned today that �no port in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman will be safe� if its own ports are threatened, Iranian state media said ahead of a proposed US blockade. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (4:18 PM)
The Department of Prisons has taken steps to grant a special opportunity for open visits to prison inmates in view of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (8:46 PM)
President Donald Trump issued a new threat to Iran Monday morning, saying the US will sink any Iranian ships that come near the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (9:46 PM)