President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has directed officials to provide immediate relief services to affected people in disaster-stricken areas by gathering information on-site rather than relying solely on technological data. MORE..
27 Nov 2024 (6:27 PM)
The body of another student out of the six who went missing after the tractor they were traveling on toppled and was swept away by floodwaters at Karaitivu in Ampara District last evening (26), has been discovered. MORE..
27 Nov 2024 (11:53 PM)
Adverse weather conditions have severely impacted 20 districts across the island, with total of 80,642 families in 166 Divisional Secretariat divisions currently affected, according to the Disaster Management Center (DMC). MORE..
28 Nov 2024 (10:26 AM)
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has extended the Level 3 (Red) Landslide Early Warning issued to several divisional secretariat divisions (DSDs) in Kandy, Matale and Nuwara-Eliya districts urging the residents of these areas to evacuate to safer locations. MORE..
27 Nov 2024 (8:00 PM)
Moody s has placed Sri Lanka s Ca long-term foreign currency rating on review for an upgrade, the credit ratings agency said on Wednesday, following the government s bond-exchange offer that aims to complete the restructuring of international bonds. MORE..
28 Nov 2024 (12:51 PM)
Sri Lanka s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its support for the recently announced ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. MORE..
28 Nov 2024 (11:05 AM)