The Meteorology Department says a low-pressure area has formed over southeast Bay of Bengal and it is likely to move west northwestwards and intensify into a depression over southwest Bay of Bengal on 25 November. MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (8:19 PM)
Sri Lanka s new government has agreed to press ahead with a IMF bailout programme that involves tough austerity and economic reforms, the international lender announced on Saturday (Nov 23). MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (6:30 PM)
Romanians were voting Sunday in the first round of a presidential election amid a surge in inflation and fears over the war in neighbouring Ukraine that could favour far-right leader George Simion. MORE..
24 Nov 2024 (3:12 PM)
The Department of Meteorology says showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Northern, North-central, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Hambantota District. MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (3:51 PM)
The water level of the Nilwala River has risen to a minor flood level due to prevailing rainy weather conditions, according to the Department of Irrigation. MORE..
24 Nov 2024 (1:22 PM)
A person who was in possession of a large stock of cigarettes illegally smuggled into the country has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake. MORE..
24 Nov 2024 (11:35 AM)