The Chairman of the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB), Chandana Bandara, has stated that, due to the prevailing dry and drought conditions in Sri Lanka, water supply may need to be restricted for several hours per day over the next two to three weeks. MORE..
30 Mar 2026 (1:38 PM)
Iran s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that the US s 15-point list for halting the conflict contains �largely excessive, unrealistic, and unreasonable demands,� contradicting US President Donald Trump s earlier claims that Iran had agreed to �most of� of the requests on the list. MORE..
30 Mar 2026 (6:13 PM)
The war has displaced 20% of Lebanon s population in just three weeks, with an average of 19,000 children forced to flee their homes every day, according to the United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF). MORE..
30 Mar 2026 (6:07 PM)
The Ministry of Education has issued a set of recommendations for conducting school activities safely during the current dry and extreme heat conditions. MORE..
30 Mar 2026 (5:46 PM)
The Department of Agrarian Development has decided to restrict the issuance of urea fertilizer exclusively to paddy cultivation, citing limited national stocks due to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. MORE..
30 Mar 2026 (2:14 PM)
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said a peacekeeper was killed when a projectile exploded at one of its positions near the southern Lebanese village of Adchit al-Qusayr on Sunday (Mar 29). MORE..
30 Mar 2026 (1:34 PM)