The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved an 18% increase in electricity tariffs for domestic consumers using more than 180 units per month, applicable to the second and third quarters of 2026, with effect from Monday (May 11). MORE..
9 May 2026 (2:27 PM)
Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands will send planes to evacuate their citizens aboard the Tenerife-bound cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, Spain s interior minister said in Madrid on Saturday. MORE..
9 May 2026 (11:11 PM)
Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sampath Thuyacontha engaged in a high-level diplomatic discussion with General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, and his accompanying delegation in Colombo. MORE..
9 May 2026 (7:53 PM)
An Amber advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for severe lightning in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Southern, Uva, North-Western, Northern, North-Central provinces and in Trincomalee district. MORE..
9 May 2026 (3:06 PM)
A 47-year-old resident of Balapitiya was reportedly attacked to death using a sharp weapon following an escalation of a dispute within the Ambalangoda Police Division. MORE..
9 May 2026 (12:53 PM)
An Amber advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for heavy rainfall in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-Central, Northern provinces and in Galle, Matara, and Kurunegala districts. MORE..
9 May 2026 (3:56 PM)