Spill gates of 12 major reservoirs have been closed completely while overall, release of water from reservoirs across the country are currently decreasing, Eng. Nilantha Danapala, the Director of the Water Management Secretariat at the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka has confirmed. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (6:25 PM)
The fire that broke out this afternoon (21) within a three-storey building in Thihariya, Nittambuwa along the Colombo-Kandy main road has now been fully brought under control. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (6:06 PM)
At least nine people were killed and 10 others wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire at a tavern in a township near Johannesburg early on Sunday, in the latest mass shooting to shock South Africa. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (2:28 PM)
A group of the world s top economists including the Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz have called for Sri Lanka s debt payments to be suspended as it tackles the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (11:51 PM)
Academic activities of six faculties of the University of Peradeniya will fully resume on December 29, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Terrence Madhujith confirmed. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (8:51 PM)
Saudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually for a second year in a row. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (7:59 PM)