The Meteorology Department warns that showery and windy conditions are expected to enhance during the next few days due to pre-monsoonal conditions over the country and surrounding sea areas. MORE..
16 May 2024 (2:04 PM)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed the prompt commencement of construction of the "Ashraf Memorial Museum" in Kalmunai, honoring the late M.H.M. Ashraf, founder of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and former Minister. MORE..
16 May 2024 (11:08 AM)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed to send a team comprising the Defence Secretary, a Foreign Ministry official and a former Sri Lankan diplomat to Russia to look into the Sri Lankans who have joined the Russian military in the Ukrainian warfront, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said. MORE..
16 May 2024 (1:21 PM)
The Colombo District Court today rejected the petition filed by Duminda Dissanayake seeking an interim injunction preventing Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe from functioning as the Chairman and Keerthi Udawatta as Acting General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). MORE..
16 May 2024 (12:05 PM)
A 39-year-old bus driver attached to the Nawalapitiya SLTB Bus Depot has reportedly passed away due to a sudden illness while driving a bus towards Nawalapitiya, thereby causing the bus to veer off the road and crash. MORE..
16 May 2024 (3:45 PM)
Calls for Indian travelers to boycott the Maldives is "absolutely" helping Sri Lanka s travel industry, the country s Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said Wednesday. MORE..
16 May 2024 (12:11 AM)