President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has issued directives to security forces and relevant officials to prioritise public safety and rescue operations and to ensure the continuous provision of essential relief services, including healthcare for affected populations. MORE..
27 Nov 2025 (5:38 PM)
Firefighters battled a blaze at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong for the second day on Thursday, as the death toll rose to 65 in one of the deadliest blazes in the city s modern history. MORE..
27 Nov 2025 (8:53 PM)
A Bell 212 helicopter of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has rescued three persons who were trapped on the rooftop of a two-storey building in Mahawa due to floods caused by prevailing inclement weather. MORE..
27 Nov 2025 (7:10 PM)
The Secretary to the Ministry of Education has advised the administrators of international schools operating in Sri Lanka to temporarily close their schools with immediate effect, due to the prevailing inclement weather conditions. MORE..
27 Nov 2025 (9:49 PM)
The Department of Irrigation has issued a warning of a potential flood situation within the next 48 hours in low-lying areas along the Mahaweli River Basin. MORE..
27 Nov 2025 (5:53 PM)
The Irrigation Department warns that there is a possibility of a major flood situation occurring within the next 24 hours in the low-lying areas adjacent to the Mahaweli River in the Yatinuwara and Gangawata Korale Divisional Secretariat Divisions of the Mahaweli River Basin. MORE..
27 Nov 2025 (9:32 PM)