A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were making their way to the site of the incident. MORE..
19 May 2024 (11:40 PM)
Rescuers have reached the crash site of the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, Iran s semi-official Tasnim news agency. MORE..
20 May 2024 (9:52 AM)
The small fishing boats along the coasts of Mannar to Colombo via Galle, Hambantota to Pottuvil and Ampara are advised not to venture out to sea from 12 noon today until further notice. MORE..
19 May 2024 (1:30 PM)
The Department of Meteorology has issued a Red alert warning of heavy rains for Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-western provinces and for Galle, Matara, Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya and Mannar districts today (19). MORE..
19 May 2024 (12:31 PM)
The National Building and Research Organisation (NBRO), on Sunday (May 19) issued Level 01 and Level 02 early landslide warnings for several localities in eight districts, effective until 04.00 p.m. tomorrow (May 20). MORE..
19 May 2024 (7:13 PM)
Leader of the National Peoples Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake states that an NPP government will abolish all special privileges of the Heads of the State including pensions, allowances, official residences, vehicles etc. MORE..
19 May 2024 (9:47 PM)