The Irrigation Department has issued a potential minor flood warning valid for the next 24 hours for several low-lying areas along the Mahaweli River Basin due to rainfall received since last night (21) in certain catchment areas. MORE..
22 Feb 2026 (8:25 AM)
An Amber advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for heavy rainfall in the Central, Uva and Sabaragamuwa provinces, as well as in the Ampara, Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa districts. MORE..
21 Feb 2026 (5:18 PM)
The Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Admiral Stephen T. "Web" Koehler, who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka from 19 to 21 February, has met Sri Lanka s Deputy Minister of Defence Major General (Retd) Aruna Jayasekara at his office in Colombo. MORE..
21 Feb 2026 (7:45 PM)
The Assistant Director of the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) for the Polonnaruwa District has reported that the Somawathiya-Sungavila Road has been inundated by approximately one foot of water as of this morning (21). MORE..
21 Feb 2026 (12:23 PM)
Australia s centre-left government on Sunday rejected a local media report that said it was working to repatriate Australians in a Syrian camp holding families of suspected Islamic State militants. MORE..
22 Feb 2026 (8:09 AM)
One of the two gunmen involved in the recent shooting and killing of a lawyer and his wife at Akuregoda has been arrested by the police. MORE..
21 Feb 2026 (8:41 PM)