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)
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)
The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) has directed the activation of a special Operations Room at the Army Headquarters to ensure public safety and security during the ongoing festive season. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (7:41 PM)
A multi-day fishing trawler has gone missing after setting out from the Mirissa fishing harbor in Matara. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (3:53 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)