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Following tests on multiple samples, the fever which spread in the northern region of the island and claimed 7 lives, has been identified as Leptospirosis, also known as rat fever , the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health confirmed. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (1:04 PM)
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Namal Karunaratne, says that necessary steps will be taken to provide full compensation of Rs. 100,000 per hectare to farmers whose crops were destroyed due to recent adverse weather conditions. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (12:54 PM)
The Meteorology Department says the low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal is very likely to continue to move west-northwestwards slowly, towards the Tamil Nadu coast close to Northern Sri Lanka during the next 24 hours. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (10:25 AM)
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (11:21 PM)
Three individuals from the same family have been injured and a young girl has died in a fatal accident that occurred near the Pinnaduwa interchange on the Southern Expressway. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (11:37 AM)
A woman from Thalathuoya has been arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for allegedly soliciting a bribe of Rs 350,000. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (4:32 PM)