Former Minister Bandula Gunawardena has stated that Sri Lanka currently lacks the financial strength required to withstand either domestic natural disasters or sudden external shocks arising from foreign countries. MORE..
24 Jan 2026 (2:02 PM)
The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) has apprehended a total of 11 suspects along with two multi-day fishing trawlers in the deep seas off the southern coast for possession of heroin and the synthetic drug ICE (crystal methamphetamine). MORE..
24 Jan 2026 (12:03 PM)
The Department of Meteorology says showers will occur at times in the Northern, North-Central, Eastern and Uva provinces, as well as in the Matale and Nuwara Eliya districts, during the next 36 hours. MORE..
24 Jan 2026 (6:24 PM)
Six passengers were injured in a head-on collision involving a Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus and a private bus in the Soragune area of Haldummulla. MORE..
24 Jan 2026 (12:59 PM)
The Chief of Staff and Deputy Secretary-General of Parliament, Chaminda Kularatne, has reportedly been temporarily interdicted. MORE..
24 Jan 2026 (2:44 PM)
Seven people have died and 82 are missing after a landslide hit in Indonesia s West Java province, Indonesia s disaster mitigation agency said on Saturday, amid reports of heavy rain in the area. MORE..
24 Jan 2026 (3:20 PM)