Atmospheric conditions will be favorable for afternoon thundershowers in most parts of the island over the next few days from today (02 April).
2 Apr 2026 (7:27 AM)
Doctors in all government hospitals will stage a 24-hour token strike starting from 8.00 a.m. today (April 2), the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) announced. MORE..
2 Apr 2026 (7:43 AM)
Seven police officers attached to the Kotmale Police Station were injured in a wasp attack while conducting a raid on an illicit liquor distillery operating within a forest reserve in the Ramboda area of Wedamulla, Kotmale, today (01). MORE..
1 Apr 2026 (5:54 PM)
President Donald Trump rattled NATO allies on Wednesday morning, as he strongly suggested that the U.S. was weighing whether to pull out of the transatlantic military alliance. MORE..
1 Apr 2026 (4:44 PM)
Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday (Apr 1) on NASA s Artemis II mission, a high-stakes 10-day trip around the moon that marks the United States boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface this decade before China s first crewed landing. MORE..
2 Apr 2026 (5:39 AM)
A US judge has temporarily halted President Donald Trump s White House ballroom construction project, ruling that proper procedures were not followed before the project began. MORE..
1 Apr 2026 (6:05 PM)