The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has extended the Level 3 (Red) Landslide Early Warning issued to several divisional secretariat divisions (DSDs) in Kandy, Matale and Nuwara-Eliya districts urging the residents of these areas to evacuate to safer locations. MORE..
27 Nov 2024 (8:00 PM)
Sri Lanka s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its support for the recently announced ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. MORE..
28 Nov 2024 (11:05 AM)
The Department of Meteorology warns that the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal, which was located 110 km to the east of Trincomalee at around 11.30 a.m. today (27), is likely to move closer to the east coast of Sri Lanka and further intensify into a cyclonic storm during the next 06 hours. MORE..
27 Nov 2024 (7:38 PM)
Adverse weather conditions have severely impacted 20 districts across the island, with total of 80,642 families in 166 Divisional Secretariat divisions currently affected, according to the Disaster Management Center (DMC). MORE..
28 Nov 2024 (10:26 AM)
Several train services have been cancelled due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions in many areas across the island. MORE..
27 Nov 2024 (5:33 PM)
The body of another student out of the six who went missing after the tractor they were traveling on toppled and was swept away by floodwaters at Karaitivu in Ampara District last evening (26), has been discovered. MORE..
27 Nov 2024 (11:53 PM)