The A-9 main road to Jaffna has been flooded at Omanthai, prompting police to urge motorists to use alternate routes. MORE..

27 Nov 2024 (10:39 AM)

The Irrigation Department has issued a flood warning for several low-lying areas of Malwathu Oya Basin, effective until 5.30 a.m. on November 29, 2024. MORE..

27 Nov 2024 (10:26 AM)

The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to further ease the monetary policy stance and set the newly introduced Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 8.00 per cent. MORE..

27 Nov 2024 (10:04 AM)

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the continued support from international financial institutions and other official creditors, together with the participation of bondholders in a debt exchange consistent with debt sustainability, is necessary to underpin the success of Sri Lanka s economic reform efforts. MORE..

27 Nov 2024 (10:01 AM)

The Meteorology Department says the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal was located to 190 km southeast of Trincomalee at around 11-30 p.m. of November 26, 2024. MORE..

27 Nov 2024 (9:46 AM)

The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued a Level 3 (Red) Landslide Early Warning for 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 (12:11 AM)