Firefighters battled a blaze at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong for the second day on Thursday, as the death toll rose to 65 in one of the deadliest blazes in the city s modern history. MORE..

27 Nov 2025 (8:53 PM)

The Department of Railways has cancelled the night mail train operating between Colombo and Badulla, as well as the return service from Badulla to Colombo. MORE..

27 Nov 2025 (8:17 PM)

The Department of Wildlife Conservation has announced that multiple national parks will be temporarily closed due to the prevailing rainy weather conditions across the island. MORE..

27 Nov 2025 (8:09 PM)

All preschools and early childhood development centers across the country will be closed from tomorrow (28) due to the prevailing adverse weather and associated disaster conditions, the National Secretariat for Early Childhood Development announced. MORE..

27 Nov 2025 (7:28 PM)

A Bell 212 helicopter of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has rescued three persons who were trapped on the rooftop of a two-storey building in Mahawa due to floods caused by prevailing inclement weather. MORE..

27 Nov 2025 (7:10 PM)

The Department of Meteorology announced that the deep depression which had formed near the Sri Lankan coast in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclone a short time ago today (27). The cyclone has been named "Ditwa". MORE..

27 Nov 2025 (6:30 PM)