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The Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has urged all multi-day fishing vessels operating in deep-sea areas around the Andaman Islands to immediately leave the area and move towards safer waters as strong winds and rough seas are expected in the coming days.
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings for ten districts amid adverse weather conditions affecting several parts of the country.
The low-pressure area over the Andaman Sea region of the Bay of Bengal, northeast of Sri Lanka, is expected to intensify into a depression within the next 24 hours, the Meteorological Department said.
One plantation worker was killed and seven others injured in a wasp attack while they were working at the Waltrim Estate today (21).
Sri Lanka’s repeated exposure to war, the COVID-19 pandemic, economic hardship and natural disasters has left many people dealing with layers of trauma and loss, with earlier experiences of distress often resurfacing after new crises, a recent study has found.
Russian flag carrier Aeroflot will resume flight operations between Moscow and Colombo on October 3, 2026 with two scheduled for a week initially, according to Ambassador Levan Dzhagaryan.
Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne has received the Supreme Court’s official determination on the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, according to the Speaker’s Office.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the US from September 23 to 25 at the invitation of President Donald Trump, China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
New regulations requiring licences for the public use of certain music at weddings, parties, hotels, banks, supermarkets, corporate functions and other events have come into effect, as part of measures to protect intellectual property rights.
The Irrigation Department has warned of rising river levels and possible minor flooding in several areas as heavy rainfall continues across the country’s wet zone.
Sri Lanka Police is to introduce specialised on-site drug testing kits within the next two to three months to crack down on the growing trend of motorists driving under the influence of narcotics, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasuriya said.
The “ViYASA” National Business Facilitation Centre (NBFC), established under the Presidential Secretariat to help remove administrative and regulatory barriers affecting businesses and investors, will be officially opened tomorrow (September 22).
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has appointed Habeeb Rifan, a lawyer from Oddamavadi, Batticaloa, as a National List MP for a period of one year.
Questions have been raised over the importation and release of a stock of around 190,000 G-CSF injections, reportedly worth approximately Rs. 250 million, amid claims that the drugs were imported without proper labelling and required standards.
In response to a query about Sri Lanka seeking defence cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Russian Ambassador Levan Dzhagaryan said that it was Sri Lanka’s bilateral issue, and Russia, unlike Western countries, does not put pressure.
A 15-year old boy has died yesterday after being struck by lightning while sleeping on the ground in a room in his house during heavy rains, Agalawatta Police said.
The Supreme Court has dismissed a long-running claim by an Indian national seeking the return of 50 slabs of gold seized at the Bandaranaike International Airport in 1991, holding that transit passengers are also subject to the jurisdiction of Sri Lanka Customs.
Acknowledging the tax burden faced by the public, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday said the Government was expecting to remove certain taxes through the 2027 Budget to provide relief to people affected by rising costs.
President Donald Trump told Fox News in a Sept. 20 interview that he is ’’deciding’’ on the possibility of escalating the U.S. war on Iran.
A powerful typhoon barrelling towards Japan’s eastern coast has disrupted transportation and forced the closure of several tourist hotspots.
