The situation report issued by the Disaster Management Center at 1600 hrs today says that 212 persons have lost their lives while another 218 persons have...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed the President’s Fund to provide Rs. 1 million as compensation for each individual who died as a result of the...
Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), conducted inspection visits across the Badulla District to review the welfare of families affected by recent adverse...
The District Secretary of Colombo has urged residents living along both sides of roads in low-lying areas, from Kaduwela to Malabe, Athurugiriya to Malabe, and Malabe...
The situation report issued at 6:00AM by the Disaster Management Center today [30th November 2025] confirms that 159 persons have lost their lives and 203 persons...
Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Sultan Ahmed Mosque – widely known as the Blue Mosque – in his first visit to a Muslim place of...
Torrential rains have triggered floods and landslides across parts of southern Asia, killing around 600 people. Monsoon rain exacerbated by tropical storms caused some of the...
Venezuela has accused US President Donald Trump of making a “colonialist threat” after he said the airspace around the country should be considered closed. The country’s...
The National Disaster Management Council convened on Thursday (27) night at the Ministry of Defence under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The meeting focused...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake instructed District Secretaries to proceed with rescue and relief operations for affected communities without allowing financial constraints to hinder their work. The...