President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised that a unified operational mechanism, which goes beyond the normal state administration, is required to...
The government’s failure to act on expert warnings, including advance forecasts on Cyclone Ditwah, had led to the worsening of disaster impact,...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake instructed officials to prepare the farmers in the Anuradhapura District whose paddy cultivation was destroyed due...
The Landslide Early Warning Center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has extended the RED landslide early warnings issued...
England batted against type and belatedly produced a rearguard, but it was in vain as seamer Michael Neser justified his...
Rescue teams and volunteers have been struggling to assist millions of people affected by floods and landslides in parts of...
Twenty five people have been killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in the coastal region of Goa, India,...
The Landslide Early Warning Center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has issued landslide early warnings to the districts...
The Situation Report issued by the Disaster Management Center [DMC] at 2000hrs on Saturday [06] confirms that 607 persons have...
Border clashes have erupted again between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban forces, with each sides accusing the other of breaking a...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at 12.15 p.m. 06 December 2025 valid for...
An epic stonewall from Justin Greaves had him face more than half the deliveries of his 12-Test career in this...
By Chandrasena Maliyadde Perhaps, microcredit to some and microfinance to others is the term used, misused and abused in many recent discourses on economic recovery, after...
Blue Eagles captain Lakmal Gunasinghe (left) and Colombo FC skipper B.M.C.B. Rathnayake pose with the FFSL President’s Cup trophy.(Pic by Kamal Wanniarachchi) Formidable Blue Eagles will...
Aptly titled obsequentia, the Latin term for compliance, Bank of Ceylon recently held the first-ever ‘Compliance Quiz’ among banks in Sri Lanka. Branded ‘Obsequentia 2020 –...
Two anti-submarine ships of the Russian Federation, namely Admiral ‘Tribuc’ and Admiral ‘Vinogradov’, and a maritime tanker ‘Boris Butoma’ arrived at the Hambantota Port, on Monday...
Sri Lanka ranked high, out-performing South Asian neighbours in its Air Quality measurement according to the Environmental Performance Index 2020 (EPI) released by researchers at Yale...
by Rathindra Kuruwita Kalmunai Sub Division of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) had been asked to investigate and report on NTJ leader Zahran Hashim and his...
The SLFP would extend its fullest support to the government’s constitutional reform process, SLFP General Secretary and State Minister for Batik, Handlooms and Local Garments Dayasiri...
‘We received two mandates to enact a new Constitution’ By Shamindra Ferdinando SLPP National List member Gevindu Cumaratunga strongly pushed for a new Constitution instead of...
By Dr. Janaka Ratnasiri The Minister of Power, four days after assuming duties, had to face an island-wide power blackout which commenced around 12.30 pm on...
First death anniversary By Dr. H.D.Goonetilleke (dguna2@gmail.com) Today, marks the first death anniversary of Prof. Carlo Fonseka, a great intellect and well-known physician, who is also...
Senior Prof. Nilanthi de Silva has been appointed Vice- Chancellor of University of Kelaniya with effect from last Friday. She assumed duties as the first female...
SLFP 69 today By Shamindra Ferdinando One-time SLFP General Secretary Prof. Rohana Lakshman said yesterday that in spite of setbacks suffered over the past couple of...
