Sri Lanka is facing an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah, with leading experts warning...
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has categorised 192 persons as missing as search operations were scaled down in flood-affected areas....
The Situation Report issued by the Disaster Management Center at 06:00 AM today [09th December] confirms that 635 persons have...
European leaders have said “now is a critical moment” to ramp up support for Ukraine and put pressure on Russia...
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck northern Japan on Monday. Tsunami advisories have been lifted for the Pacific coastline in northern...
A new strain of mpox, previously called monkeypox, has been detected in a person in England, say UK health officials....
A powerful earthquake has struck off Japan’s coast, triggering a tsunami alert, according to local media reports. An initial report...
Residents on both sides of Thailand’s and Cambodia’s border evacuated in droves on Monday as fresh clashes erupted, killing at...
New Zealand’s bowling spearhead Matt Henry (calf strain), seam-bowling allrounder Nathan Smith (side strain) and spin-bowling allrounder Mitchell Santner (groin...
The Level III RED landslide warnings issued to the districts of Kandy, Kegalle, Kurunegala and Matale by the landslide early...
A special District Coordinating Committee meeting, convened to review the damage caused to the agricultural sector in the Nuwara Eliya...
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in London today [Monday] amid a continuing deadlock...
These wild buffaloes which stumbled on a strolling leopard in the Wilpattu National Park charged at the predator instead of fleeing. Moments later the leopard disappeared...
By Saman Gamage and Pradeep Kumara Dharmaratne Raids conducted by the STF commandos, on Saturday and Sunday, helped net 10 underworld characters and a haul of...
by PRIYAN DE SILVA National coordinator of the Center for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) Manjula Gajanayaka, addressing the media, yesterday, voiced his concern about the increase...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said he would obtain the highest number of votes in the Polonnaruwa District. He said he would poll more than 150,000...
By Emanthi Marambe Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will meet Public Health Inspectors tomorrow (28,) to discuss the issues they face. A spokesman for the Public Health...
The courts had declared that Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) was a separate party and UNPers who would try to subvert the party by working with them...
Air Force intelligence officers had informed the State Intelligence Service (SIS) of the activities of Islamic extremists on several occasions since 2014, a senior Air Force...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Pulasthini Rajendran aka Sarah Jesmine, wife of Atchchi Muhammadu Hastun, who detonated the suicide bomb at St. Sebastian’s Church at Katuwapitiya, Negombo had...
* Monday 27th July, 2020 Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has undertaken to rid the Colombo city of slums and shanties by implementing housing projects for the...
The fickle consciousness of the public is legendary and we realize that politicians depend greatly on yet another fact – namely, the very poor memory of...
Arecent move by the government to reduce the fixed deposit rates has caused immense worry and concern to senior citizens and their families. Retired personnel and...
by Muhammad Ali Siddiqi ARE they really serious when successive Indian army chiefs say they are preparing for a two-front war? Or is a two-front war...
