A considerable amount of rainfall has been recorded in most catchment areas of the Aththanagalu Oya basin as of 6.00 a.m. today, the irrigation Department said.

The Irrigation Department has issued a spill discharge notice for the Tabbowa and Inginimitiya reservoirs today (14), with a total of 9,400 cubic feet per second (cusec) being released into the Mi Oya basin.

When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sat down to a ​lavish state banquet in Beijing on Thursday, the menu itself read like a work of diplomacy.

A vessel reportedly operating as a ’’floating armoury’’ in the Gulf of Oman has been seized by Iranian military personnel, according to the maritime risk management company Vanguard.

The Colombo Stock Exchange witnessed a volatile session today, where early optimism quickly faded into mild selling pressure by the close. The market opened on a positive note, with the ASPI rising by 66 points within th

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The Meteorology Department has issued a red warning for very heavy rainfall affecting several parts of the country as the low-pressure area located northeast of Sri Lanka continues to persist.

Former Director of the National Institute of Education (NIE), I.G.S. Premathilaka, was today sentenced to six years of rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court after being found guilty of contempt of court in connectio

Nearly 20 percent of Sri Lanka’s population suffers from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), describing the figure as a serious public health concern, Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has earned his maiden India A call-up for the upcoming one-day tri-series in Sri Lanka, which will also feature Afghanistan. This continues the 15-year-old’s rapid rise in top-flight cricket, after t

Sri Lanka has taken steps to conserve and officially gazette the country’s first-ever geothermal wetland, located at Kapurulla in the Bogamuyaya Grama Niladhari Division of Maha Oya in the Ampara District.

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Continuing its long-standing commitment to education and community empowerment, Seylan Bank PLC has opened its 291st ‘Pahasara’ Library at A/BuddhangalaContinue Reading The post Seylan Bank Opens 291st ‘Pahasara’ Library

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Weerawarana founded WSO2 in August 2005 alongside Paul Fremantle and Davanum Srinivas, with backing from Intel Capital,

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The telegraphic transfer rate for the dollar was 323.5000 buying, 330.5000 selling.

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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been named in a 15-member India ‘A’ squad for the forthcoming one-day tri-series in Sri Lanka, scheduled to be held in June 2026. The squad, which will face ‘A’ sides of Sri Lanka and Afghanistan

Saudi Arabia is set to host its first franchise league later this year, with the ‘Dunes League T20’ due to launch in October. The league has been sanctioned by the Saudi Arabia Cricket Federation (SACF) and is expected t

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the guidance or religious leaders is essential to further strengthen harmony and solidarity among communities in multicultural areas such as Anamaduwa, where Sinhala, Tam

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields dropped across maturities at Wednesday’s auction, data from the Public Debt Management Office showed, with all offered 80 billion rupees bills sold. The 3-month bill was dow

Market turnover was 2.6 billion rupees.

Market turnover was 2.6 billion rupees.

EDB and Janathakshan GTE Ltd sign MoU to strengthen biodiversity friendly agri export value chains

EDB and Janathakshan GTE Ltd sign MoU to strengthen biodiversity friendly agri export value chains

With WindForce holding the remaining 51 percent.

General public is advised to take adequate precautions

Market turnover was 1.36 billion rupees.

The Government yesterday announced plans to triple Sri Lanka’s economy to $ 300 billion by transforming the critical small and medium enterprise (SME) sector via the first-ever National SME Strategy Framework. The Framew

Nearly three weeks after an Indian family of four were found dead in their home, investigators tell the BBC they are no closer to knowing what actually happened. The Dokadia family – Abdullah, his wife Nasreen and their

Hundreds of people descended on a girls’ boarding school in the Indonesian village of Tlogosari, Central Java on 2 May, shouting chants and waving banners. “Women are not sexual objects” read one. Another said, simply, “

The Philippine Senate was locked down with military personnel seen entering the building where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) had sought refuge. Rounds of gunfire were heard but officials have

After back-to-back ducks in his last two innings, Virat Kohli showed most emphatically that he had merely been out of runs and not out of form, scoring his ninth IPL hundred to lead Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to t

A Special Coordination Committee meeting for the Badulla District was held on Wednesday (13)  afternoon  at the Badulla District Secretariat under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to review the progres

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 14 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 14 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The low pressure area located northeast of the Sri Lanka, still persist. this system is expected to move away from Sri