Weightlifting and wushu to resume national pool training on June 1

2020-05-19   |   Weather

Only two national sports associations have responded positively to a circular issued by the Ministry of Sports to resume training activities for the n...

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Nineteen trains to operate from Monday

2020-05-18   |   Weather

Nineteen trains are scheduled to be operated to Colombo from Monday (May 18), the Railways Department said. General Manager of Railways M.J.D Fernando...

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Earthquake hits Rome as the city emerges from lockdown

2020-05-12   |   Weather

File photo: The last major earthquake to strike Italy hit in Umbria region in 2016 with a magnitude of 6.2, killing 299 people and leaving hundreds in...

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Season tickets, SLR SMS, and employer authorisation must to board trains on Monday: GMR

2020-05-09   |   Weather

Commuters who had season tickets following with an SMS sent by the Railways Department and had their names in the list of employee names given by the ...

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Met Dept. warns of thundershowers and severe lightning

2020-04-28   |   Weather

Thundershowers with severe lightning have been forecast by the Meteorological Department in several provinces across Sri Lanka this evening. Issuing...

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Heavy rains likely this evening: Met Dep.

2020-04-16   |   Weather

Thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning and heavy rains exceeding 100 mm are likely to occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Centra...

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COVID-19 spread may be slowing in high temperature - SL researcher

2020-04-06   |   Weather

The COVID-19 pandemic may not spiral out of control in countries such as Sri Lanka due to its high temperature and high humidity levels as it has been...

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Duty despite rain

2020-04-05   |   Weather

The security forces were on duty despite the rains that showered last night....

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Act with great restraint & follow advices: PM

2020-03-21   |   Weather

In a statement, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today urged the public to act with great restraint and with the future in mind at a time when the wor...

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Train services limited upto Negombo only: GMR

2020-03-19   |   Weather

The Railways Department today decided to limit all train services up to Negombo on the Colombo-Puttalam line from this evening, the Railways General M...

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Railways sterilizes train compartments

2020-03-19   |   Weather

A programme to sterilize all train compartments arriving at the Dematagoda, Maradana and Maligawatta Running Sheds was commenced today, General Manage...

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Arjuna to consider refraining from contesting at polls

2020-03-19   |   Weather

Former MP Arujna Ranatunga yesterday said he will refrain from contesting the general election because of the crisis brought on by CORVID-19. Mr. Rana...

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It’s Raining Chocolate Once Again at Hilton Colombo!

2020-03-11   |   Weather

It’s that time of the year once again where Hilton Colombo goes choco-crazy. From chocolate inspired delicious dishes to mouthwatering beverages, ca...

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Adverse weather

2019-12-23   |   Weather

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Train derailment…

2019-12-20   |   Weather

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Black Caps singing in the rain with opening Twenty20 win over Sri Lanka

2019-09-02   |   Weather

The hitting power of Ross Taylor and Colin de Grandhomme steered New Zealand to a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 international cri...

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Kiwi quicks take 4 as rain strikes again

2019-08-26   |   Weather

New Zealand’s fast bowlers made the most of favourable conditions to place Sri Lanka in a tricky position on day two of the second test match of the...

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Landslide tragedy…

2019-07-22   |   Weather

About 10 shops were destroyed in a landslide in Ginigatthena this morning where one person was killed...

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Women’s National Junior Hockey Pool training from July 27

2019-07-18   |   Weather

The Technical Committee of the Sri Lanka Hockey Federation has selected a 54 member Junior National Women’s Hockey Pool for the Junior Women’s U-2...

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India dominate New Zealand before rain forces reserve day in Manchester

2019-07-10   |   Weather

India’s disciplined bowling attack dominated New Zealand before intermittent rain washed out the rest of Tuesday’s play in the first Cricket World...

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365 runs!?Windies duo Campbell, Hope create world record

2019-05-06   |   Weather

DUBLIN, Sunday - John Campbell and Shai Hope created history during the ODI encounter between West Indies and Ireland in Dublin as the Windies duo ...

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France in a rush to train skilled workers to restore Notre-Dame

2019-04-30   |   Weather

(Paris) REUTERS: France is in a hurry to rebuild world famous Notre-Dame Cathedral and Romain Legoube, an 18-year-old apprentice carpenter, hopes to b...

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World Bank supports climate resilient agriculture projects in Lanka

2019-04-16   |   Weather

The International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank has provided financial assistance of USD 125 Million to implement a climate resilien...

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Dambulla gets temperature humidity controlled warehouse

2019-04-02   |   Weather

In a bid to minimize the post harvest loss and have better storage facilities for agro based products, ground was broken to construct a 5,000 ton temp...

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Pre-training to enter national politics!

2019-02-05   |   Weather

A local politico hailing from a Nuwara of Denuwara fame is said to be behaving like a typical thug.   He would often menacingly lunge at even wo...

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