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In a bid to minimize the post harvest loss and have better storage facilities for agro based products, ground was broken to constr…

A local politico hailing from a Nuwara of Denuwara fame is said to be behaving like a typical thug.   He would often menacin…

On Saturday 12 January, a training camp at the Panagoda Army Cantonment on drug prevention was held for past awardees of the Civil…

A big-mouthed Diyawanna politico had to do the vanishing trick while attending an important party meeting when he came under fire …

November 16 that witnessed the Speaker’s chair being carried away and desecrated has already gone into history as a day of infam…

Nearly 647 people were affected while six others had gone missing when the bunds surrounding six irrigation tanks in the Mullaitiv…

The adverse effects of climate change, such as floods, erosion and landslides are increasingly hitting businesses in coastal r…

There was a slight distraction for Sri Lanka ahead of the three match Test series against England as fast bowler Lahiru Kumara was…

In its latest assessment, the Disaster Management Centre says, despite a reduction in heavy rain fall, a total of 12,453 persons b…

Seychelles President Danny Faure had requested President Maithripala Sirisena to assist in granting military training opportunitie…

Sri Lanka's monsoon season was the only winner in Dambulla as the first ODI was abandoned after just 15 overs of play. England had…

Only 15 overs were bowled in the entire contest. England were 95/2 when rain interrupted play and no overs were bowled thereafter.…

Train services on the Polonnaruwa-Batticaloa railway line as a train had collided with three wild elephants on the track. Accor…

Floods in May 2016 and May of last year, killed and injured several and made hundreds or more homeless and destitute in Colombo …

Local politicians estimate over Rs. 250 million in damage Over 200 shops, 50 vehicles damaged by floods Water level rose …

Rainmaker Worldwide (OTC:RAKR), working with its local partner, Rainmaker Water PVT Ltd., has delivered its first innovative Air-t…

IGP Pujith Jayasundara, who is facing an investigation over allegations levelled against him, is scheduled to leave for the UK to …

The Sri Lanka Railways has decided to increase train ticket fares with effect from 1 October. Although there has been no change i…

Danish wind turbine manufacturer has won a tender to build the 100 MegaWatt wind farm in Mannar but the project is held up by dela…

China will help train Sri Lankan athletes for international meets following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) bet…

A special tsunami drill scheduled to be held on Wednesday (5) in Ampara, Mullaitivu and Galle districts inline with the Internatio…

Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera in a special statement yesterday extended his regrets to the railway commuters…

Four railway workers have been interdicted in connection with Monday evening’s train accident at Panaliya, near Polgahawela. Ov…

Around 262 houses had been partly damaged due to strong winds that prevailed across Colombo suburbs on Tuesday night. Disaster Ma…

The Ayodhya to Colombo via Rameshwaram service by the Indian Railways will start from November 14 from Delhi and take 16 days to c…