GUSTY WINDS DAMAGE 262 HOUSES IN COLOMBO SUBURBS
Around 262 houses had been partly damaged due to strong winds that prevailed across Colombo suburbs on Tuesday night. Disaster Management Center (DMC...
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Ramayana tourism to kick off in Nov, train will go to places linked with the Hindu epic
The Ayodhya to Colombo via Rameshwaram service by the Indian Railways will start from November 14 from Delhi and take 16 days to cover the circuit. Th...
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Acid rain in NCP – Dr. Senanayake
Environmentalists claimed that the acidic gases, which are being released from the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant, can lead to acid rain and deforestat...
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Olympian Liam Tancock on a four-day training session in Lanka
World 50-metre backstroke record holder (24.04 secs) and Olympian Liam Tancock will begin his four-day training session in Colombo today to help dev...
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6.1 Earthquake kills 3 in Osaka, Japan
Reuters- Three people were killed and more than 73 were injured on Monday (June 18) after walls collapsed due to a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that hit O...
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How Steve Jobs Started – The Winding Path
As people around the world wondered if innovation at Apple had stopped with Steve Jobs, we want to share with you a snapshot of the genius’s lif...
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Ceylinco General Insurance uses drone technology Inspects flood claims on the spot
Ceylinco General Insurance became the first insurance company in Sri Lanka to use drones to inspect locations still under water in order to settle cla...
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Hema Nalin’s death caused by ruptured brain blood vessel
The death of veteran television presenter Hema Nalin Karunaratne was caused by a ruptured blood vessel in his brain, the Police said today. Hema Nali...
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Private company to operate new train services in H’tota District
The Government wants the private sector to build and operate rail services in a US$ 800 million (Rs. 127 billion) project in the Hambantota district, ...
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President tours flood-hit areas to observe relief operations
[embed]https://youtu.be/kwZmPBu2AbE?t=5[/embed] President Maithripala Sirisena Sunday visited the flood-hit Chilaw area in the northwest to observe t...
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Floods receding but risks remain - DMC
Floods in most of the areas are receding but the risks brought on by the adverse weather conditions still remain, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC)...
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Rain disaster affected nears126,000
The National Disaster Management Center (DMC) yesterday announced that more than 125,954 persons belonging to 32,136 families have been affected by th...
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Two more days of weather fury
Heavy rains, and floods continue to wreak havoc as the South West monsoon continue to hit the south western part of the country today (24) and tomorro...
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Weather worsens
As weather conditions predictably worsened, the National Building Research Organization (NBRO), yesterday (23), issued new red notices to four Distric...
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9 killed, 68,000 affected in bad weather
The Disaster Management Centre says 9 deaths have been reported thus far due to the adverse weather, with over 68,000 persons across 14 districts in t...
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WEATHER AFFECTS OVER 38,000
The Disaster Management Centre said a total of 68,000 persons belonging to 18,079 families have been affected across 19 districts due to the adverse w...
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Heavy rains to continue
The Government, through the Road Development Authority (RDA), allocated Rs 5 million for each Province, currently affected by the floods, for the purp...
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Rain havoc claims more lives
Death toll six Over 1,000 displaced more than 22,000 affected Showers to continue Unrelenting rains continue to wreak havoc in 12 di...
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Heavy rains displace about 8,000 in Galle region
About 2,000 families have been displaced by heavy rains in the Galle region on Saturday night (12), according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC)....
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Sri Lanka Air Force Combat Training School in Diyatalawa honoured with President’s Colours
The award of the President’s Colours of the Sri Lanka Air Force Combat Training School in Diyatalawa (SLAF CTS) to appreciate the great service rend...
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Rajapaksa urges citizens to refrain from all acts of violence
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that there is a need to create in the country a nationalistic alliance comprising of Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim...
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Many areas receive 100mm of rain
Several areas in the country, particularly the Eastern Province, had received heavy rainfall, some over 100 mm yesterday (28), the Department of Meteo...
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Historic brain surgery at NHSL
The first ever surgery in Sri Lanka’s history performed at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka on a stroke patient without opening up the brain has b...
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