Weather News

The Meteorology Department says the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal was located about 240 km northeast of Trincom…

The number of deaths caused by adverse weather resulting from the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal has risen to si…

Inclement weather conditions have affected a total of 207,582 individuals from 59,629 families across 17 districts, according to t…

The deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal is likely to move closer to the east coast of Sri Lanka and intensify into a …

The A-9 main road to Jaffna has been flooded at Omanthai, prompting police to urge motorists to use alternate routes.  Accordingl…

The Meteorology Department says the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal was located to 190 km southeast of Trincomale…

The Meteorology Department says the Depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal was located to southeast about 290km of Batticaloa and…

The Commissioner General of Examinations, Amith Jayasundara has announced that G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination candidates who ar…

Sri Lanka defeated the West Indies by five wickets via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in the first ODI at Pallekele on Sunday, m…

Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places i…

A new virus, dubbed wetland virus (WELV), has been discovered in China that can spread to humans through tick bites, causing neuro…

President Ranil Wickremesinghe proposed to establish an International University on Climate Change in Sri Lanka with the support o…

The United Kingdom is fully committed to supporting all countries including Sri Lanka to tackle the impacts of climate change, a s…

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has phoned Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and has offered relief to Pakistan, Pakistan med…

Showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara dist…

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has urged the President and the law enforcement authorities to refrain from using the Prev…

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Central, Uva, Eastern and North-Central provinces during the evening or …

The United Kingdom has become the first country to approve an updated version of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine booster that targets…

The Ministry of Transport says that a luxury train will be operated between Colombo and Badulla starting from this weekend. The ne…

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that with the heavy rainfall in the country, minor flood situations and situations of in…

Showery and windy conditions are expected to continue in the western and southern sea areas and over the southwest quarter of the …

UNP MP Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament that the developments in Ukraine will adversely affect Sri Lanka and requested Finance…

The national economy is increasingly feeling the brunt from the shortage of foreign currency to fuel economic activities. However,…

To show the inefficiency of the railway department, it suddenly cancelled the Colombo Fort-Badulla night mail train, which was sch…

A luxury train service was launched today for the passengers traveling from Colombo Fort to Kankesanthurai (KKS). The new train se…