LNP - Eight Colombo-Kandy trains cancelled indefinitely: SLRSMU

2021-11-10   |   Weather

The Railway Department has cancelled eight trains that were in service between Colombo Fort and Kandy until further notice due to adverse weather, the...

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LNP - Adverse weather claims 11 lives, affects more than 7,000 people in Sri Lanka

2021-11-09   |   Weather

A total of 11 people have died in Sri Lanka due to the adverse weather conditions prompted by the recent torrential rains in many parts of the island....

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LNP - Fairly heavy rains above 75 mm expected in six provinces

2021-11-04   |   Weather

Showers will occur at times in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts, says the Department of Meteorology. Showers or th...

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LNP - Heavy rains above 100 mm in four provinces including Western

2021-11-02   |   Weather

The Department of Meteorology says the low-pressure area still persist in the vicinity of Sri Lanka. Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in ...

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LNP - Trains on Main Line back on track after delay

2021-11-01   |   Weather

Train services on the Main Line, which were interrupted this morning (Nov. 01), have been restored. Trains were delayed on the Main Line earlier today...

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LNP - Announcement on resumption of train services

2021-10-22   |   Weather

Transport Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi today (October 22) made an announcement on the resumption of train services following an interruption prompt...

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LNP - Trains will be back on track from Oct. 15: GMR

2021-10-07   |   Weather

The Railways Department is considering to resume train services in the country from October 15, General Manager of Railways (GMR) J.I.D. Jayasundara s...

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LNP - Slim chances major earthquakes in Sri Lanka: Professors of Geology

2021-09-24   |   Weather

Doctors and professors who have thorough knowledge in our country's geology have expressed that Sri Lanka is located closer to the centre of the Indo-...

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LNP - SL heading for worst medical tsunami in coming weeks from Delta wave

2021-08-04   |   Weather

Sequencing of selected samples shows 20 to 30 percent Delta positivity in Colombo in mid-july.has increased to 75 percent by the end of July Initially...

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LNP - Inter-provincial trains to operate from tomorrow: SLSMU

2021-07-14   |   Weather

The National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (​NOCPCO) has granted permission to operate inter-provincial trains from tomorrow,...

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LNP - MAGA to construct a new Railway Operation HQ & Train Control Centre at Maradana

2021-07-09   |   Weather

Sri Lanka’s railway system transports essential goods and freight, serves thousands of daily commuters, and forms an island-wide transport network t...

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LNP - Several additional trains will be added to the service: Dy GMR

2021-06-24   |   Weather

Due to an increase in commuters, the railway department has decided to assign more trains to help the commuters while maintaining social distancing, R...

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LNP - WindForce declares over 1 billion dividends with a strong performance

2021-06-05   |   Weather

FY21 Revenue up 30% Dividend of LKR 1,013 million FY21 PAT up 10% Dividend per Share 0.75 LKR WindForce Limited, which listed on the CSE this year, di...

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LNP - WindForce to develop Karadiyana Waste to Energy Power Plant

2021-05-24   |   Weather

Sri Lanka’s largest publicly listed power company WindForce Ltd. aims to fast-track the development of the Karadiyana Waste to Energy Power Plant, h...

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LNP - Landslide warnings issued for five districts

2021-05-24   |   Weather

The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) today issued landslide warnings for Galle, Kalutara, Nuwara Eliya, Ratnapura and Kegalle districts....

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LNP - Met. Dept. warns of a cyclonic storm

2021-05-24   |   Weather

Strong winds (50-60 kmph, up to 70-80 kmph gusty wind at times) during thundershowers are expected over the North Andaman sea and adjoining east centr...

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LNP - More buses added to cover up train strike: Dilum

2021-05-17   |   Weather

Due to sudden trade union action by two Railway Trade Unions this morning, the Transport Ministry added more buses to facilitate office transport, Tra...

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LNP - Nestlé, Dialog Enterprise launch Lanka’s first automated food cold storage temperature monitoring solution

2021-05-12   |   Weather

Nestlé Lanka has launched an innovative solution for managing and monitoring its cold storage temperature, developed by premier business solutions pr...

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LNP - Tourists ask for casinos, Ayurveda, shopping, and steam train travels

2021-04-30   |   Weather

As Sri Lanka is exploring multiple options to pull the tourism sector towards normalcy at the earliest, special requests have been received from key s...

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LNP - Earthquake of 6.7 magnitude rocks India’s Assam

2021-04-28   |   Weather

An earthquake of magnitude of 6.7 on the Richter Scale hit Sonitpur, Assam in India on Wednesday at 7:51 am, the country’s National Center for Seism...

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LNP - WindForce, Vidullanka and HiEnergy to add 10MW solar energy to National Grid

2021-04-21   |   Weather

WindForce Limited, the latest company to list on the Colombo Stock Exchange, acquired Solar Universe (Pvt) Ltd, which has won a tender to develop a 10...

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LNP - Hubble-bubble over bio-secure bubble for Ukrainians

2021-01-18   |   Weather

The former envoy’s pilot project of facilitating the tourist arrivals from Ukraine, which had been initially planned in consultation with the top te...

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LNP - Rain could spoil Galle Test

2021-01-14   |   Weather

Rex Clementine at Galle Fort  Sri Lanka’s final training session yesterday ahead of the Galle Test was cancelled as a heavy downpour kept the ...

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LNP - England begin training after negative PCR tests

2021-01-07   |   Weather

There was good news coming from the England camp in Hambantota yesterday after PCR tests done on the team turned negative for COVID-19 except for Mo...

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LNP - Funeral affair turned into a windfall!

2020-12-28   |   Weather

A funeral affair that could have been carried out at the cost of Rs. 1.6 million had cost the public exchequer Rs.3.2 million when a crony of a high...

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