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The Registrar General’s Department of Sri Lanka has announced that the necessary legal provisions have been implemented to register the deaths of individuals who died…

The Department of Meteorology has issued an ‘Amber’ advisory for heavy rainfall above 100 millimeters over the next 24 hours in parts of the island.…

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to provide immediate relief for people affected by the disaster situation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. Considering the extensive…

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to implement major infrastructure projects across state universities in Sri Lanka to improve facilities afforded to university students.…

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is scheduled to chair an emergency Cabinet meeting this afternoon (03). The meeting is scheduled to be held at 5:00 p.m.…

A total of 387,964 domestic water supply connections that were disrupted due to landslides and flooding in recent days, have not been restored thus far.…

The Department of Meteorology says the low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal was located south of Sri Lanka at around midnight and it…

One lane of the Kandy-Colombo main road near Pahala Kadugannawa has been reopened, the Road Development Authority (RDA) has announced. The Pahala Kadugannawa section of…

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 7.75%, following its latest Monetary Policy Board meeting…