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Over 120,000 tourist arrivals recorded in May

Sri Lanka, June 1 -- The number of tourists who arrived in the country in the month of May has increased to 120,120, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority has announced. According to the latest... Read More


Over 4,600 people affected by adverse weather across Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, May 31 -- The Disaster Management Center (DMC) reports that a total of 4,623 individuals from 104 Divisional Secretariat Divisions across 13 districts have been affected by the prevailing a... Read More


Public and bank holidays of 2026 declared

Sri Lanka, May 31 -- An extraordinary gazette notification has been issued declaring the public and bank holidays stipulated for the year 2026. The gazette extraordinary has been issued under the pow... Read More


Election Commission to gazette names of elected LG members today

Sri Lanka, May 31 -- The deadline for submitting the names of the elected members of the local government elections to the Election Commission expired at midnight yesterday (May 30). Accordingly, the... Read More


New Covid-19 subvariants detected in Sri Lanka: Health officials urge vigilance, not panic

Sri Lanka, May 31 -- The Medical Research Institute (MRI) of Sri Lanka has confirmed the presence of two new Omicron subvariants-LF.7 and XFG-currently spreading across parts of Asia, within the count... Read More


No fuel price revision for June

Sri Lanka, May 31 -- The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) announced that there will be no revision of fuel prices for the month of June 2025. Accordingly, all fuel prices will remain unchanged for ... Read More


Showers above 75mm expected in several areas

Sri Lanka, May 31 -- Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-western provinces and in the Galle and Matara districts, the Department of Meteorolog... Read More


Landslide early warning for several districts extended

Sri Lanka, May 31 -- The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has further extended the Level-1 Landslide Early Warning issued to certain areas in the districts of Galle, Kegalle, Kandy, Ratn... Read More


President attends Build SL 2025 Housing and Construction Expo

Sri Lanka, May 31 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake paid a visit to the 20th "Build SL Housing and Construction International Exhibition" organized by the Chamber of Construction Industry of Sri L... Read More


Prevailing showery conditions to reduce from tomorrow

Sri Lanka, May 31 -- The Department of Meteorology says that prevailing showery conditions in the southwestern part of the island are expected to reduce gradually from tomorrow (01). Showers or thund... Read More