Parliament Select Committee appointed to probe release of 323 containers without mandatory inspection

Sri Lanka, Nov. 27 -- A Parliamentary Select Committee has been appointed to investigate the release of 323 containers from the Colombo Harbour without subject to mandatory customs inspection. At the... Read More

Batticaloa-Polonnaruwa main road closed for traffic in Manampitiya

Sri Lanka, Nov. 27 -- The Batticaloa-Polonnaruwa main road is completely closed for traffic in Manampitiya after the area is submerged following heavy rains, police stated. Meanwhile, due to the heav... Read More

Badulla landslide death toll increases to 11, seven missing

Sri Lanka, Nov. 27 -- The death toll from earthslips and landslides occurred in seven locations in the Badulla District owing to the prevailing adverse weather conditions, has risen to 11. Badulla Di... Read More

Firearm in possession of ex-MP Uditha Lokubandara during Nugegoda rally taken into police custody

Sri Lanka, Nov. 27 -- A pistol which was in possession of former MP Uditha Lokubandara during the joint opposition rally at Nugegoda on 21 November has been taken into police custody. The Nugegoda Po... Read More

Two National Guard members in critical condition after shooting near White House

Sri Lanka, Nov. 27 -- Two National Guard soldiers are critically injured after being gunned down in Washington DC, less than two blocks from the White House, in what the city's mayor called a "targete... Read More

Four dead, nine missing due to landslides reported in Badulla

Sri Lanka, Nov. 27 -- At least four people have died in six landslide incidents reported in the Badulla District. Badulla District Secretary Panduka Abeywardena stated that around nine other individu... Read More

Court orders Daisy Forrest to undergo psychiatric examination

Sri Lanka, Nov. 27 -- The Colombo High Court has ordered that a psychiatric medical report be obtained to determine whether Daisy Forrest, the grandmother of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, is in a suitable menta... Read More

A/L exams suspended for two days due to adverse weather

Sri Lanka, Nov. 27 -- The 2025 G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination scheduled for today (27) and tomorrow (28) will not be held as scheduled, the Commissioner General of Examinations, AKS Indika Kumari L... Read More

Level 3 (Red) landslide evacuation warning issued to several areas in four districts

Sri Lanka, Nov. 27 -- A 'Level-3' (Red) landslide evacuation warning has been issued for multiple areas in the Badulla, Kandy, Matale and Nuwara Eliya districts by the National Building and Research O... Read More

Train operations affected due to adverse weather

Sri Lanka, Nov. 27 -- Train operations along the main, coastal and Kelani Valley railway lines have been disrupted as a result of fallen trees obstructing the tracks, Sri Lanka Railways. The Railway ... Read More

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