Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- One person has been injured in a shooting incident reported on Marine Drive in Dehiwala, a short while ago. Police said that the owner of a hotel located on Marine Drive was shot... Read More
Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- Update:The restaurantowner who was injured in a shooting incident on Marine Drive in Dehiwala has succumbed to his injuries, police said. He had succumbed to his injuries after b... Read More
Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- Administrators of schools in landslide-risk areas of the Badulla District have been permitted to close schools at 11.00 a.m. today, or earlier if necessary, according to the Distr... Read More
Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- The Balapitiya Magistrate's Court has granted permission to the Meetiyagoda Police to conduct further investigations after issuing a detention order on a suspect arrested in posse... Read More
Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- The Ministry of Environment has instructed the Central Environment Authority (CEA) to take necessary steps to halt all construction activities within the Ambuluwawa Mountain regio... Read More
Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- The main suspect in the incident where six people died due to poisoning from illicit liquor in Waikkala, has been detained under a two-day detention order. The arrested 47-year-o... Read More
Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- The highest rainfall recorded during the past 24 hours was reported from the Ampara area, measuring 38 millimetres, Director of Irrigation (Hydrology and Disaster Management) Engi... Read More
Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, today received a farewell call from the outgoing United States Ambassador Julie Chung, who... Read More
Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- One person was killed, and several others were injured when two buses and a lorry collided on the Colombo-Kandy main road in the Palpatha area of Mawanella at around 3.30 p.m. tod... Read More
Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal to the southeast of Sri Lanka (At 04:00 a.m. on Jan 9, 2026 located about 200 km South east of Batticaloa) is very likely to intensify fur... Read More