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Sri Lanka launches global diplomatic push for flood relief, PM to brief foreign envoys

Sri Lanka, Nov. 28 -- A diplomatic briefing will be held today, 28 November 2025, at the Prime Minister's Office, led by the Prime Minister, to update Colombo-based Heads of Mission on the Government'... Read More


SJB MP resigns

Sri Lanka, Nov. 28 -- Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) National List MP Ismail Muththu Mohamed has resigned from Parliament with immediate effect. Mohamed, who announced his resignation in Parliament tod... Read More


Flooding blocks Kaduwela exits on Southern Expressway

Sri Lanka, Nov. 28 -- The Kaduwela exits of the Southern Expressway (E01), for vehicles arriving from Kadawatha, have been flooded, the Transport, Highways and Urban Development Ministry announced. D... Read More


Sri Lanka seeks help from Indian warship in Colombo

Sri Lanka, Nov. 28 -- Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha, said that Sri Lanka has requested assistance from the Indian warship currently docked in Colombo, incl... Read More


Over 65,000 electricity disruptions reported in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, Nov. 28 -- Severe weather across Sri Lanka has caused widespread electricity disruptions, with more than 65,000 power outages reported nationwide. The minister said that heavy rainfall, s... Read More


Peradeniya University closed until further notice

Sri Lanka, Nov. 28 -- Severe weather conditions have forced authorities in Peradeniya to activate heightened safety measures as the overflowing Mahaweli River has inundated several low-lying areas, in... Read More


India responds to Sri Lanka's request for flood relief: Deploys INS Vikrant helicopters

Sri Lanka, Nov. 28 -- India has agreed to deploy helicopters from its aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, currently docked in Colombo, to support Sri Lanka's ongoing rescue and relief operations as Cyclonic... Read More


Pakistan expresses solidarity with Sri Lanka amid severe weather crisis

Sri Lanka, Nov. 28 -- The Government and people of Pakistan have expressed their deepest solidarity with Sri Lanka in the wake of the ongoing severe weather crisis caused by cyclonic conditions and un... Read More


President directs officials to ensure unrestricted rescue and relief operations

Sri Lanka, Nov. 28 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has directed District Secretaries to carry out rescue and relief operations without allowing financial limitations to impede urgent assistance ... Read More


Three from same family killed in Nawalapitiya landslide

Sri Lanka, Nov. 28 -- Three members of one family were killed when a landslide buried a house on Old Railway Yard Road in Nawalapitiya this morning (28), police said. According to the Nawalapitiya Po... Read More