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Impact on World Heritage Sites, UNESCO assistance sought

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The UNESCO support is now in process for the assessment of damages to world heritage sites after disasters caused by Cyclone Ditwah, the Daily Mirror learns. The assessment is d... Read More


CID probes leak of VMS data used to track drug-running vessels

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched a comprehensive investigation on the instructions of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) following information that the... Read More


Gibbon at Dehiwala Zoo dies after 22 years

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- A White-handed Gibbon, the primate who lived in the Dehiwala Zoo for 22 years, has died, according to a statement from the Environment Ministry. The Gibbon, along with its femal... Read More


Sri Lankan economy still remains vulnerable: IMF

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- Sustained adherence to the reform agenda has underpinned a robust economic recovery, price stability, substantial revenue-based fiscal consolidation, and progress in rebuilding f... Read More


Rainfall expected to decrease in coming days - Met Department

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The Department of Meteorology said that the prevailing rainy weather conditions across the island are expected to decrease over the next few days. Director of the Weather Foreca... Read More


Air quality remains slightly unhealthy across Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- Air quality across Sri Lanka continues to remain slightly unhealthy, according to real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) data. Several areas, including Kaduruwela, Chilaw, Akaragama,... Read More


Special operations room set up for festive season security

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence has directed the activation of a special Operations Room at the Army Headquarters to ensure public safety and security during the festive... Read More


Sri Lanka weighs Indian company's request for global testing of its drug

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- Amid the ongoing probe into the withdrawn batches of the Ondansetron and request of the relevant Indian company to send samples for global testing, fresh concerns have been raise... Read More


Ondansetron tested before importation :Doctors' Trade Union Alliance

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The controversial Ondansetron Injection, which was later identified as containing a bacterial toxin, had undergone laboratory testing before being imported to Sri Lanka and was c... Read More


New Education Reforms bound to create conflicts between parents and children: Cardinal

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has warned that the new education reforms proposed by the government could create conflict between parents and children and wea... Read More