Air quality has declined noticeably in several parts of the island, the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) said, citing recent monitoring data. According to the NBRO, the Air Quality Index ...

A Kandy-based lawyer has filed a fundamental rights petition in the Supreme Court, seeking a ruling that the National Council for Disaster Management, the Cabinet of Ministers, and other high-ranking ...

Sri Lanka Police suspect that a bomb threat reported at the Kandy District Secretariat was a deliberate hoax intended to create public unrest. In a statement issued this morning (27), Police said the ...

Sri Lankan health authorities have moved to amend a decades-old regulation related to sterilisation procedures, citing the need to uphold human rights. Accordingly, the long-standing requirement that ...

Inpatient admissions at Polgahawela Hospital have been temporarily suspended after a landslide triggered by flooding associated with Cyclone Ditwah, hospital authorities said. A mound of earth ...

The Department of Meteorology says several spells of showers are expected in the Eastern, Uva, and Central Provinces, as well as in the Polonnaruwa and Hambantota districts. Showers or thundershowers ...

Sri Lanka on Friday marked 21 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that devastated the island and much of Asia, killing tens of thousands and leaving millions homeless. On 26 December 2004, a ...

Police have issued a statement regarding reports of an alleged assault on a police officer, purportedly involving National People’s Power (NPP) Member of Parliament Shanta Padmakumara and several ...

Sri Lanka Police have arrested three suspects in connection with a series of violent incidents targeting ride-hailing taxi drivers in the Ella tourism zone. The arrests follow growing concerns over ...

The Colombo Municipal Council’s inaugural budget proposal for 2026, presented by the ruling National People’s Power (NPP), was defeated by a margin of three votes at the council session. The budget ...

A Sri Lankan national was arrested on Monday, 22 December, after pressing a utility knife to his neck outside a Yoshinoya restaurant near Shinagawa Station in Minato-ku, Tokyo. The man sustained ...

India has announced a USD 450 million reconstruction assistance package for Sri Lanka following the widespread damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on ...