Heat index advisory issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre At 4.00 p.m.on  27 April 2024, valid for 28 April 2024 Heat index, the temperature felt on human body is expected to increase up to ‘Caution level’ at some places in Northern, North-central, Western, Sabaragamuwa, Eastern and NorthWestern provinces and in Monaragala district. The

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 28 April 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces during the morning. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places over the coastal areas from Galle to Pottuvil via Hambantota during the morning while showers

By SHIHAR ANEEZ ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka has allowed a German research vessel for replenishment in Colombo port for the second time following the clarification from the island nation’s Foreign Ministry after Chinese protest. “It’s the same German research vessel came last month. It came around New Year time when it was returning and the ship was

SJB Gampaha District MP and former army chief Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told parliament on Friday that all those who are responsible for Easter Sunday carnage must be hanged. Participating in three-day parliamentary debate on Easter Sunday terror attacks, the former Army Commander questioned the rationale behind letting those responsible for not preventing the heinous

Sri Lanka’s efforts to attract and leverage international investment into exploration and commercialisation of two blocks adding to over 5,000 square kilometers with potential oil and gas resources in the Mannar Basin have once again been gridlocked by legal challenges in the Court of Appeal. According to the latest developments in the CA (Writ) Application

by Rex Clementine A video clip from Benson & Hedges tri-nation series in the year 1990 involving two greats of the game Aravinda de Silva and Wasim Akram has gone viral. The short clip indeed is pure gold. It not only has two of the greatest entertainers of the game in action but you can

The Swiss Conference of Cantonal Justice and Police Directors has decided to fund the Back to the Roots care and support programme for adopted people from Sri Lanka for another year. The Back to the Roots association said on Friday that so far, around 70 adopted people from Sri Lanka have been able to benefit

(AFP)Sri Lanka said on Friday it had leased a white elephant international airport built with Chinese loans to a foreign joint venture, as the island nation’s bankrupt government seeks to offload loss-making assets. The small airport near a wildlife sanctuary on the southern coast opened in 2013 but was immediately plagued by problems, and has been

by Rajan Philips To continue from where I left last week, the Middle East standoff between Iran and Israel has ended without further escalation. An “audible sigh of relief,” as BBC headlined it, swept through the region, and more so perhaps in Washington. Israel did have the last word by striking measuredly at Iran’s military