LNP - ‘Siri Dalanda Vandanawa’: Additional trains in operation for devotees

2025-04-19   |   Weather

Sri Lanka Railways has taken steps to add two additional train journeys between Colombo Fort and Kandy due to a large number of devotees travelling to...

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LNP - Foreign diplomats head to Kandy by train for ‘Siri Dalada Vandanawa’

2025-04-18   |   Weather

The ‘Siri Dalada Vandanawa’, a special veneration of the Sacred Tooth Relic, will commence today (18) after 16 years. President Anura Kumara Dissa...

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LNP - U.S.tariffs a disaster similar to Covid-19, tsunami in economic terms: Prez

2025-04-11   |   Weather

President Kumara Dissanayake reportedly told the political party representatives yesterday that the U.S. tariffs slapped on Sri Lanka is a national ca...

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LNP - Chennai-Sri Lanka direct train: 60 years later, can Pamban Bridge bring a lost route back?

2025-04-10   |   Weather

Decades ago, passengers could travel from Chennai (then Madras) to Colombo, Sri Lanka, by train and ferry. The journey began at Egmore station and con...

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LNP - Railway Dept. to operate 10 special trains for New Year

2025-04-08   |   Weather

A total of 10 special trains will be in operation for the convenience of those leaving for outstation areas from Colombo in view of the Sinhala and Ta...

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LNP - Heavy rainfall likely in several provinces

2025-04-07   |   Weather

The Meteorology Department says that showers or thundershowers will occur at most places of the island during the afternoon or night.  Showers ma...

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LNP - Sri Lanka sends military team to assist Myanmar’s earthquake victims

2025-04-05   |   Weather

A team of Sri Lankan tri-forces personnel, including medical staff, departed for Myanmar on a special flight on Saturday to provide relief assistance ...

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LNP - Sri Lanka to dispatch medical team to assist Myanmar earthquake victims

2025-04-01   |   Weather

The Ministry of Health announced that Sri Lanka is prepared to dispatch a medical team to Myanmar to assist those affected by the recent earthquake. H...

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LNP - Myanmar’s earthquake death toll jumps to over 1,000 as more bodies recovered from rubble

2025-03-29   |   Weather

The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of...

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LNP - Several areas to experience high temperatures

2025-03-29   |   Weather

A warm weather advisory has been issued, warning that the heat index in several parts of the country could rise to the 'Caution' level in the next 24 ...

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