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The department has warned against fishing and naval activities in these sea areas within the next 24 hours.
People evacuated to relief centres
Media reports showed long queues still in Badulla, Polonnaruwa, Nuwara Eliya and Hatan areas.
"We have to have a green economy. So green financing, the whole aspect, commercial, economic aspects become important"
“In the mornings, in the assembly, children faint. They get exposed to the heat,”
During the 24 hour period that ended at 9.30 a.m. this morning (22 Oct) five were killed and 10823 people from 3048 fami...
Sri Lanka has issued a flood warning to residents of low lying areas on the Kelani River, which runs north of the capita...
Sri Lanka is likely to get higher than normal rainfall, for the upcoming Maha main cultivation season but water levels o...
Showers or thundershowers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Northern provinces and Galle, Matara and Puttalam dist...
Sri Lanka has hosted a meeting of Mangrove Ecosystems and Livelihood Action Group (MELAG) of the British Commonwealth to...
Sri Lanka's Carbon Crediting Scheme (SLCCS) needs to be further strengthened to be recognized globally, two World Bank s...
The Meteorology Department forecasts a high possibility of thundershowers over much of the island today.
In the 10 years to 2018, more than 730 people and 2,400 elephants had died.
Officials agree that the elephants were poisoned but are yet to discover whether it was a biological or an artificial su...
Sri Lanka is expecting to solve the mysterious death of seven elephants near a human settlement in the central part of t...
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Wildlife officials found three more dead wild elephants in central Sri Lanka Saturday, raising the number believed to h...
Sri Lanka spends US$ 19 million (approximately 3.4 billion rupees) annually on healthcare due to floods and droughts, a ...
Floods in Sri Lanka have hit 25,000 persons and have damaged over 300 houses and left at least one person dead, as water...
Sri Lankan banks supporting biodiversity conservation efforts refused to lend money for a mini-hydro power plant after t...
Sri Lanka has issued flood warnings for low lying areas around three rivers in the Southern part of the island, as heavy...
Showers are expected to occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces, the Department of Meteorology said tod...
Prevailing showery and windy conditions across the island are expected to continue till tomorrow (30) and may increase i...
Showers or thundershowers will occur in Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-western provinces today (26),...
Showery and windy condition prevailing in the island is expected to continue, the Department of Meteorology said today (...
The possibility of afternoon thundershowers is particularly high in Northern, North-central, Uva and Eastern provinces, ...
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