News Room : Amarapura Mahanayake passes away
The Chief Prelate of the Amarapura Mahanayake, Most Venerable Dodampahala Chandrasiri Thera, 84, passed away yesterday (16). The Ven. Thera was receiving treatment at a hospital in Colombo at the time of his demise. Most Ven. Dodampahala Chandrasiri Mahanayake Thera was appointed as the Chief Prelate of the Amarapura Maha Nikaya on July 20, 2021.He succeeded the late Most Venerable...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 14 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Several spells...
News Room : Lankan scouts participate at Coronation Ceremony – The Island
CPC, CEB need to recover costs until end of Fund’s loan package By Rathindra Kuruwita The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had to recover costs until the end of the IMF programme, Sarwat Jahan, IMF Resident Representative in Sri Lanka, told a press conference in Colombo yesterday. The IMF also wanted the government to restructure the balance sheets of...
News Room : Cyclone Mocha hits Bangladesh and Myanmar coast – The Island
As the storm approached, police patrolled the coastline in the town of Cox’s Bazar carrying loudspeakers, urging people to stay indoors. The streets emptied as the cyclone intensified – the skies darkened, the winds picked up pace and the rains pounded down. Hundreds of people crammed into a school in the city which had been turned into a temporary cyclone...
News Room : Opposition parties surge ahead in Thailand elections as count continues – The Island
India’s opposition Congress party has won power in a key state, partial election results showed, defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP a year ahead of national polls. It removed Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party from office in Karnataka, the only southern state controlled by the Hindu nationalist grouping. With dozens of results still to come in on Saturday, Congress had already...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts – The Island
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings to the Colombo, Galle, Kalutara, Matara and Ratnapura Districts. Accordingly, Level I landslide early warnings have been issued to the Divisional Secretaries Divisions of Seethawaka and Padukka in the Colombo District, Elpitiya, Nagoda, Yakkalamulla, Neluwa and Baddegama in the Galle District, Bulathsinhala in the Kalutara District, Deraniyagala and Yatiyanthota...
News Room : Security paranoia
Monday 15th May, 2023 Colombo looked like a garrison town over the weekend with a heavy military and police presence. The government had received an intelligence warning that a plot was being hatched to trigger a wave of civil disturbances, media reports said. Thankfully, what was feared did not come to pass, and the need for the government to take...
News Room : Landslide early warnings issued to Galle, Kalutara and Ratnapura Districts extended
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has extended the landslide early warnings issued to the Galle, Kalutara and Ratnapura Districts till 1830hrs today (14). Accordingly, the level I landslide early warnings issued to the Divisional Secretaries Divisions of Nagoda, Neluwa, Baddegama, Yakkalamulla and Elpitiya in the Galle District, Palindanuwara and Walallawita in the Kalutara District and Eheliyagoda and Kiriella in...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Southern provinces. Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Several spells of showers will occur in Northern,...
News Room : Pope tells Zelensky he is ‘praying for peace’
Pope Francis has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky he is constantly praying for peace after the two met privately at the Vatican. The pontiff also stressed on the urgent need to help “the most fragile people, innocent victims” of the full-scale invasion launched by Russia last year. Zelensky earlier met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni who assured him of Rome’s support...