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A few showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Central and Uva provinces and in Ampara, Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa districts during the evening or night. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere over the Island. General public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize...

The Treasury has transferred Rs. 2,684 million to all District Secretaries for the month of July for payments of allowances for kidney patients, disabled persons and low-income elderly citizens, Finance State Minister Shehan Semasinghe says. Thereby, the allowance for elderly citizens can be collected from post offices, and the allowances for disabled persons and kidney patients from Divisional Secretariats from...

A few showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Central, Uva and Eastern provinces and in Mullaitivu and Vavuniya districts during the evening or night. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere over the Island.

A person has been shot dead by two unidentified gunmen near the Ratmalana railway station, police said. Accordingly, the shooting has reportedly been carried out by two gunmen who had arrived on a motorcycle. The body has been placed at the mortuary of the Kalubowila Hospital.

Several spells of showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Central, Uva and Eastern provinces and in Mullaitivu district during the evening or night. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere over the Island. Fairly strong winds about (40-45) kmph can be expected at times in North-Central...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe met Singapore's President, H.E. Madam Halimah Yacob a short while ago in Singapore

The Sri Dalada Esala Perahera of the Scared Temple of Tooth Relic in Kandy will commence with the first Kumbal Perahera parading the streets this evening (Aug 21). Kumbal Perahera is slated to be held until August 25, while the first Randoli Perahera will begin on 26th, and parade the streets for five days until August 30.

A few showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Mullaitivu district during the evening or night. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere over the Island. Fairly strong winds about (40-45) kmph can be expected at times in western slopes of the central hills, North-Central and North-Western...

The railway line between Narahenpita and Nugegoda on the Kelani Valley (KV) Railway line will be closed completely for 21 hours starting Monday (21), the Railways Department said. They said the railway line will be closed for maintenance of the Kalinga Mawatha railway crossing. Accordingly, the railway line will be closed at 8 a.m. on Monday and will be reopened at...

The government has slashed the import tax on maize, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says. Accordingly, the import tax of Rs. 75.00 on 1 kilogram of maize has been reduced to Rs. 25.00 with effect from Thursday (Aug. 17).