Deshabandu Tennakoon officially assumed duties as the 36th Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Sri Lanka, a short while ago.

Thursday 29th February, 2024 The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) has requested the public to use water sparingly in view of the prevailing dry spell. This appeal should be heeded if water cuts are to be averted. However, there is a pressing need for action to be taken to lessen the dependence of […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has significantly overestimated the cost of electricity production and transmission for 2024 and this is reflected in their estimated cost of production, says MP Gamini Waleboda, head of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Alleviating the Impact of the Economic Crisis. The overestimation is around Rs 140 billion, […]

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 29 February 2024 by the Department of Meteorology A few showers will occur in Eastern and Uva provinces and in Polonnaruwa and Matale districts.  Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara and Nuwara-Eliya districts in the evening […]

The Education Ministry issued a directive yesterday (28) instructing all schools to prevent students from engaging in strenuous outdoor activities until Friday (March 01) due to the anticipated further increase in temperature. The ban applies to sports meets, sports practices, and other pre-planned outdoor activities. Provincial and zonal education authorities have been directed to inform […...

The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, yesterday (28), confirmed during a conference organised by the Pathfinder Foundation that Sri Lanka had dispatched a navy ship to support anti-Houthi operations in the Red Sea, led by the United States. Chung mentioned that one of the cutters, previously donated by the US, had been deployed […]

The All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association (ACBOA), on Wednesday (28), reported a 50 percent decline in the sales of cakes, bread, and buns in the local market, attributing it to soaring manufacturing costs. The association highlighted the significant increase in the prices of margarine and butter. Furthermore, they expressed concern over the delayed arrival of […]

Indian Coast Guard Ships Samarth, an Offshore Patrol Vessel and Abhinav, Fast Patrol Vessel arrived at Galle on 27 February 2024. The ships will stay till 01 March 2024 and then visit Colombo from 02-05 March 2024 before departing the Island. The Commanding Officers of the Indian Coast Guard Ships, Deputy Inspector General P Pradeep […]

In a welcome development in relation to Sri Lanka’s regional policy, some state functionaries of the Ranil Wickremesinghe regime have gone on record as having stated that Sri Lanka would be taking notable cognizance of India’s security concerns, going forward. This is as it should be. None of India’s immediate neighbours could afford to overlook […]

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia Pacific Regional Director Pio Smith is in Sri Lanka from yesterday (28) to Friday 01 March. During his visit, Smith will hold discussions with policymakers, government officials, civil society, and key partners to enhance collaboration at the national level and advocate for the rights of women and girls. Additionally, […]

Heat index Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre At 03.00 p.m. 28 February 2024, valid for 29 February 2024 The Natural Hazards Early Warning Center of the Department of Meteorology has warned that the Heat index (the temperature felt on the human body) is expected to increase up to ‘Caution’ level at […]

වැලිපැන්න පොලිස් වසමේ පැලකැටියාගොඩ, හොරවල ප්රදේශයේ දී පිහියකින් ඇන පුද්ගලයෙකු ඝාතනය කර තිබේ.

පසුගිය පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයෙන් පසුව කතානායක තෝරා ගැනීමේදී දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන ලක්ෂ්මන් යාපා අබේවර්ධනගේ නම යෝජනා කළ අතර එය ස්ථීර කළේ සජිත් […]The post සජිත් සහ මහලේකම් කතානායකට අත උස්සලා appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

නැගෙනහිර සහ ඌව පළාත්වලත් පොළොන්නරුව සහ මාතලේ දිස්ත්රික්කවලත් වැසි ස්වල්පයක් ඇති විය හැකි බව කාලගුණවිද්යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව නිවේදනය කරනවා. බස්නාහිර සහ සබරගමුව පළාත්වලත් ගාල්ල, මාතර සහ නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්රික්කවලත් සවස් කාලයේදී හෝThe post දිස්ත්රික්ක කිහිපයකට වැසි ස්වල්පයක් appeared first on ITN News.

குலசேகரப்பட்டினம் ராக்கெட் ஏவுதளம் அடிக்கல் நாட்டும் விழாவில் பிரதமர் மோதி கூட்டாட்சி மரபுகளை மீறிவிட்டதாக குற்றச்சாட்டு எழுந்துள்ளது. விழா நடந்த தூத்துக்குடி நாடாளுமன்ற தொகுதியின் உறுப்பினர் கனிமொழி மற்றும் தமிழ்நாடு அமைச்சரை அவர் வேண்டுமென்றே புறக்கணித்ததாக குற்றச்சாட்டப்படுகிறது. என்ன நடந்தது?

චීන අගමැති ලී ච්යං මහතා සහ ඇමරිකානු වාණිජ මණ්ඩල සභාපතිනි Suzanne P. Clark මහත්මිය ප්රමුඛ නියෝජිත පිරිස අතර හමුවක් ඊයේ බෙයිජිංහි දී පැවැත්වුණා. චීන සහ ඇමරිකා ආර්ථිකයන් බෙහෙවින් අනුපූරක වනThe post චීන-ඇමරිකා ආර්ථික හා වෙළඳ සහයෝගීතාව ශක්තිමත් කිරීම වැදගත් බව චීන අගමැති පවසයි appeared first on ITN News.

ஒரு காலத்தில் முதுமையின் ஒரு பகுதியாக கருதப்பட்ட முதுகு வலி இப்போதெல்லாம் பள்ளி மாணவர்கள், இளைஞர்களுக்கு கூட வந்துவிடுகிறது. அதற்கு என்ன காரணம்? அவர்கள் எப்போது மருத்துவரை அணுக வேண்டும்?

HIV නව ආසාදිතයින් වාර්තා වීම සියයට 14කින් පමණ ඉහළ ගොස් ඇති බව ජාතික ලිංගාශ්රිත රෝග හා ඒඩ්ස් මර්දන වැඩසටහන පවසනවා. 2022 වසරට සාපේක්ෂව 2023 වසරේදී HIV නව ආසාදිතයින් සියයට 14.3කThe post HIV ආසාදිතයින් වාර්තා වීම ඉහළ යයි appeared first on ITN News.

ඉන්දියානු සාගරයේ නාවික නිදහස ආරක්ෂා කිරීම අරමුණු කරගත් උපාය මාර්ගික ස්ථාවරත්වයක් වෙනුවෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාව කැපවී සිටින බව ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා පවසනවා. ජනාධිපතිවරයා පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ, නාවික නිදහස වෙනුනේ ශ්රී ලංකාවThe post නාවික නිදහස ආරක්ෂා කරන්න කැප වන බව ජනපති පවසයි appeared first on ITN News.

An Illinois state judge on Wednesday barred Donald Trump from appearing on the Illinois Republican presidential primary ballot because of his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but she delayed her ruling from taking effect in light of an expected appeal by the former U.S. president.

The Department of Meteorology says a few showers will occur in Eastern and Uva provinces and in Polonnaruwa and Matale districts.