The low pressure area over the Gulf of Mannar is weakening further. Therefore, the influence of this system on the island’s weather is further gradually reducing. Several spells of showers will occur in Northern, North-central, Uva, and Eastern provinces. A few showers may occur in the North-western and Central provinces.Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places elsewhere during …
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The owner of a hotel on Marine Drive in Dehiwala has died after being shot earlier this evening, police said. According to police, two individuals consuming alcohol in front of the beachside hotel opened fire on the victim, striking him in the head. Preliminary investigations indicate that the attackers fled the scene immediately after the shooting. The motive for the …
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Although the lives lost in the disaster cannot be replaced, the Government will provide every possible form of assistance to help the affected communities to rebuild their shattered lives, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said. The President stated that his objective is to ensure that those who were affected by the disaster achieve a standard of living higher than what they …
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized that the government is dedicated to creating an education system that does not impose a burden on parents or cause distress for children. The President highlighted that the country needs a modern education system that enables its children to compete on the global stage and serves as the only pathway to lift rural children out …
Continue ReadingIssued at 2.00 p.m. on 09 January 2026 The deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal was located about 160 km East of Batticaloa at 1:00 p.m. on 9 January 2026. It is very likely to move northwestwards and cross the Sri Lanka coast between Trincomalee and Jaffna between 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. tomorrow (10 January 2026). Cloudy …
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Issued at 2.00 p.m. on 09 January 2026 The deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal was located about 160 km East of Batticaloa at 1:00 p.m. on 9 January 2026. It is very likely to move northwestwards and cross the Sri Lanka coast between Trincomalee and Jaffna between 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. tomorrow (10 January 2026). Naval …
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that 2026 will become the year in Sri Lanka’s history in which the highest number of houses are constructed with the state support. The President pointed out that approximately 20,000 to 25,000 new houses will need to be constructed in the aftermath of the disaster and that together with the 31,000 housing units previously planned …
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For years, diabetes has been controlled through diet, meaning everything that goes down on one’s plate, reducing amounts of sugar, measuring consumed carbohydrates, and monitoring calorie intake. Community doctors are finally shedding light on two other equally important considerations that have often been disregarded: when one eats, as well as how one sleeps. According to Dr Shyam Gupta, lifestyle medicine …
Continue ReadingIssued at 05.30 a.m. on 09 January 2026 The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal to the southeast of Sri Lanka (At 04:00 a.m. on Jan 9th, 2026 located about 200 km South east of Batticaloa) is very likely to intensify further and move northwestwards towards the coast of Sri Lanka between Pottuvil and Trincomalee in the evening today, …
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The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal to the southeast of Sri Lanka (At 04:00 a.m. on Jan 9th, 2026 located about 200 km South east of Batticaloa) is very likely to intensify further and move northwestwards towards the coast of Sri Lanka between Pottuvil and Trincomalee in the evening today, the 9th January 2026. Cloudy skies can be …
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