All Government schools within the Nuwara Eliya and Hatton Education Zones will be closed tomorrow and the day after (July 6 and 7) due to adverse weather conditions, the Zonal Directors said.
Daily wage earners in Hatton and Nuwara Eliya struggled to work amidst torrential rain which continues for the second consecutive day today.
On Tuesday, Hatton and surrounding areas received rainfall of about 100 mm and roads were inundated with rainwater.
Water levels at Castlereigh has increased and is presently 28 feet below spill level, an Irrigation official said.
He said Wimalasurendra reservoir has reached spill level while two sluice gates in Laxapana was opened.
Schools were closed in Hatton today as a result of the inclement weather.
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The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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