An Advisory for strong winds and rough seas has been issued by Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Metrology Department.
According to the warning the sea areas off the coasts extending from Kankesanthurai to Puttalam to Mannar and from Hambantota to Pottuvil will be very rough at times with very strong gusty winds up to (60-70) kmph.
The sea areas off the coasts extending from Trincomalee to Kankesanthurai via Mullaitivu and Puttalam to Hambantota via Colombo and Galle will be rough at times with strong gusty winds up to (50-55) kmph.
Waves heights may increase (about 2.0–2.5 m) in the sea areas off the coast extending from Kalpitiya to Pottuvil via Colombo, Galle, and Hambantota. Naval and fishing communities are requested to be attentive.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
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