Five provinces are expected to receive up to 150 milimetres of rain today as the North East Monsoon strengthens further across the country after making landfall this week.
The Western, Northern, North-Western, Sabaragamuwa, and Central provinces, and the Trincomalee and Anuradhapura Districts are expected to experience rains between 100 and 150 mm, the Meteorological Department said.
Fairly heavy showers up to about 100 mm are likely in the Southern and Uva provinces and Batticaloa and Ampara districts, the weather forecast read.
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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