The NBRO has issued early landslide warnings for Passara, Badalkumbura and Wellawaya divisional secretariat areas as heavy rain continues across Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Police traced a 23-year-old unlicensed rider and two passengers from a viral motorcycle video; the rider faces Wellawaya Magistrate Court on May 11.
The Rotary Club of Colombo Centennial handed over 100 intraocular lenses to the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society under its 'Gift of Sight' project.
A car carrying CEB employees from Panadura to Kataragama rear-ended a lorry near the 154th milestone; all ten were taken to Tangalle Base Hospital.
Heavy rain flooded sections of the Wellawaya–Colombo main road on the night of May 10, blocking traffic near the Gangaramaya Temple area and Ethiliwewa.
Sri Lanka Railways will restart the Yal Devi Express between Colombo Fort and Kankesanthurai from May 11, running three days a week with AC first-class seats.
A Batticaloa restaurant has been fined Rs. 500,000 by the Magistrate's Court after the CAA found it selling a Rs. 70 water bottle for Rs. 100.
The school fever outbreak in Deniyaya has been traced to a group of digestive-tract viruses spread through contaminated water or food, health officials say.
GMOA says 45–50 children at Deniyaya Base Hospital are showing symptoms consistent with viral meningitis spread mainly through contaminated water.
A fire broke out in the medical warehouse of Jaffna Teaching Hospital early Friday and was extinguished by the Jaffna fire brigade, hospital staff and police.
NWSDB has suspended water supply to Kaduwela and eight nearby areas from 7:30pm Saturday until 1pm Sunday after a sudden breakdown in the Ambathale main line.
A KKS–Nagapattinam passenger ferry carrying 144 people was stranded for hours off the Tamil Nadu coast after engine trouble; all on board were reported safe.
Agriculture Minister Lal Kantha said Yala fertilizer stocks are sufficient, Cabinet has approved Maha imports, and private-sector distribution will resume.
An 86-year-old Mawanella man died after being run over by his own car during an alleged driving lesson with a 15-year-old boy, who has been taken into custody.
Health Ministry says 2,500 patients are registered nationwide; doctors urge pre-marital screening as primary prevention strategy.
A Kotte suspect was fined Rs. 150,000 for trying to sell deer and sambhur antlers in a raid backed by Sri Lanka Air Force intelligence, wildlife officers said.
Presidents Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Tô Lâm laid floral tributes at the Ho Chi Minh statue and launched the expansion of the Viet Nam–Ho Chi Minh Space.
A 200 tonnes-per-hour construction and demolition waste recycling centre opened at Ekala Industrial Zone, the first of its kind under Clean Sri Lanka.
Phase 3 of the Gammadda Rebuild Programme launched in Nuwara Eliya with vocational training for masons, carpenters and plumbers from cyclone-hit communities.
Heavy rain above 100mm in five provinces, red lightning alerts in 21 districts and Caution-level heat in five provinces and two districts.
FAO-Norway vessel maps fish stocks, microplastic pollution and underutilised species; first full survey in Sri Lanka since 2018.
Heavy rainfall in the Wellawaya catchment caused the Kirindi Oya to overflow on Friday, inundating homes; the Monaragala DMU urged residents to be vigilant.
A new state daycare centre, supplied by the All-China Women's Federation, opened at Govijana Mandiraya in Battaramulla for Parliament and Agriculture staff.
Visitors can suggest names for the male and female cubs by dropping entries into a box at the zoo, with winners chosen by lottery.