Officers listed children seen travelling on motorcycles without head protection, then found a sponsor and gave them helmets at the start of the new school term.
UVPA staff say misinformation about aesthetic studies steers students away. The university opens PRAXIS 2026 with a career fair to address the issue.
Dr. Akalanka Pinideniya was trying to tranquilise a hill-country leopard caught in a wire trap when it tore loose, attacked him and fled into the jungle.
NBRO issues landslide warnings for three districts amid severe lightning and heavy rainfall forecasts.
Dr. Chamith Nanayakkara says dogs are linked to almost 30% of Sri Lanka's road accidents and blames waste management and owner behaviour, not the animals.
Colombo's Chief Magistrate held the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Jurie and Chula Padmendra injured Pushpika de Silva in 2021.
The Virindu vocalist and dance instructor taught at leading schools across the island and was the first teacher of many of Sri Lanka's working artists.
The fruit, offered to Lord Ganesha at the Manickapillaiyar Temple's Mam Palam Thiruwila festival, went to one family at a record price.
NewsFirst reports from Kalugammulla, where 487 of Moneragala's roughly 800 tanks have dried up and a two-acre cowpea crop has failed.
Yala blocks 1 and 2 closed; more parks at risk if heatwave worsens. Parks earned Rs. 4.28bn from 1.38m visitors in H1 2026.
Sri Lanka's 74 major reservoirs held 33.6% of capacity on September 13. The east is worst hit, and the largest reservoir of all is down to 17.6%.
Blocks 1 and 2 of Yala National Park shut to the public from September 14 to October 15 because of drought conditions. The park's remaining zones stay open.
Gazetted Bill mandates dog registration and annual rabies vaccination; Rs. 2,000 fine for non-registration.
Residents say water sources across Udadumbara in Kandy have dried up, with the Ellegala waterfall at Thalagune left without a drop of water.
A youth was struck on a pedestrian crossing outside the Seetha Amman Kovil in Hakgala. Police have obtained CCTV footage and are searching for the driver.
The Met Department expects the heat index to reach 'Caution' level across two provinces and six districts on September 14, with island-wide showers after 1 p.m.
Met Department forecasts rainfall over 100mm in five provinces. By Sunday night the DMC reported 17,054 people affected and ten deaths from adverse weather.
A novice monk visiting Meemure for an almsgiving drowned while bathing in the Heen Ganga at Kaikawala on Sunday morning. Ududumbara Police are investigating.
Environment Ministry supplies water bowsers to national parks during drought; warns against wildlife poaching.
Dengue prevention week runs through 62 Medical Officer of Health divisions as precaution against El Niño. 97,000+ cases, 74 deaths in 2026.
Police recovered the body after residents reported it. The man has not been identified and Hanwella Police are investigating.
Residents and police are working to contain a blaze in the Kuragala reserve, which police believe was triggered by the prevailing dry weather.
Lorry overturns onto house in Medithale; injured taken to hospital. Police and army search for anyone trapped in debris.
Sri Lanka's most widely used contraceptive pill scarce in pharmacies; substitutes jump from Rs. 2,500 to Rs. 6,000.