A 12-hour water cut will be imposed in several areas in the Gampaha District today (07), the National Water Supply - Drainage Board (NWSDB) announced.

Accordingly, the water supply to the Peliyagoda, Wattala, Ja-Ela and the Katunayake-Seeduwa Urban Council areas and Kelaniya, Biyagama, Mahara, Dompe, Katana, Minuwangoda and Gampaha Pradeshiya...

A total of 361 students from the Southern Province who excelled in the G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) examinations in 2023 and 2024 were awarded an incentive of Rs. 100,000 each today (06), under a programme launched by the Presidential Fund to recognise outstanding district-level performers.

A ceremony was held this morning at the Rabindranath Tagore...

The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached at least 78 on Sunday, including 28 children, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp continued and fears of more flooding prompted evacuations of volunteer responders.

Larry Leitha, sheriff of Kerr County in Texas Hill Country, said 68 people had died in flooding in his county,...

A ship traveling through the Red Sea is reportedly on fire after coming under attack Sunday by armed men firing guns and launching rocket-propelled grenades, authorities said.

One report said the unidentified vessel was later hit by what may have been bomb-carrying boats, setting it ablaze.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the...