Gas cylinder explosion injures two in Dematagoda

Six people missing following landslide in Kadugannawa

Six people were reported missing following a landslide in Kadugannawa, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. The DMC said that a search and rescue operation had been launched to locate the missing people. UPDATE: The bodies of a woman and two children were?found from the site.

17 May, 2016

Jaffna university students to commemorate “massacre” of Tamils

Jaffna university students are to commemorate the “massacre” of Tamils in 2009 at a ceremony to be staged outside the university tomorrow. The Jaffna university student’s union has invited the public to attend the ceremony tomorrow morning. In a public notice, the?Jaffna university student’s union says the death of hundreds of Tamils during the final stages of the war in 2009 was the biggest massacre of a single community. Events to mark the remembrance of victims of the final war began in th

17 May, 2016

Death toll from heavy rain rises, over 200,000 people affected

The death toll from the heavy rain experienced since Saturday night rose to?11?as of this morning with six?people missing and over 200,000 people affected. Of the 11 dead are a woman and two children who were among six people buried in a landslide in Kadugannawa early this morning. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that people in 19 districts have been affected by the heavy rain and strong winds with Colombo and the surrounding areas the worst affected. A DMC spokesman said that 134,

17 May, 2016