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The Kalatuwawa Water Treatment Plant, which is one of the main facilities supplying clean drinking water to the Colombo city and its surrounding areas, has only about 20 days’ worth of water remaining, the Chairman of the National Water Supply and Drainage Board, Engineer Chandana Bandara stated today (02).Speaking at a media briefing held today, the Water Board Chairman further pointed out that water consumption is increasing due to the prevailing dry weather conditions.He also said that due to the prevailing severe dry weather conditions in the country and the rising water consumption, it may become necessary to impose certain…

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will visit Washington next week for what a spokesperson for the military alliance called a ‘‘long-planned visit’’ that comes after President Donald Trump blasted European allies over differences on the Iran war.‘‘I can confirm that the Secretary General will be in ⁠DC next week for a long-planned visit,’’ NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said. A White House official also confirmed the visit.No further details of the trip were immediately available.Trump said he was considering pulling the U.S. out of the Western military alliance due to the refusal of European members to send ships to unblock the Strait…

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SriLankan Airlines, Kapila Chandrasena, who was arrested over a bribery allegation, has been further remanded until April 17 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.  

A special operations committee has been appointed to monitor and manage the ongoing drinking water shortage by the Chairman and General Manager of the National Water Supply and Drainage Board.The move comes in response to rapidly depleting water sources caused by the prevailing dry weather and the reduction in production capacity. The committee, composed of relevant officials, is tasked with overseeing water distribution, as well as ensuring effective management of limited resources.The committee will continuously monitor existing water sources, production capacities, and supply patterns, the Water Board said in a statement. Daily and weekly reviews will be conducted within designated…

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 has been recorded at 6:48 a.m. Indonesia time today (02) in the Molucca Sea between the Sulawesi and Maluku island groups, confirmed the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) stated.The major offshore quake struck in eastern Indonesia also triggered a tsunami warning and up to 30cm-high waves, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.The DMC, however, noted that there is no tsunami threat to Sri Lanka owing to the earthquake.Therefore, the coastal areas of Sri Lanka have been declared safe.The US tsunami warning system said tsunami waves were possible in neighbouring countries.Indonesian broadcaster Metro TV reported one…

Trump’s address appears to have done nothing to reassure global oil markets that disruption to the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route will ease anytime soon.The price of benchmark Brent crude was trading at about $100 a barrel before the president started speaking.It fluctuated during the address but is now heading higher and is currently up by around 4% at $105.38.The strait is crucial to the global economy as around 20% of the world’s energy usually passes through the narrow shipping lane.It has been effectively shut since the conflict started on 28 February as Iran retaliated to US and Israeli…

The Ministry of Education has issued a new circular outlining measures to ensure discipline within schools.The circular has been directed to Provincial Secretaries of Education, Provincial and Zonal Education Directors, Deputy and Assistant Directors in charge of divisions, heads of Pirivena institutions, and school principals.According to the Ministry, the new guidelines are to be implemented in addition to the instructions set out in the circular issued on April 29, 2016, concerning school discipline.The circular also references a section of a Supreme Court ruling. It stresses that no child should be subjected to physical or psychological harm under any circumstances, whether…

US President Donald Trump today framed his war with Iran as just the latest step in his yearslong effort to prevent the nation from obtaining a nuclear weapon, calling the conflict “necessary for the safety of America and the security of the free world.”In an address to the nation, Trump called the war a response to 47 years of violence by Iran and its proxies, invoking the bombing of a Marine barracks nearly 40 years ago and the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000.“For these terrorists to have nuclear weapons would be an intolerable threat,” he said. “The most…

Doctors in all government hospitals will stage a 24-hour token strike starting from 8.00 a.m. today (April 2), the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) announced. The GMOA initially launched a nationwide token strike on March 31, based on several demands, including the alleged illegal transfers of doctors.

Four astronauts blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket Wednesday on a long-anticipated journey around the Moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.With an intense roar that reverberated far beyond the launchpad the enormous orange-and-white rocket carried three Americans and one Canadian away from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at approximately 6:35 pm local time.NASA teams and spectators alike cheered on the spacecraft as it ascended away from Earth, a milestone that finally came to fruition after years of delays and massive cost overruns.“We’re going to the Moon!” exclaimed one onlooker.During final checks before Artemis 2 was…