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The Department of Meteorology of Sri Lanka has announced that the prevailing warm weather conditions are expected to persist until May.The Additional Director General of the department, Ajith Wijemanne, stated that as the Southwest Monsoon is scheduled to commence in late May, it is anticipated that the current heat will ease somewhat during that period.He further noted that high temperatures are expected throughout April and May, with many parts of the island likely to experience intense heat during April.Wijemanne highlighted that the first inter-monsoon season has now commenced, a period characterized by calm winds and very low wind speeds.He explained…

Three suspects have been arrested for allegedly hoarding fuel illegally in separate raids conducted across several areas of the island.The arrests were made yesterday (26) in the Negombo, Puthukkudiyiruppu, and Hingurakgoda police divisions.A 57-year-old man was arrested by the Negombo Police during a raid conducted in the Negombo Lagoon for hoarding 1,050 liters of diesel without a valid license on a fishing boat, police said.Meanwhile, in a separate raid conducted by the Puthukkudiyiruppu Police in the Suthanthirapuram area last evening, a 36-year-old suspect was taken into custody for hoarding 562 liters of diesel without a valid license, police said.Similarly, another…

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck off the east coast of ⁠Japan’s largest island, Honshu, on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said.The ⁠quake was at a depth of ⁠10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ ⁠said.Source: Reuters

Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the Sabaragamuwa province and in the Galle, Matara, Kalutara and Nuwara-Eliya districts during the evening or night, the Department of Meteorology stated.Mainly dry weather will prevail over the other parts of the island.Misty conditions can be expected at some places in the Central, Sabaragamuwa, North-central andUva provinces and in the Kurunegala, Vavuniya, Galle and Matara districts during the early hours of the morning, the Met. Department added.Meanwhile, the general has been requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damagescaused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.

Russian Deputy Minister of Energy, Roman Marshavin emphasised that Russia is prepared to support Sri Lanka in facing any challenges arising from the Middle East conflict.The Deputy Minister, who is currently on an official visit to the country, made this remark today (26) during a meeting with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat, according to the President’s Media Division (PMD).Russian Deputy Energy Minister noted that Russia possesses a thorough understanding of the challenges Sri Lanka is facing amid the ongoing global crisis. He affirmed that Russia is prepared to support Sri Lanka in any form not only in the…

US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Mar 26) pushed back his deadline for strikes on Iran’s energy assets to Apr 6, saying it was at Tehran’s request and that talks were “going very well”.Trump had denied earlier that he was desperate for a deal to end the Middle East war, despite the Islamic Republic’s cool response to an American peace plan.“Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the fake news media, and others, they are going very well,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.Last Saturday, Trump had initially given Iran 48 hours to open the…

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Alphabet’s Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a $6 million verdict that will serve as a bellwether for numerous similar cases.The jury found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million, small amounts for two of the world’s most valuable companies with annual capital spending over $100 billion each.The Los Angeles trial is meant to serve as a bellwether, or test case, for the thousands of similar lawsuits consolidated in California state courts.‘ACCOUNTABILITY HAS ARRIVED’The case involves a 20-year-old…

The Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment delivered by the Colombo High Court acquitting five defendants including Sri Lanka Navy personnel, in connection with the killing of former TNA Member of Parliament Nadaraja Raviraj in 2006.Accordingly, the Court of Appeal has ordered that a fresh trial be conducted into the case, according to Ada Derana reporter.

UPDATE: All services at the Department for Registration of Persons (ID Office), including the one-day National Identity Card (NIC) service at the main office in Battaramulla and all provincial offices, will be suspended from tomorrow (27) until further notice due to a computer system breakdown, the Department of Government Information announced.All services at the Department for Registration of Persons (ID Office) have been temporarily suspended following an unexpected breakdown in the computer system at its main office at 1.30 p.m., the department stated.Accordingly, all services, including the one-day service for issuing National Identity Cards (NICs), have been disrupted owing to this.The…

More than 6.2 million people have registered for the National Fuel Pass system and obtained new QR codes since March 15, when the government re-introduced fuel distribution through ‘QR’ codes to manage fuel usage.Advisor to the Ministry of Digital Economy, Sumudu Rathnayake, made these remarks at a press conference held today (26) to brief on the impact of the ongoing Middle East conflict on Sri Lanka.He further commented: “The distribution of fuel through ‘QR’ codes was started on March 14, and a limited number of people initially faced difficulties in obtaining their codes. Following the resolution of these issues, more…