A pre-budget discussion with stakeholders in the energy sector was held yesterday (18) at the Presidential Secretariat, under the leadership of Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando.

In a cordial telephone conversation held yesterday (18) ,  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment of Sri Lanka, Arun Hemachandra, engaged with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Head of the Ukrainian National Commission for UNESCO Mariana Betsa.

The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued a landslide warning for several districts from 10 a.m. today (19) until 10 a.m. tomorrow (20), citing prevailing adverse weather conditions.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Northern and North-western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.