15 December 2025
දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ආදායම් ඉලක්ක ඉක්මවා රුපියල් බිලියන 50ක අතිරේක බදු ආදායමක් උපයා තිබේ.
නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් මුදල් හා ක්රමසම්පාදන නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය ආචාර්ය අනිල් ජයන්ත ප්රනාන්දු සඳහන් කළේ නාස්තිය අවම කිරීම මඟින් බදු ගෙවන්නා තුළ විශ්වාසය වර්ධනය කිරීම දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට ආදායම් ඉලක්ක ඉක්මවායාමට හේතුවක් වූ බවයි.(Aruna lk News)
ආපදා මරණ 644ක් දක්වා ඉහළට
December 14, 2025
දිවයිනට බලපෑ අයහපත් කාලගුණ තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් මියගිය පුද්ගලයින් සංඛ්යාව 644 දෙනෙකු දක්වා ඉහළ ගොස් ඇති බව ආපදා කළමනාකරණ මධ්යස්ථානය පවසයි.
එම මධ්යස්ථානය සඳහන් කළේ පුද්ගලයින් 183 දෙනෙකු තවදුරටත් අතුරුදන්ව ඇති බවය.
පැවති අයහපත් කාලගුණ තත්ත්වයෙන් දිවයිනේ දිස්ත්රික්ක 25ටම බලපෑම් එල්ල වූ අතර පවුල් තුන්ලක්ෂ 85,093කට අයත් පුද්ගලයින් 13 ලක්ෂ 44,898 දෙනෙකු ඉන් පීඩාවට පත්ව සිටියි. (Ada Derana LK News )
Remembering our fellow Sri Lankans who were affected by the disaster
Pope Leo the XIV pledges solidary with disaster victims of Sri Lanka
10 December 2025
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Pope Leo the XIV has pledged the Vatican’s solidarity with the Sri Lankan people who were affected by the recent disaster, Charge’ d’Affaires of the Vatican Embassy in Colombo Rev. Monsignor Roberto Lucchini revealed today.
Rev. Lucchini revealed that Pope Leo had informed him to convey his condolences to the disaster affected people in Sri Lanka and had pledged his solidarity with Sri Lanka at this difficult moment.
“The Pope has requested the Sri Lankan people to act in faith and hope in their efforts to rebuild the nation during this post disaster situation,” he added.(DAILY MIRROR LK NEWS)
නායයෑම් අධි අවදානම් සහිත ස්ථාන15,000ක් පමණ මේ වනවිට හඳුනාගෙන ඇති අතර, එම ස්ථානවල සිටි පවුල් 5,000කට ආසන්න ප්රමාණයක් නැවත පදිංචි කර ඇති බව ජාතික ගොඩනැඟිලි පර්යේෂණ සංවිධානය පවසයි.
එම සංවිධානයේ ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ භූ විද්යාඥ ආචාර්ය වසන්ත සේනාධීර පවසා සිටියේ, අදාළ ස්ථානවල සිටින ජනතාව අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම එම ස්ථානයන්ගෙන් ඉවත් විය යුතු බවය.
ප්රදේශයේ ග්රාම නිලධාරීවරයා දැනුවත් කිරීමෙන් පසු ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් හරහා දිස්ත්රික් ලේකම් ඔස්සේ ජාතික ගොඩනැඟිලි පර්යේෂණ සංවිධානය වෙත ලැබෙන සිදුවීම් ප්රමුඛතා ලැයිස්තුවක් මත අධ්යයනය කරන බව ද ආචාර්ය වසන්ත සේනාධීර මහතා වැඩිදුරටත් පැවසීය.
මේ අතර, ඊයේ (08) සවස 4ට දිස්ත්රික්ක 4ක ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාස 41කට නිකුත් කළ ඉවත්වීමේ රතු නිවේදන තවදුරටත් ක්රියාත්මක කරන බවද ජාතික ගොඩනැඟිලි පර්යේෂණ සංවිධානය නිවේදනය කරයි.
දිස්ත්රික්ක 5ක ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාස 31කට අදියර 2 යටතේ අවදානම් සිටින ලෙස ද නිවේදන නිකුත් කර තිබේ.
මීට අමතරව අදියර 1 යටතේ විමසිලිමත්ව සිටින ලෙසට වූ නිවේදනය තවත් දිස්ත්රික්ක 4ක ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාස 19කට අදාළව නිකුත් කර ඇති බවද ජාතික ගොඩනැඟිලි පර්යේෂණ සංවිධානයේ, ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ භූ විද්යාඥ ආචාර්ය වසන්ත සේනාධීර පවසා සිටියේය.
ඊශානදිග මෝසම් වැස්ස යම් තරමකට ඉදිරියේ දී බලාපොරොත්තු විය හැකි බැවින් අනතුරුදායක ස්ථානවල සිටින ජනතාව වඩාත් සැලකිලිමත් වෙන ලෙසත් ආරක්ෂිත ස්ථාන වෙත සිටින ජනතාව එම ස්ථානවලම රැඳී සිටින ලෙසත් පවසා සිටි ඒ මහතා, අනවශ්ය ගමන් බිමන් යෑමෙන් වැළකී සිටින ලෙසත් පැවසීය.
එසේ නොමැති වුවහොත් ජීවිත සම්බන්ධයෙන් අනාරක්ෂිත තත්ත්වයක් ඇති විය හැකි බව ද ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ භූ විද්යාඥ ආචාර්ය වසන්ත සේනාධීර සඳහන් කළේය.
Hasitha Wijewardena
09/12/25
පකිස්ථානු ගුවන් හමුදාවට අයත් C 130 යානයක් මගින් මේ වන විට තවත් මානුෂීය ආධාර රැගෙන පැමිණ ඇති අතර ඒත් සමඟම පාකිස්ථාන හමුදාවේ ගලවා ගැනීමේ විශේෂ පුහුණුව ලැබූ පිරිසක්ද පැමිණ තියනවා.
පකිස්ථානු ගුවන් හමුදාවට අයත් C 130 යානයක් මගින් මේ වන විට තවත් මානුෂීය ආධාර රැගෙන පැමිණ ඇති අතර ඒත් සමඟම පාකිස්ථාන හමුදාවේ ගලවා ගැනීමේ විශේෂ පුහුණුව ලැබූ පිරිසක්ද පැමිණ තියනවා. 
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Lando Norris wins F1 World Championship after dramatic decider in Abu Dhabi
SKY NEWS UK
Sunday 7 December 2025
Norris is the first British driver to win the top prize in Formula 1 since Sir Lewis Hamilton in 2020.
Lando Norris won his maiden Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship on Sunday after coming third in the deciding showdown in Abu Dhabi.
The accolade wraps up a clean sweep for his McLaren team, after they claimed the Constructors’ Championship in Singapore in October.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the final race of the season from pole position, but Norris coming in third meant the Dutchman was unable to overcome Norris’s season points total of 423 – with Verstappen just two points short.
Norris’s title victory also ends Verstappen’s four-year reign at the top of Formula 1. The Dutchman was hoping to retain his crown and win a record-equalling fifth-straight Drivers’ Championship, which would have seen him draw level with F1 legend Michael Schumacher.
Norris’s teammate and title rival, Oscar Piastri, finished in second place in the race but third in the overall standings finishing on 410 points.
The 26-year-old Norris is the 11th British driver to win the championship and first since Sir Lewis Hamilton in 2020.
“Thank you guys, oh my God. You have made my dreams come true, thank you so much. I love you guys. Thanks for everything, you deserve it. I love you mum, I love you dad. Thanks for everything. I’m not crying!” he said on the team radio as he crossed the line.
His victory marks a remarkable comeback to secure the title, after falling 34 points behind Piastri following the Dutch Grand Prix in August, when he suffered a late mechanical problem in his car while running second to his Australian teammate.
Lando Norris reacts after becoming a world champion after the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix. Pic: AP
That sequence saw him secure dominant wins in Mexico and Brazil, putting him in pole position for the maiden title.
“I’ve not cried in a while! I didn’t think I would cry but I did!” Norris told Sky Sports in his post-race interview.
“It’s a long journey. First of all, I want to say a big thanks to my guys, everyone at McLaren, my parents – my mum, my dad – they are the ones who have supported me since the beginning.
McLaren driver Lando Norris during the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand
“It feels amazing. I now know what Max feels like a little bit! I want to congratulate Max and Oscar, my two biggest competitors the whole season. It’s been a pleasure to race against both of them. It’s been an honour, I’ve learned a lot from both.
“I’ve enjoyed it. It’s been a long year. We did it and I’m so proud for everyone.”
Lando Norris, who completed his seventh season in Formula 1, was born 13 November 1999 in Bristol and raised in Glastonbury by English father Adam and Belgian mother Cisca.
He began karting at the age of seven, while he attended the Millfield School in Somerset for nine years alongside his elder brother.
He left at Year 10 aged 16 to focus on his racing career, when he signed with Carlin Motorsport in Formula 4, winning the title in 2015.
After working his way up through the ranks, he finished runner-up to fellow Briton George Russell in the 2018 Formula 2 World Championship.
He made his Formula 1 debut in 2019 for McLaren, racing alongside Carlos Sainz Jr., where he finished 11th.
He secured his maiden podium in 2020 with third in that year’s Austrian Grand Prix, before securing his first pole position at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix.
However, it wasn’t until 2024 that he secured his maiden race win in the Miami Grand Prix. His win saw him tie the record for the most podiums before taking his first win.
After conducting celebratory ‘donuts’ on the start-finish straight after completing his slow-down lap, Norris was embraced by his parents, Cisca and Adam, after getting out of the car along with his girlfriend, Margarida Corceiro.
Norris received congratulations from across the globe after his win, including from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
It was clear who fans at this watch party wanted to see win, and they got their wish.
There were cheers, tears and hugs of celebration as Lando Norris became the first Brit to win the World Championship in five years.
“Great race, great result,” says Jamie, who attended the watch party with his girlfriend Lottie. “We cheered every time he came on screen.”
Lottie has seen Norris race at Silverstone before, but today was even more special.
“I’ve never felt like this before,” says Lottie. “It was such an amazing experience.”
She admits, though, that for much of the afternoon she “felt sick,” nervous about how the race would pan out.
Norris only needed to be in the top three to win, but was amongst stiff competition with Max Verstappen and team mate Oscar Piastri hot on his heels.
There were groans in the crowd each time Norris slipped behind, and raucous cheers each time he closed the gap.
But it was the reaction from the Jenner family that caught my attention, crying and embracing each other when it became clear Norris had brought it home.
“The fact he has managed to get here is just everything. It’s amazing,” said Mrs Jenner.
“Pure joy that he had done it, we all love F1 as a family, it just means everything.”
But not everyone was happy. Abhi was among the few who came to support another driver.
“Go Max every time,” he says, admitting that he is “a bit gutted” by the results. “It stings a bit, but that’s the nature of the race.”
When asked what it was like to be one of the only people not there to witness Norris take the win, he says, “I felt a bit intimidated to be honest, and a bit stressed as well, but I held my own.”
අමෙරිකානු ‘C-130J’ සුපර් හර්කියුලිස් යානා 2ක් කටුනායකට එයි
07 December 2025
‘දිට්වා’ සුළි කුණාටුව හේතුවෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාව මුහුණදී සිටින ආපදා තත්ත්වය කළමනාකරණය කිරීම සඳහා අමෙරිකානු ගුවන් හමුදාවේ 36වන හදිසි ප්රතිචාර කණ්ඩායමේ (CRG) ‘C-130J’ සුපර් හර්කියුලිස් ගුවන් යානා 2ක් අද (7) පස්වරුවේ කටුනායකට පැමිණියේය.
ගුවන් භටයින් සමග පැමිණි මෙම යානා ද්විත්වයෙන් ආපදා කළමනාකරණ මධ්යස්ථානය විසින් නම්කරන ප්රදේශවලට භාණ්ඩ සහ අනෙකුත් අත්යාවශ්ය සේවා සඳහා ක්ෂණික ප්රවාහන සහ සැපයුම් සඳහා සහාය ලබාදීමට නියමිතය.
(Aruna lk news)
A man walks through a village destroyed by flooding
By BBC Indonesian
07/12/25
The death toll in Indonesia from recent flooding has passed 900, with hundreds still missing.
More than 100,000 homes were destroyed when a rare and powerful cyclone formed over the Malaca Strait last week, bringing torrential rain and landslides to parts of the South East Asian country.
Efforts to reach people in areas still cut off are ongoing, with aid having to be airdropped into some places.
The Indonesia floods were one of several extreme weather events to hit Asia in recent weeks, with the cumulative death toll in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam approaching 2,000.
In Aceh Tamiang, one of the hardest-hit areas of Indonesia, survivors described villages being entirely swept away by fast-moving deluges.
One survivor in Lintang Bawah Village told the BBC Indonesian service that people survived by sitting on top of their homes.
Fitriana said: “There were also those who survived on the roofs of their houses with their four-year-old children, for three days without eating or drinking.”
She said around 90% of the homes in her village were destroyed, leaving 300 families with nowhere to go.
One man recounted how he and his family were evacuated by boat when the floodwaters inundated his home up to the second floor, only for them to need to flee again from a nearby village.
He said: “That night, while we were sleeping, water suddenly soaked the mattresses we were sleeping on [in Gampoeng Dalam Village]. But we couldn’t go anywhere else, because there was no higher ground.
“Luckily, my daughter-in-law’s house was on two levels. So we climbed upstairs and that’s where we survived.”
A group of people walk along a muddy road which has been left destroyed by flooding
Aid workers are navigating muddy and destroyed roads to try and reach people
The region’s governor said response teams were still searching for bodies in “waist-deep” mud, according to the AFP news agency.
He said: “Many people need basic necessities. Many areas remain untouched in the remote areas of Aceh.
“People are not dying from the flood, but from starvation. That’s how it is.”
Indonesian media reported inmates were released from one prison when floodwaters threatened to engulf the facility, with officials saying there was nowhere else for them to be sent.
Land access to two areas, Sibolga City and Central Tapanuli, remained cut off as of Sunday, with aid only able to reach them by air and sea respectively.
There have been reports of looting at supermarkets in some areas.
At least 25 people dead after major fire at nightclub in Goa, India
An official has ordered an inquiry into the deadly fire, while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the incident was “deeply saddening”.
SKY NEWS UK
Sunday 7 December 2025
At least 25 people have been killed after a fire at a Goa nightclub, police in the Indian state have said.
The blaze reportedly started around midnight on Saturday local time.
The majority of victims were kitchen staff at the club – although around three to four tourists are thought to be among those killed.
Videos on social media showed emergency services lining up to help the injured – some of whom were taken to nearby hospitals.
The majority of victims were kitchen staff at the club – although around three to four tourists are thought to be among those killed.
Dr Pramod Sawant, Goa’s chief minister, said: “I am deeply grieved and offer my heartfelt condolences to all the bereaved families in this hour of unimaginable loss.”
He later said he was “closely reviewing the situation arising from the tragic fire” – adding six additional people had been injured.
“All six injured persons are in a stable condition and are receiving the best medical care,” he said.
