Sri Lanka is planning to deploy disaster relief teams to Nepal within the next few days to assist flood-affected communities, the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General (Retd) Aruna Jayasekara says.

Nepal's foreign minister and the UN climate chief on Saturday (Aug 29) warned of the growing threat from global warming to the Himalayas, as rescuers race to find thousands missing after torrential flooding along the border with China.

Police have announced temporary traffic restrictions in several areas due to the Esala Maha Perahera of the Sri Suramyarama Purana Viharaya in Madinnagoda, Gothatuwa, scheduled to take place today (30).

Three suspects wanted in connection with a murder have been arrested by the Negombo Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau.

A 43-year-old woman has been hacked to death using a sharp weapon following a domestic dispute in the Lovers Leap area of Nuwara Eliya.

India is stepping up monitoring of its Himalayan regions bordering China and Nepal, days after deadly floods apparently triggered by a glacial collapse, authorities said on Saturday (Aug 29).

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Showers will occur at times in Sabaragamuwa province and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya Districts, today (30), the Department of Meteorology said.

Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) says it has received reports of a flood level increase near the Bhote Koshi River.

Devastating floods near the border with China this week have killed at least 675 people in Nepal, the Himalayan nation's disaster authority said on Saturday.