Iranian state television reports that its naval fighters struck a U.S. tanker in the northern Gulf this morning, with the headline noting the vessel is on fire. The claim originates from Iranian authorities and was circulated by AdaDerana via their RSS feed. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119303
A technical fault in the electricity supply between Anuradhapura and Vavuniya caused power outages across several areas of Sri Lanka, according to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). The disruption affected multiple regions island-wide, as reported by AdaDerana on March 5, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119302
A Sri Lankan female attorney was convicted of preparing forged deeds and sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Colombo High Court on March 5, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119301
නව අනුරාධපුර සහ වව්නියාව විදුලි සැපයුමේ තාක්ෂණික දෝෂයක් හේතුවෙන් දිවයිනේ ප්රදේශ රැසකට විදුලි සැපයුමට බාධා ඇතිවීම විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලය පවසයි. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222217
Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa reported a second Iranian vessel near Sri Lanka’s Exclusive Economic Zone. While not in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters, the ship sits in the EEZ close to the maritime boundary. The update was posted by AdaDerana RSS on March 5, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119299
Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport reopened after a five-day shutdown that began with the joint Israeli-US military strikes on Iran. The resumption of operations ends disruption tied to the initial air campaign. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119298
Sri Lankan customs officers at a Peliyagoda warehouse detected more than 52 kg of narcotics hidden inside assorted food packages shipped from Malaysia by air cargo. The drugs were seized during routine inspection. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119297
අමාත්ය වෛද්ය නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස මහතා පවසනවා, තවත් ඉරාන නෞකාවක් මෙරට මුහුදු සීමාවට ආසන්න අනන්ය ආර්ථික කලාපයේ පිහිටා තිබෙන බව. දෙවැනි ඉරාන නෞකාව මේ වනවිට ශ්රී ලංකාවේ මුහුදු සීමාවේ ආසන්නයේ තිබෙන්නේ කියා සඳහන් වේ. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222214
ශ්රී ලංකාට ආසන්න මුහුදු සීමාවේ අමෙරිකානු ප්රහාරයක් පසු IRIS Dena නෞකාවේ සිටි ඉරාන පුද්ගලයින් 87 දෙනෙකුගේ මළසිරුරු මේ වන විට සොයාගෙන තිබේ බව සෞඛ්ය අමාත්ය නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස මහතා පවසයි. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222212