Two Indian nationals were arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport by the Customs Narcotics Control Unit after attempting to smuggle over 3 kg of cannabis (Kush) and hashish into Sri Lanka. The operation took place yesterday, the 4th, with investigations ongoing. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119288
Minister Nalinda Jayatissa has been appointed Chairman of a Parliament committee established to conduct a comprehensive study into the lack of preparedness to face Cyclone Ditwah last year. The panel will investigate gaps and shortcomings in the response and preparedness measures. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119287
Iran fired missiles at Israel as a sixth day of Middle East attacks began, following a U.S. submarine sinking an Iranian warship south of Sri Lanka; Iran threatened to destroy regional military and economic infrastructure. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119286
අනතුරුදායක ලෙස ලොරි රථයක් පැදවූ පුද්ගලයෙකු අත්අඩංගු කිරීමට ගොස් තිබූ පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් දෙදෙනාට පහරදීමත්, ඔවුන්ගේ නිල ඇඳුම ඉරා දැමීමත් සිදුකළ ලොරි රියදුරා අත්අඩංගු කර ඇත. කළුතර දකුණ මූලස්ථාන පොලිසිය පවසයි. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222204
අද අලුයම ඉරානයෙන් ඊශ්රායලය දෙසට කිහිප මිසයිල ප්රහාරයක් දියත් වූ බව ඉශ්රායල හමුදාව පවසයි. AdaDerana සටහන් කළ තොරතුරු පාදකය. දිනය: මාර්තු 5, 2026. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222203
රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 50ක මුදල අල්ලස් ලෙස ගත් බවට චෝදනා එල්ලූ ව්යාපාරිකයෙකු අල්ලස් කොමිසම මගින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබේ. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222202
Britain’s Defence Ministry said Iran was not the source of the drone that struck RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. However, the unmanned aircraft reportedly showed features of Tehran’s Shahed design, the low-cost drones Russia has used against Ukraine, according to Sky News. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119285
Nepal begins its crucial general election, the first since Gen Z-led protests toppled the KP Sharma Oli government last year. Early this morning, Nepalese voters started arriving at polling booths to cast ballots in a pivotal vote shaping the country’s leadership. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119284
Sri Lanka’s navy says 84 bodies have been recovered from an Iranian vessel that sank after a U.S. attack in southern waters beyond Sri Lanka’s maritime boundary. The recoveries were announced March 5, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119283
ශ්රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාව පවසන්නේ ශ්රී ලංකාවට ඔබ්බෙන් වු මුහුදු සීමාවේදී අමෙරිකානු ප්රහාරයකට ලක්ව ගොස් ඉරාන නෞකාවේ සිටි පුද්ගලයින් 84 දෙනෙකුගේ මළසිරුරු සොයාගෙන ඇති බවයි. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222201