British Airways has announced it will resume flights to Colombo in October. The update was published by AdaDerana on March 18, 2026, via their RSS feed, noting the return of service to Sri Lanka’s capital. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119891
Two people were killed in an Iranian missile strike that hit several sites around Tel Aviv, according to local police. The report is dated March 18, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119890
The United States has begun transferring 10 TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopters to the Sri Lanka Air Force. A batch donated by the US is departing for Sri Lanka, signaling ongoing military aid. Reported March 18, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119889
ඉරානය උත්තරීතර ජාතික ආරක්ෂක කවුන්සිලයේ ලේකම් අලි ලරිජානිගේ ඝාතනය ඊශ්රාලයේ ප්රහාරයකින් සිදු වී තිබේ යැයි තහවුරු කර තිබේ. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222811
දැනට පවතින ඉන්ධන සැපයුමේ ගැටලුව සැලකිල්ලට ගනිමින්, අද 18 දා සිට සෑම සතියක්ම බදාදා දිනවල රජයේ සේවකයන්ට නිවාඩු ලබා දීමට රජය තීරණය කළා. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222810
දිවයිනේ බොහෝ ප්රදේශවල අද පස්වරු 2.00න් පසුව ගිගුරුම් සහිත වැසි ඇතිවිය හැකි බව කාලගුණවිද්යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව පවසයි. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222808
According to the UN’s atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has reported that a projectile struck a nuclear power plant in the southwest of the country. The incident was reported via AdaDerana on March 18, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119888
Rocket and drone assaults against the U.S. embassy and a diplomatic facility in Baghdad resumed Tuesday after earlier strikes in the same day, security sources said. The report notes renewed attacks in Iraq, dated March 18, 2026, with no immediate information on casualties. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119887
The government will grant a weekly holiday for public sector employees every Wednesday, starting today (March 18), until further notice, due to ongoing fuel supply issues. As a result, public sector, schools and courts are closed and bus and train services are limited. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119886
ඊශ්රායලය සහ අමෙරිකාව එක්ව ඉරානයට එරෙහි යුද්ධ මෙහෙයුම ආරම්භ කළ බව වාර්තා වන අතර අදට දින 19ක් ගතවී ඇත. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222807
