The stock of 10.6 million litres of diesel donation by China will be provided free of cost to 232,749 farmers for harvesting 342,266 hectares of paddy fields across Sri Lanka for Maha season 2022/23, the Chinese embassy said. Besides, 3,796 fishing v

The Premier sought this support while Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry paid a courtesy call on her at her official residence Ganabhaban

There is no major risk of the pandemic making a come back within the Colombo City as a large amount of the city population have got the booster vaccine

Over 60 private campuses and colleges in Ampara, Akkaraipattu,Jaffna and Vavuniya, are keen to join in the national effort of generating much required foreign exchange

The Committee on Public Finance has stressed the need for setting up a casino regulatory body. The matter was discussed at the meeting of the committee which was held at the Parliamentary complex during the weekend.

While recognising the rights and sentience of elephants in the country, the Court of Appeal on Friday (25) issued an interim order preventing the release of elephants back to their original cl

Applications will be called in from potential investors for gas exploration in Mannar next month, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera told Parliament.

After raising the electricity bills issue, he received a bill for Rs 2.7 million

A top parliamentary committee has proposed to acquire minimum seismic data (2D) systems for the petroleum resources development blocks (20 core blocks, 890 sub-blocks) that have been identified at present in the Sri Lankan coast, to provide opportuni

Parents advised to pay close attention to activities of their children

The establishment of a special statutory body to oversee the implementation of the proposals and recommendations made by the National Council (NC) was discussed when the NC Chaired by Speak

As per the latest statistics available 11 people had died of the pandemic during the week between November 12 and November 18

President Ranil Wickremesinghe closed the door for ever for the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of US$ 2.9 billion from the IMF or any significant financial support from other global financial agencies and also from donor countries to bailout Sri Lanka

State Minister of Technology Kanaka Herath said the proposed Data Protection Authority to prevent irregularities in digitization would be established next year under Data Protection Authority Act passed in parliament this year.

The Sri Lanka Belgium Association has started work to establish a water treatment centre (R O plant) in Medirigiriya, Wadigawewa, Kadurugaswewa, a remote village with a large number of pat

Mrs. Kumari Hapugalle Perera, former Executive Director of Alethea Group of Schools and Past-Chairperson of The International Schools of Sri Lanka, passed away last week. Mrs.

Former Central Bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal in his recently released publication on the current economic meltdown ‘Amidst Economic Hit Men’ says that if anyone is to blame for the current predicament, it is not only him but the previous adm

A cross-talk on crossovers was witnessed in Parliament yesterday, with SLPP MP Jagath Kumara Sumithrarachchi denying a remark made by Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella that he had offered to join Samagi Jana Balawegay

A two-year-old male child was reported to have been thrown out of the Samagipura Flats last morning, the police said. They

Proposals and recommendations should not be limited to a document but should be implemented and followed up

Private power suppliers to CEB are close associates of its own employees

Oil tanker “Super Eastern” carrying 10.6 million litres (9,000 tonnes) of diesel donated by China to Sri Lankan farmers and fishermen has left Singapore and is scheduled to berth at the Colombo Port today, the Chinese embassy said. It is part of

A Buddhist monk called Ven. Thenne Pagnananda’s had made baseless allegations

The Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday issued an order dismissing a private plaint filed against SSP Roshan Dias and ASP Nalin Dilruk over a criminal accusation that they wrongfully prevented and obstructed a peaceful protest near Gall

Generation cost at present is Rs. 889Bn and only Rs. 400Bn received tariff hike

Says it is the worst maritime disaster experienced by Sri Lanka

Claiming that activity-based oral English for grade one students would begin from the first term starting from March next year,

The Colombo High Court yesterday served indictments on five accused including the Captain of the fire-ravaged container ship MV X-Press Pearl and four other directors of the Local Agent of X-Press Pearl vessel for causing dama

Whatever said and done by former senior members, the legitimate SLFP is led by a duly appointed chairman, General Secretary and administered by the Central Committee, the politburo and located at the party head office, General Secretary

“Mithuru Haula”, a voluntary organisation of 27 members in Bandaranaike Mawatha in Wallakka, Weligama has been an a