This month marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. State Department’s Ambassadors’ Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), which has provided more than 200 million Sri Lankan Rupees ($1 million) in funding to protect Sri Lanka’s diverse cultural

Visitors will not be allowed to visit prison inmates for the Sinhala/Hindu New Year this year, the Prisons Department said.

Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians President Prof. Vasantha Devasiri said terminating Dr. Fernando’s service with the NMRA, eventually led to losing their representation. “We firmly b

The Ratmalana Airport will be promoted as a Leisure Flying Centre under the Government’s programme to develop the Airport as

Yuthukama organisation which has parliamentary representation on the ticket of the government has submitted its proposals for a new constitution based on the principles of ancient ‘civilisational state’ of Sri Lanka. Ruling party

Mahanayake of the Sri Lanka Ramannya Nikaya Ven.Makulewe Wimala Thera said that the SLFP’s proposed constitutional amendment to replace the Provincial Council system with District Councils will in

Veddha Chieftain Wanaspathi Uruwarigelage Vannila Ettho said although felling of trees in the state forests was going on unchecked in the presence of authorities, the Forest Conservation Department did n

Pakistan High Commissioner Maj. Gen, Muhammad Saad Khattak pledged the support of the Pakistan Government towards the development efforts of the Sri Lankan Government that had fostered friendly relations and regional cooperation between the two count

Unmasking of real culprits responsible for the Easter Sunday carnage will take place gradually once the Court processes are under way, Chief Government Whip Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said yesterday. Addressing the med

It is sad to note that certain people were questioning as to whether former President Maithripala Sirisena was in fact wearing clothes, SLPP MP Chamara Sampath told Parliament yesterday.

Fourteen leading Buddhist monks, in an open letter to the President, the Prime Minister and the government, urged not to conduct the provincial councils and calling it a treacherous act, they asked for th

Twenty-seven cases had been filed before Colombo District Court by the relatives of the victims who died and those who became permanently disabled after the Easter Sunday coordinated

Members of the United National Party (UNP), including Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene held a protest near the United Nations Head Office, Colombo yesterday, against the Government, for failing to take action for the de

Colombo Port City is set to become a federal state as per the legislation that has been designed to set up an authority to administer it, an SJB MP said yesterday. SJB MP Kabir Ha

Blacklist the companies which imported edible oil with substances which increases the risk of cancer, MP Venerable Attureliye Rathana Thera told Parliament yesterday. Venerable Thera said such an action is needed to ensure food sovereignty in Sri

Action should be taken under the Public Property Act against those who alienated the Government’s stake of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) in signing the agreement on 12 May, 2

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said yesterday they would file a motion in the Supreme Court challenging the order given by the Court of Appeal with regard to the writ application filed by the lawyers of convicted MP Ranjan Ramanayake. The Cour

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Manusha Nanayakkara yesterday charged that the government had given the go-ahead to import ‘Off Label’ vaccine Sinopharm from China.

Testing of imported coconut oil commenced only after the election of our government in 2020, State Minister of Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure Nimal Lanza said yesterday. “When the tests revealed that coconut oil imported by three companie

Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Dr. Palitha Kohona visited Jinan, Shandong Province, to accept the donation of 90 surgical mask- making machines worth Yuan 17.74 million, from the DMI Group, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said. Chairman of

The Court of Appeal has decided to hear a petition filed by 20 plantation companies seeking the issuance of a writ order nullifying the Government’s Gazette notification declaring the daily minimum

The Colombo Law Society (CLS) recently launched a mobile application that provides members with access to on-line legal resources and court calendars with the support from the United States, a statement from the U.S. Embassy said yesterday. The st

The UNICEF and partners issued a report, The Direct and Indirect Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Response in South Asia in the month of March. This analysis, commissioned by the UNICEF and conducted by the SickKids Centre for Global Child Healt

The Sri Lanka Embassy in Oman in collaboration with the Presidential Secretariat and the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka, made special arrangements for the repatriation of 248 stranded Sri Lankan migrant wor

A beautification programme in the Gothatuwa Town was organised by the Environment Protection Unit of the Gothatuwa Police Station yesterday under the patronage of SSP Nugegoda Division- Nuwan Asanka. OIC Gothatuwa Police Environment Unit SI- N Kodipp

Fifteen people disregarding health guidelines in the Kataragama Town were arrested by the Public Health Inspectors during a raid yesterday. Administ

Out of the ten Mahaweli Zones, Weli Oya area of the Mahaweli ‘L’ Zone has been prioritised to improve the living condition of its settlers, State Minister Siripala Gamlath said last week. Mahaweli Zone Canals and Common Settlement Infrastruc

The salaries of Prison Officers have not been increased for more than seven years and that steps are being taken to grant them a 40 per cent salary increase soon, State Minister of Prison Mana

Health authorities who carried out raids on food outlets and catering services in the Badulla Town instituted legal action against 15 traders for selling food unfit for human consumption. Badulla District Foo

Minister of Irrigation Chamal Rajapakse said that the reservoir projects had to be implemented amid protests on the allegation of causing environmental damage. He said the pro