There will be no interruptions to the supply of power, even during the prevailing drought, Power and Energy Development Director and Media Spokesperson Sulakshana Jayawardena said quoting the Minist

The plantation workers daily wage of Rs.1,000 which includes a payment of Rs. 900 and a budgetary allowance of Rs. 100 per day was approved by the Wages Board at the meeting held yesterday, Lab

The main entrance of the Galle Rampart opposite the Cricket Stadium will remain closed for renovations for a month with effect from today. The Mayor of Ga

The Cabinet approval has been granted to present the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to probe the alleged fraud and corruption in the government institutions during the period between14th January 2015 and 31st

A group of 12 detainees educated at the Wataraka Suneetha Vidyalaya, in Padukka , the only education institute for prisoners,

The proposed garbage recycling and power generation project at Waradala in Kotadeniyawa undertaken by a private company was

Samagi Jana Balawegaya(SJB) MP Kavinda Jayawardane initiated action for wall painting of historic Madhu Church in Mannar with the sponsorship of Kansai Paints .

Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando yesterday instructed project officers in charge of the100,000km road construction programme to produce weekly progress review reports to him on the said programme . Speaking to p

The Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka (AHK Sri Lanka) together with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) officially launched the publication “Exporting to the European Union – A Practical

The report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday attacks, was handed over to the Mahanayaka Thera of the Malwatta chapter Most Ven. Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala and Mahanayaka Thera of the A

The attack was carried out by terrorists. Who helped those terrorists? Who sponsored them? That is what the entire country wants to know

Stage two of the project to create offshore fish breeding grounds by sinking condemned railway compartments, buses and trawlers in the sea

The UNESCO has decided to declare the Mahawamsa chronicle, the main source of Sri Lankan history as a world heritage.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the President’s House in Colombo yesterday. The statement issued by the Pakistan High Commission Colombo is as foll

No final decision has been taken on the hybrid renewable energy project to be executed in the three islands off Jaffna, Power Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said yesterday. He told Parliament that the Cabinet was yet to approve this project and added

Gas companies have requested the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) to increase the price of a 12.5Kg domestic gas cylinder considering the price increase in the world market, foreign exchang

The Government has decided to take over and develop the Muthurajawela Wetland Sanctuary under the Ministry of Environment and Urban Development Authority, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday. He said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa h

Work in all hospitals countrywide came to a standstill yesterday due to a strike undertaken by the minor employees. The Joint Health

The Presidential Commission which probed the Easter Sunday attacks has recommended to enact a legislation similar to Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act which is in force in Singapore currently, to preserve religious harmony in Sri Lanka. The repo

The Ceylon Teachers’ Service Union (CTSU) requested the Government to take immediate steps to give priority to vaccinate all teachers and principals before commencement of the 2020 Ordinary Level (O/L) Examination, CTSU Chief Secretary Mahinda Jaya

The first school term of the year 2021 in Government and Government-approved private schools will end today (25), the Education Ministry announced yesterday. As the 2020 GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) Examination is scheduled to be held from March 1 to Ma

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Presidential Commission to increase the productivity of the Sri Lanka Customs Department and to study its current situation, the President’s Media Division

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) that investigated into the Easter Sunday’s attacks in 2019 has recommended the Attorney General to consider instituting criminal proceedings

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila yesterday assured that fuel prices will not be increased within the next three months despite the increase in crude oil prices at the World Market. He told Parlia

A new government will be formed under the leadership of current UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe in the year 2024, UNP Chairma

Thilak Senasinghe’s latest novel “Jyeshta Purawesiyekuge Prema Kathawa”, themed on the challenge of entering a traditional old age in a society where Eroticism is ideal, will be released on Thursday, February 25, 2021, at 4.00 pm at Dr N.M. Per

The two jail guards functioning as store keepers in the Boosa prisons were interdicted for alleged misappropriation of funds.

Complaints have been lodged against a foreign employment agency located in Thunmulla, in Colombo which had allegedly

Point Pedro Police said that a youth had succumbed to his injuries after the motorcycle he was riding had run off the road near Point Pedro in Jaffna. The dece

A fire which broke out on 17 February in a Eucalyptus plantation at Mocha estate in the Maskeliya Police division, has spread to the Sripada reserve destroying an area of five acres. Hatton Rang