President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has approved the construction of a slipway in Beruwala to enable the launch of large vessels, the President’s Media Division said. He had given the approval at a meeting held to discuss the future plans of the State

Youths in our country have talents and skills for inventions, new creations and new products but they lack financial backing and support to make their inventions and products commercially viable, Science, Technology and Research State Minister, Dr. S

The Ratmalana Aiport will be used for flight operations with the Maldives and some destinations in the southern parts of India, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said yesterday. He said

The excellent heath care system of the country has helped to successfully control Covid- 19 pandemic in Sri Lanka. Hence, the government is fully committed to protect and further develop the free health service of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Mahinda R

A Research Book “Tabloid Paththara” compiled by journalist Ajantha Kumara Agalakada will be launched on September 20 at 3.00 p.m. at the Divisional Secretariat Auditorium in Matara. The book launching ceremony will be presided by Editor in Chief

I.M.B. Premalal was yesterday appointed as the new Mayor of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council unopposed, following the election of the previous mayor to parliament. Since the

Four people including two females involved in a large scale drug racket were arrested with 52 kilos of cannabis and over 900 kgs of smuggled turmeric during a joint raid conducted by the Police

No decision has been taken to discontinue the vehicle emission testing programme but a new test will be introduced as a road-worthiness test soon in the future, State Minister for Transport Dilum Amun

The Department of Wild Life has requested drivers and passengers of vehicles which travel via the Buttala-Sella Kataragama road which cuts across the Yala National Park to refrain from feeding wild elephants known to frequent the road sides. As per a

Defence Secretary Rtd. Mjr.Gen. Kamal Gunaratne said he was not prepared to be intimidated by death threats from the underworld and that he had taken up the responsibility to create an atmosphere for the people to be free from fear

Rear Admiral Sanath Uthpala assumed office as the Commandant Volunteer Naval Force (VNF) at the VNF

A large stock of food unfit for human consumption was destroyed by officials of the Ratmalana MOH office during raids on several hotels, supermarkets and several business establishments dealing with consumer goods. Chief PHI H.S.K

It is possible that the government may be wooing some MPs from Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) in the future, though there won’t be any immediate crossover, SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne said yesterday. Mr. Wickram

The UNP Working Committee will meet today to discuss the new Leader and the office bearers, Party General Secreta

The Speaker should reverse his decision to allow SLPP MP Premalal Jayasekara who has been subjected to a death se

Union of Unemployed Higher National Diploma Holders staged a protest in Colombo yesterday demanding the government to solve their unemployment issue.

The Sri Lankan Embassy and Permanent Mission in Vienna, Austria together with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau organised ‘Flavours of Sri Lanka’, a promotional event to promoting Sri Lanka as a favoured destination at the prestigious Welt M

Sri Lanka’s first-ever Maritime Museum to be opened in Kalpitiya by mid next year after the completion of skeleton structures of various marine animals, Senior Official of the Wildlife Conservation

State Minister of Regional Cooperation Tharaka Balasuriya said the Sri Lankan government welcomes investments from China and will ensure that such investments are well protected, according t

The Land Commissioner General’s Department, in an Extraordinary Gazette notification, yesterday requested the people to make applications in order to consider giving away clear titles for their land

Chairman of the PCoI yesterday ordered the Commission’s Secretary to take legal action through the Court of Appeal against the senior official of the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) and the Counsel who represented the particular individual who

The Magistrate made this direction to the CID during the inquiry into cheating of two businessmen for Rs.170 million by promising to sell 25 kilos of gold alleged to have been kept in the vaults of

Senior journalist Zacki Jabbar of The Island newspaper was found dead at his residence in Pelawatta, Battaramulla on Wednesday night, police said. It was reporte

The road leading to Enderamulla from Ragama through Kurukulawa in Gampaha is seen flooded due to the torrential rains last morning.

President instructs officials to supply fertiliser without shortage for Maha season Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival Basil Rajapaksa said, there will be a possibility of supplying several major types of fertiliser to the

The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) in collaboration with the Department of Posts has initiated a programme to collect Electronic waste (E-waste) through post offices. Postmaster

The Ratnapura District Development Committee has decided to implement the Dry Dam concept to prevent the flood threat caused by the overflowing of the Kaluganga every year. The committee met at the Ratnapura District Secretariat under the Co- Chairma

‘Divimaga Visithuru’, a biography on veteran labour leader Alexander Ekanayake Gunasinha alias A. E. Gunasinha, authored by media analyst Ananda Wickramarachchi, was presented to former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to mark the 53rd Death Anniversary o

The SLFP politburo met on Tuesday night and was chaired by former President Maithripala Sirisena at his official residence at Mahagamasekara Mawatha, Colombo 7, has decided to appoint an expert committee to look into the proposed 20th Amendment to th

Certain point of time, he wondered whether they were talking about intelligence acitivities during weekly intelligence review meetings