Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who met with Canadian High Commissioner David McKinnon said, Sri Lanka would like to see more Sri Lankan-Canadians come back and invest in the country. The Prime Minister’s Media Division said Prime Minister Raj

New Zealand, which is ranked No. 1 in the “ease of doing business” index, has said it would be happy to provide assistance to Sri Lanka to get its rank improved in the index. New Zealand High Commissioner Joanna Kempkers expressed this upon ca

In another achievement in the healthcare sector, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Sri Lanka as a country which has eliminated mother to child transmission of HIV and Syphilis, Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said

An Advanced Level student of a leading school in Matara who had in his possession 120 foreign cigarettes smuggled to the country was arrested by the Matara Division Crime Investigations Unit oppos

The commissioner-general of educational publications yesterday instructed all heads of schools to arrange for the handing over of textbooks to students on the very first day of starting of the first term next year. The commissioner-general sai

The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Sri Lanka Ahmad Ali Al Mualla paid a courtesy call on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. Engaging in a cordial discussion with the President, the Ambassador assured

The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) yesterday insisted that Foreign Affairs Minister Dinesh Gunawardena should make an immediate response over the UK’s Conservative Party manifesto which had supported a two-state solution in Sri Lanka. In its manif

The US donated landslide monitoring instruments to Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organization (NBRO) to more effectively manage the risk of landslides in Nikgaha, Kalutara, the US Embassy said. As part of the initiative, engineers and g

Reaffirming the cordial relationship that has always existed between Egypt and Sri Lanka, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has extended his heartfelt greetings to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his winning the trust of the Sri Lankan people.

Initiatives have been taken to form a Sri Lanka – UAE Business Council to promote bilateral trade and economic ties as the United Arab Emirates, is one of the major partner of investment, trade and human resources supply of Sri Lanka, Health, Indig

The Committee on High Posts and all the Sectoral Oversight Committees in Parliament will continue to function despite the prorogation of Parliament while other committees such as Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), Committee on Public Accounts (C

Twenty-one foreigners were arrested by the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Wellampitiya yesterday (03) for illegally staying in the country. Department of Immig

Minister of Power and Energy Mahinda Amaraweera said that he had received information that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had taken measures to purchase electricity from the private sector incapacitating the programme for producing electricity us

The heavy rains recently experienced had caused damages to the furniture, office equipment including computers worth over Rs.2.5 million and to important documents in the Zonal Education Director’s Offic

Policy Makers should be appointed to implement community based policies, former State Minister H.M.M Harees said speaking at the prize-giving event of Kalmunai Mahmud Ladies, College on Thursday (28).Ad

The Ministry of Finance said that the income of the people would rise and they would receive economic concessions as a result of the reduction of VAT on telecommunication and PAYE. Finance Ministry Director (Media) Mohamed Ali Hassan said that telep

The manager of a leading rice producing company in Sinhapura in Welikanda who was produced in court on behalf of t

The people living along the rivers and at downstream areas of Attanagalu Oya had been asked to be vigilant of rising water levels, the Irrigation Department said yesterday. It said water level of the Attanagalu Oya at Dunamale Gauging Station would r

Six gangsters including accomplices of underworld figurine Angoda Lokka and Uru Juwa had been arrested by the STF during special raids in the Nawagamuwa, Ranala and Hanwella areas, the STF said. They said the 26-year-ol

Galle District Secretary Somarathna Widanapathirana said that a decision taken by the Cabinet at the meeting that was held on November 11 to immediately stop the cultivation of oil palm in Sri Lanka, has been

Proficiency in at least two languages should be made mandatory and considered as a qualification when recruiting new state employees, Public Administration and Home Affairs State Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said yesterday. He expressed these vie

Distributing vouchers instead of providing school uniforms would be the most practical and efficient method, the Education Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said yesterday, addressing a ceremony at Dharmapala

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today said they would provide technological and other assistance needed to create a drug-free prison environment in Sri Lanka. They said this at a discussion held between Minister of Justice, Human R

Mitra Shakthi - VII, a joint military exercise between the Indian Army and the Sri Lanka Army will commence on December 1 at the Kumaon Regiment camp premises in Pune, India, the Army said. The exercise is an annual train

The Education Ministry yesterday instructed its officials to conduct a countrywide dengue prevention campaign in schools prior to the commencement of the O/L examination and again before the reopening of schoo

In a tweet, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said leader of the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) Ranil Wickremesinghe was recognised as the opposition leader upholding established parliamentary traditions. His tweet said, “Recognition of

UNP MP John Amaratunga had said he was ready to resign as the party organiser for Wattala and hand over the reins to a young party member. “I have been in Parliam

The train services on the Northern railway line was temporarily halted due to the derailment of the Colombo-bound Yal Devi express train from Kankesanthurai - Jaffna last afternoon, the Railways Department said. Speaking to the Daily Mirror

Mahaveerar Day was celebrated at Jaffna University despite a notice issued earlier by its Vice Chancellor Professor K. Kandasami that students should not mark the occasion on November 26 and 27 within the campus premises. It had warned legal action

The Examinations Department yesterday announced the date the GCE Ordinary Level Examination will commence in December for the year 2019. Commissioner General of Examinations B. Sanath Pujitha said the examination would be held from December 2 to 1