The Chief Political/Economic Officer of the US Embassy in Sri Lanka, Ms. Susan Walke, today said that the US government would extend all possible assistance to boost the transport industry in Sri Lanka.

A Cabinet Paper to setting up of ’Fuel Price Stabilisation Fund’ with a view to mitigate the impact of the fuel price increase on the consumers, would be presented to the Cabinet next Monday, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said today.

Three Women Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP) have been promoted to the rank of acting Deputy Inspectors General (DIG) with immediate effect, Police said.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has summoned Thirukumar Nadesan to appear before the Commission tomorrow to record a statement with regard to allegations revealed on the ’’Pandora Papers”.

At least 20 people were killed and about 300 injured on Thursday when a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck southern Pakistan in the early hours as many of the victims were asleep, the Disaster Management Authority said.

The Advanced Level and Grade Five Scholarship Examination will be rescheduled and new dates will be announced shortly, State Minister of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion Susil Premajayantha said today.

The examinations department announced the due date for re-scrutiny of results of the recent 2020 GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) examination.

Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa presented the Appropriation Bill for 2022 in Parliament today.

Sri Lanka’s economy is projected to grow by 3.3 percent in 2021, but the medium-term outlook is clouded by pre-existing macroeconomic weaknesses and the economic scarring from the COVID-19 pandemic. A gradual recovery will likely lead to correspon

Fully vaccinated passengers who arrive with a red stamp endorsement from the Airport Health Office on their vaccination certificate are invited for duty-free shopping, the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) announced.

Through an extraordinary gazette notification, the state ministry of Money and Capital Markets and State Enterprise Reform portfolio, which was under the purview of Ajith Nivard Cabraal has been annulled after his resignation.

The Cabinet decided to sell ’Swarna’ Nadu rice imported from India at Rs.98 a kg through the state -run SATHOSA and cooperative retail chains, Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardane said.

The Cabinet of Ministers this week approved a proposal to enter into a loan agreement for a US $ 3.6 billion credit line with the Government of Oman to finance petroleum procurement for a period of one year.

Ever Ace, the world’s largest container ship, that docked at the Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT) of the Colombo Port, set sail to Malaysia, midnight, yesterday. The container ship, which is part of Evergreen Line, called at the Col

Referring to the Pandora Papers where Two Sri Lankans were listed over their alleged transactions, Minister Namal Rajapaksa said the relevant transactions had happened in the period from 1990 to 1998 and thus those in power during that period should

The National Investigation agency (NIA) of India arrested on Wednesday a former member of intelligence wing of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from Chennai, Tamil Nadu for his alleged involvement in smuggling arms and drugs from Pakistan to S

In view of Teachers’ Day today, an official Identity Card (ID) was issued for teachers and principals for the first time in history by the Education Ministry.

Clarifying uncertainties in the society, Paediatrician Dr. Shaman Rajindrajith said vaccination of children does not become a prerequisite for reopening schools.

The Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) has approved and recommended giving Pfizer vaccine to healthy children in the age group from 15 to 19, a Committee member said today.

An employee at a fuel station in Meegoda was hospitalized after a man had attacked and thrown the employee on the ground for having asked to wear a face mask.

Environment Ministry Secretary Dr. Anil Jasinghe has been elected as the chair of the Bureau of Environment authorities for one year.

The Petroleum Resources Bill was passed in Parliament with amendments today.

Ratmalana Airport is set to launch international flights in the region after 5 decades and the first flight is scheduled to depart for the Maldives next month, the Tourism Ministry said.

Claiming that the CID had failed to record a statement from the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) official who made allegations against him over garlic scam, Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardane today requested Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to order

Claiming that Trincomalee Oil Tanks had not been handed over to India through the Indo-Lanka Agreement as claimed by Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila, National People’s Power (NPP) MP Vijitha Herath today urged the Government to reveal whether the

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today said he does not regret much about not getting elected to Parliament at the last general elections, but saddened to note what the elected MPs were doing.

Arguably the best rugby players of the country are set to be overlooked for national selection due to incompetent administration.

Businessman and husband of former parliamentarian Nirupama Rajapaksa, Thirukumar Nadesan whose name has transpired in the Pandora Papers, in a letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said he and his wife ‘are totally innocent and are guilty of

National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on Tuesday filed a chargesheet before the NIA Special Court, Bengaluru, against six accused persons in connection with a human trafficking case linked to Sri Lanka.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed the Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption to conduct an immediate inquiry into the Sri Lankan listed in the controversial Pandora Papers.