Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka more than doubled in September from August, with over 13,000 travellers entering the country in September making it the first time since the Covid-19 outbreak for the country to welcome over 10,000 visitors in a month.

The government removed the recently imposed price control over essential goods such as flour, milk powder, cement and domestic cooking gas, Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna said

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the relevant authorities to immediately deport all the Nigerian nationals, who are held at the Mirihana Detention Centre on charges of on-line scams, informed sources said.

Five persons including two boys aged 11 and one year old were burnt to death in a fire at a house at Ragalawatta in Nuwara Eliya last night.

The Government is attempting to sweep under the carpet, the incident where former parliamentarian Nirupama Rajapaksa and her husband Thirukumar Nadesan have been listed in the Pandora Papers,the Opposition yesterday alleged.

Leaders of Political parties representing Parliament yesterday decided to have the Budget for 2022 on November 12 and to take up the third reading vote on December 10, 2021.

A total of 225 Chief Inspectors of Police (CI)s have been promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).

Following a lengthy discussion by the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) central committee, it was decided to launch an island-wide four-hour token strike next Wednesday (13), until the currently published effective date of the 2022 An

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane to arrive in Sri Lanka on October 12 for a five-day official visit, the Army said.

SJB working committee which met today decided to expel Diana Gamage from the party.

Amanda Redman - who portrays Dr Lydia Fonseca in the ITV drama - is ’’honoured’’ that the cast and crew have been able to return to Sri Lanka to shoot the Good Karma Hospital series 4, the next instalment of the six-part drama - which is set

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has told the District Secretaries to be prepared to work with renewed energy under the new normality to overcome Covid-19 pandemic setbacks suffered in all the sectors during the last two years.

A preliminary discussion on formulating a new set of policies for Dhamma schools held focusing on the need to run Dhamma schools under the same current system by the government.

The Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) has instructed the authorities to procure relevant stocks of Pfizer vaccines to be used as third dose for those above 20 years of age, sources said.

The Vaccine Technical Committee today decided to start administering the first dose of Pfizer vaccine for children between the ages of 18 and 19 from Monday, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said.

After having relaxed the quarantine curfew, it has been observed that health guidelines and practices are going for a toss, the Public Health Inspectors’ Union claimed today.

The Railways Department is considering to resume train services in the country from October 15, General Manager of Railways (GMR) J.I.D. Jayasundara said.

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.