According to the 2021 policy decision, the number of students in a grade-one classroom should not exceed 35, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said. However, he said the number of students in such a classroom could accommodate up to 37.

The Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development is set to establish Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the future administrative city, as a Megapolis, Minister Champika Ranawaka said.

The work-to-rule campaign by the Customs Trade Unions is continuing after today's discussions with Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera on the removal of Customs Director General P. S. M. Charles had failed, the CTU Alliance said.

JVP MP Vijitha Herath said today what the country needed at this juncture was not a presidential election or a provincial council election but a general election to set up a new parliament by rectifying the current disarray.

Twelve new foreign Ambassadors and High Commissioners accredited to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Maithripala Sirisena at the President’s House in Colombo today.

Minister and Leader of the House, Lakshman Kiriella, today submitted a resolution to the Parliament Secretary General on the formation of a national government thus enabling it to increase the cabinet of ministers to 48 and the deputy, state and non-

Queen Elizabeth II in a message on Sri Lanka’s Independence Day has extended her best wishes for the good fortune and happiness of the people of Sri Lanka in the coming year.

The Court of Appeal today fixed for support on February 12, the Quo Warranto petition against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s parliament membership.

President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday it was not good for the country’s sovereignty if certain groups obtained the help of foreign powers to rule the country and take the decisions they wanted.

A shipment of illegal cigarettes worth over Rs.20 million had been seized by the officers of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) while transporting them in a container lorry near the Wimaladharma clock tower, Colombo yesterday, Police spokesman SP Ruwa

Western Province Chief Minister Isura Devapriya said yesterday he had requested the President to dissolve the Western, Southern and Uva Provincial Councils in order to hold elections for all nine provinces on the same day.

The Presidential Committee appointed to look into SriLankan Airlines has in one of its recommendations said the airline should team up with a strategic partner, preferably a non-competitor, to revitalise the national carrier, State Minister of Financ

Vehicle emission testing centres were planning to request the government to increase the emission testing fares by 10%, senior officials of the Drive Green and LAUGFS Eco Sri emission testing centres said.

It is reported that former Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has decided not to attend the National Independence Day celebrations to be held at the Galle Face on February 4.

There was an outstanding amount of Rs.292, 900 owed to SriLankan Catering for food ordered by former Civil Aviation Minister, Priyankara Jayaratne, for several private functions organised by him during his tenure, the Presidential Commission of Inqui

Sri Lanka has halted imports of Johnson & Johnson baby powder until the company proves the product is free from cancer-causing asbestos, two government officials and the products local distributor told Reuters.

UNF allies have decided go ahead with elections to all nine provinces on a single day and to introduce the relevant laws for this purpose, top sources said yesterday.

Under the universal identity card scheme, an electronic Identity Card (eID) and an electronic passport (ePassport) will be introduced this year, State Minister of Home Affairs J.C. Alawathuwala said.

It was sufficient to describe Sri Lanka as the Republic of Sri Lanka instead of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said today.

Even after an additional secretary was appointed as the Acting Director General of the Customs by the Finance Ministry today, the Customs Officers' Union had decided to continue with their work to rule campaign until a suitable Director-General i

SLFP General Secretary and MP Dayasiri Jayasekara today urged the Cabinet to approve President Maithripala Sirisena's memo seeking to hold PC polls before May 31st.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratna today closed the case against a suspect who was charged with foretelling the President's death via social media.

The power failures which have been reported from several areas in the country including Colombo, were due to sparks in two sub transmission lines in Kelanitissa Power Station, the Power and Energy Ministry said.

Independence Day rehearsals scheduled for Friday in Galle Face Green have been cancelled due to the complaints made by the people over heavy traffic, Ministry of Internal and Home Affairs said.

President Maithripala Sirisena has said he instructed the Navy Commander to arrest sand racketeers.

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Sri Lanka and China is expected to be signed in 2019, China Daily reported on Thursday, quoting the Sri Lankan Embassy in China.

The Court of Appeal's Acting President Justice Deepali Wijesundera today declined to be a member of the bench appointed to hear the Quo Warranto petition that was filed against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe being a member of Parliament.

Finance Ministry Additional Secretary H.G Sumanasinghe has been appointed as the Acting Director General of Sri Lanka Customs Department today, the Finance Ministry said.

The Special High Court Trial-at-Bar Bench fixed for February 11 to deliver its order on the preliminary objections by the defence in the case against former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and six others. The charges are the misappropriatin

Deputy Minister Ajith Mannapperuma was sworn in as the State Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment before President Maithripala Sirisena this morning.