The Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) today urged the government to bring about solutions to the teachers and principals salary anomalies issue before the reopening schools on October 21. CTU Secretary Joseph Stalin said.

The Government would arrange a meeting with the Prime Minister and all the relevant teacher-principal trade unions before the budget to discuss the solutions proposed in the budget next month, Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardane said.

The Government is planning to reopen all grades of Government schools by early November, State Minister of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion Susil Premajayantha said today.

The inter-provincial travel restrictions have been extended until October 21, the President’s Media Division said.

Sri Lanka’s first Test Captain Bandula Warnapura has been admitted to a private hospital in Colombo following heart complications.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed to commence vaccination of school children from October 21, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

The government is to give priority to import electric vehicles in the future as a measure to reduce air pollution in our country, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

Following reports that businessman Thirukumar Nadesan and his wife Nirupama Rajapaksa had fled the country to an undisclosed location following the allegations levelled against them in the Pandora Papers, Nadesan told Daily Mirror yesterday he and hi

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

The Joint Health Workers Union conducted a strike today outside the Colombo National Hospital citing several demands. Pix by Nisal Baduge

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.

Frontline Socialist Party staged a Protest in Colombo Fort today calling for the government to release university students who have been imprisoned for more than two months. Pix by Pradeep Dilruckshana

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 Zonta Club II of Colombo, Mammo Care Group Members Ganga De Zilwa, Vidyani Hettigoda, Dr Mala Tudawe, President of Zonta Club II of Colombo and Manthri Perera handed over the Breast cushions to Dr Ajith De Silva, Consultant General Surgeon, Natio

New website of Samudradevi Balika Maha Vidyala was launched today with the participation of MP Madura Withanage as the chief guest. School Principal Sureka Siriwardana and a large number of students participated at the launch. Pix by Pradeep Dilrus

Several SJB members today handed over a petition to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption demanding a fair investigation into the Pandora Papers on Tirukumar Nadesan and Nirupama Rajapaksa. Pix Nimalsiri Edirisinghe.

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.