Keeping up the legacy of strong relations between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the Pakistani government donated a fully furnished library to the National Defence College. Pakistan also provided its fullest support in setting up the curriculum of the i

The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) - the pioneer of digital transformation aiming to make Sri Lanka a digitally inclusive Nation - together with the Ministry of Technology, Telecommunication Regulatory Commis

Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddika Sri Ragala yesterday refused to ban the protest that is to be held by Samagi Jana Bala

SJB is to file legal action against the gazette notification under which all lands in the coastal belt from Wattala to Negombo a

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) together with Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai have organized the first-ever film tourism promotion in Bangalore, Karnataka in a bid to explore potential opportunities in the South In

ICTA will conduct a two-day roadshow in the central region in collaboration with the Ministry of Technology, Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRCSL), Telecommunications Partners, and Industry partners. The forum’s main objective is to creat

Permitting selected agricultural chemicals to be imported as a solution to the crisis, the agricultural sector in Sri Lanka has fa

Finland, which has the world best education systems in the world will support new education reforms in Sri Lanka, the Natio

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) yesterday announced that all leave of its employees have been cancelled from yesterday

The Education Ministry has fixed the date for conducting the 2021 GCE Ordinary Level (O/L), Advanced Level (A/L) and G

Catholic Bishops Conference of Sri Lanka yesterday expressed its deep concern on the erosion of democratic principles

Senior citizens and elders who suffer from non-communicable diseases, including front-line COVID control workers and health

A large stock of illegal cigarettes worth over Rs.5.6 million smuggled into the country through unlawful channel was seized by the Police Special Task Force (STF) in Kandana last week.

There cannot be corruption if electricity tariffs become less

A group of 18 suspects had been arrested by Moratuwa Police in connection with the alleged assault on two officers of the Police Emergency 119 at Madangahawatta in Moratuwa. They were p

While taking measures to stop the exploitation of sand by middlemen, the environment ministry has decided to carry out the island-wide sand distribution under the Building Materials Corporation (B

The world’s first Electronic Imaginative Astronomy Magazine compiled by Rusin Thathsara, a past pupil of Seevali Madya Maha Vidyalaya, Ratnapura was inaugurated by well-known Astronomer and award-winning Science Writer Anura C. Perera, at Sri Lanka

The 1st Annual Conference hosted by the Office For National Unity and Reconciliation is scheduled to be held on October 30 and 31 October 2021. The annual conference is a programme proposal submitted under the title of “Higher Education Programmes

There are no legal provisions for carrying out a lab test on samples of fertilizer that had been imported from China by a third party, Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday. Kiriella told a p

A liquid nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing plant was ceremonially opened by Minister of Power Gamini Lokuge at Polgasowit

The petitioner is also seeking an order directing the authorities to prepare the estimated loss and damage caused to the fishing industry in Sri Lanka

Paddy cultivators in the Tissamaharama area who resorted to transplanting and cultivated green gram have reaped a bumper ha

New website of Samudradevi BMV was launched yesterday with MP Madura Withanage as the chief guest. School Principal Sureka Siriwardana and a large number of students participated at the launch. Pic by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Five individuals were seriously injured in a head-on collision of two lorries at Mangalaeliya in Puttalam on Sunday evening.(17)

The Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army General Manoj Mukund Naravane who is now in Sri Lanka called on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana on Saturday at the Air Force Headquarters, Colombo.

The government has saved the ‘Mahapola Scholarship Fund’, a brainchild of late UNP Minister Lalith Athulathmudali, which has ironically been destroyed during the so-called Yahapalana or UNP government, Trade Minister Bandula Gu

Two Indian fishing vessels with 23 Indian fishermen aboard were taken into custody by the Sri Lanka Navy on Tuesday while poaching in the Sri Lankan waters in the East of Point Pedro and Vettilaikerni. The Navy said fast attack craft of the 04th Fa

Demand quality fertilizer before Maha season

The appeal filed by former DIG Vaas Gunawardena, his son Ravindu Vaas Gunawardena and four police officers challenging Colombo High Court’s judgement convicting them for committing the murder of millionaire businessman Moha

A double- cab veered off the road and plunged into a precipice at Ambagasdowa in Uva Paranagama killing two passengers