The Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka (AHK Sri Lanka) together with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) officially launched the publication “Exporting to the European Union – A Practical

The report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday attacks, was handed over to the Mahanayaka Thera of the Malwatta chapter Most Ven. Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala and Mahanayaka Thera of the A

The attack was carried out by terrorists. Who helped those terrorists? Who sponsored them? That is what the entire country wants to know

Stage two of the project to create offshore fish breeding grounds by sinking condemned railway compartments, buses and trawlers in the sea

The UNESCO has decided to declare the Mahawamsa chronicle, the main source of Sri Lankan history as a world heritage.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the President’s House in Colombo yesterday. The statement issued by the Pakistan High Commission Colombo is as foll

No final decision has been taken on the hybrid renewable energy project to be executed in the three islands off Jaffna, Power Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said yesterday. He told Parliament that the Cabinet was yet to approve this project and added

Gas companies have requested the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) to increase the price of a 12.5Kg domestic gas cylinder considering the price increase in the world market, foreign exchang

The Government has decided to take over and develop the Muthurajawela Wetland Sanctuary under the Ministry of Environment and Urban Development Authority, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday. He said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa h

Work in all hospitals countrywide came to a standstill yesterday due to a strike undertaken by the minor employees. The Joint Health

The Presidential Commission which probed the Easter Sunday attacks has recommended to enact a legislation similar to Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act which is in force in Singapore currently, to preserve religious harmony in Sri Lanka. The repo

The Ceylon Teachers’ Service Union (CTSU) requested the Government to take immediate steps to give priority to vaccinate all teachers and principals before commencement of the 2020 Ordinary Level (O/L) Examination, CTSU Chief Secretary Mahinda Jaya

The first school term of the year 2021 in Government and Government-approved private schools will end today (25), the Education Ministry announced yesterday. As the 2020 GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) Examination is scheduled to be held from March 1 to Ma

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Presidential Commission to increase the productivity of the Sri Lanka Customs Department and to study its current situation, the President’s Media Division

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) that investigated into the Easter Sunday’s attacks in 2019 has recommended the Attorney General to consider instituting criminal proceedings

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila yesterday assured that fuel prices will not be increased within the next three months despite the increase in crude oil prices at the World Market. He told Parlia

A new government will be formed under the leadership of current UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe in the year 2024, UNP Chairma

Thilak Senasinghe’s latest novel “Jyeshta Purawesiyekuge Prema Kathawa”, themed on the challenge of entering a traditional old age in a society where Eroticism is ideal, will be released on Thursday, February 25, 2021, at 4.00 pm at Dr N.M. Per

The two jail guards functioning as store keepers in the Boosa prisons were interdicted for alleged misappropriation of funds.

Complaints have been lodged against a foreign employment agency located in Thunmulla, in Colombo which had allegedly

Point Pedro Police said that a youth had succumbed to his injuries after the motorcycle he was riding had run off the road near Point Pedro in Jaffna. The dece

A fire which broke out on 17 February in a Eucalyptus plantation at Mocha estate in the Maskeliya Police division, has spread to the Sripada reserve destroying an area of five acres. Hatton Rang

By Sandun A. Jayasekera We must not leave room for any group or individual to sabotage the national unity but build friendship and confidence among all communities if we are to take the long march to sustainable development, peace and prosperity,

The Chairman of Lanka Phosphate Limited, Eng. Anil Ranasinghe said that the company which was operating at a loss for the past four

Sri Lanka Institute of National Tourist Guide Lecturers yesterday handed over a letter to President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa highlighting the issues and difficulties they face and held a peaceful protest at the agitation sitein Colombo Fort.

Leo Club of University of Colombo District 306 C1 conducted a series of programmes recently to raise awareness on natural disaster management.

A group of locals staged a protest on Saturday near the Hangran Oya waterfall within the Nawalapitiya Divisional Secretariat r

The price of green chillies in the Norochcholai Economic Centre has shown a sharp decline much to the anxiety of the vegeta

Six people, including the OIC of Norton Bridge Police Traffic Branch have been remanded till March 2 after being arrested by the

Legal action has been taken by the Mount Lavinia Police Environmental Unit against 26 individuals for haphazard disposal of garba