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resident Gotabaya Rajapaksa assured today that steps would be taken to introduce a new constitution and a new electoral system as …

The Government is planning to reopen all grades of Government schools by early November, State Minister of Education Reforms, Open…

The Foreign Minister, Prof, G.L. Peiris says Sri Lanka recognizes the need to address challenges such as achieving tangible progre…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa directed the Chairman of the Bribery Commission to investigate allegations of bribery or corruption a…

Following discussions with the Provincial Governors, it has been decided to re-open the primary classes (Grade 1-5) of schools whe…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that as the oldest democratic country in the region, which has never been under a dictatorship o…

The Education Ministry is confident of re-opening primary schools in the country during the course of this month, Minister Dinesh …

The Government has decided to scrap moves to regulate social media and websites by law. Media Minister Dullas Alahapperuma, respon…

Sri Lanka has proposed to establish a Regional Knowledge Hub in Colombo in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO)…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has invited Kuwait to invest in the Colombo Port City, in solar and wind energy and oil refining sect…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed authorities to inoculate children between age 15 to 19 with Pfizer vaccines, Army Comm…

A tax of Rs. 40 per kilogram will be levied on imported big onions with effect from today, Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluth…

The full effect of the vaccination drive – reduced transmissions, cases of severe disease and deaths - will be visible by the th…

State Minister Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle said that it is her personal opinion that the country should be closed for another wee…

Some 5,858 Covid patients were treated in 13 Ayurvedic Hospitals while 4,720 of them have fully recovered by now, State Minister o…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared Emergency regulations on the provision of essential foods with effect from midnight toda…

The Health Minister instructed the Epidemiology Unit to formulate and publish a short-term method of vaccination for the non-vacci…

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has sent a letter of felicitation to new Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Prof. G.…

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said today that there was no fuel shortage in the country. There were long queues reported near f…

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is scheduled to address the nation, President's Spokesman Kyngsly Rathnayake said. He said the date …

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has responded positively to a request made by former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to call for …

A total of 12 staff members of Parliament tested positive to Covid-19 following Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) carried out today, Serg…

With the current swell in pandemic situation in the country, it is suspicious to reopen schools by the first week of September, Ed…

Claiming that the Government is not in a position to provide immediate solutions to the demands of the teachers, Education Ministe…

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulated the Sri Lankan government for once again administering a record number of over …