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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 …

The newly established President’s Media Center has been declared open in Colombo earlier this morning (July 29), President’s M…

The Education Ministry is hoping to reopen schools in the country in the first week of September, Education Minister G. L. Peiris …

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa expressed the hope that more countries would be inspired by Sri Lanka’s bold approach to sustainabl…

As much as 86 percent of the government’s revenue had been spent for the payment of salaries and remunerations in 2020 triggerin…

While changing the direction of the power sector, attention was drawn to installing a Floating Solar System on the Diyawanna Lake …

The Attorney General today informed Supreme Court that the Minister of Defence had declined to allow a request made by Parliamenta…

There is no any other alternative and satisfactory way other than the school classroom environment for children to continue with t…

The Environment Ministry has decided to implement the ban on shopping bags and lunch sheets in the next few weeks, Environment Min…

All teachers in the Colombo Educational zone will be vaccinated by tomorrow, Education Minister G.L Peiris said. Addressing the m…

Following a programme launched to collect disposable carbon pens and toothbrushes, as they would take about 400 years to perish, E…

The government has decided to administer Pfizer vaccines to nearly 1,000 students going overseas for higher education, Army Comman…

The Government has planned to open up the country within two months after vaccinating its citizens at least with a single dose, To…

Sri Lanka Retailers Association (SLRA), the apex body of Sri Lanka’s Organised Retail Sector (ORS) consisting of last mile retai…

The government issued a special gazette notification earlier today establishing a new ministry. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa via t…

Speaking at a Policy Dialogue on “National Transformation through Digital ID “organized by the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (…

Along with the government's COVISHIELD vaccination programme, a significant number of teachers have been given the vaccine, the Ed…

The Batticaloa airport is to be developed as an attractive domestic airport with more facilities, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatu…