News from 2021

Steps will be taken to introduce another special sticker for vehicles operating during the traffic restrictions for essential serv…

An SMS service will be launched informing the public details of administering the second doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines in t…

With the increase of the number of daily COVID positive cases in the country, it is not practical to lift the islanwide travel res…

Sri Lanka has barred passengers with a travel history to South America and South Africa – including transit – in the past 14 d…

Prime Lands Residencies Limited is scheduled to be listed on the Diri Savi Board of the Colombo Stock Exchange(CSE) with effect fr…

FY21 Revenue up 30% Dividend of LKR 1,013 million FY21 PAT up 10% Dividend per Share 0.75 LKR WindForce Limited, which listed on t…

National badminton champion Niluka Karunaratne will be representing Sri Lanka in the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The two-time Olympic shu…

Furnace oil from tanks at the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery has overflowed following heavy rain and is threatening the Kelani River. I…

State owned retail network Lanka Sathosa will be open across the island from today as directed by the government to ensure the mas…

Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara today denied reports that he ordered the bus transporting 14 persons including model P…

The number of COVID related deaths among senior citizens and elderly persons at home has increased compared to the first and seco…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today requested the UK to provide technical assistance to study and evaluate the damage caused to the…

Russia will dispatch 65, 000 doses of its Sputnik V vaccine next Friday, State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana said yesterday. Un…

The UK government has announced that passengers from Sri Lanka will be put on "red alert", that would require a quarantine period …

Former Sri Lanka captain and chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya was appointed head coach of a club in Australia on Friday, joining t…

All the licensed wine stores Island-wide would be sealed until the travel restrictions are lifted on June 7, the Excise Department…

The final decision on whether or not to extend the entry ban at airports will be declared by the National Operation Centre for Pre…

The administration of the second dose of the Sinopharm vaccine will commence on June 08, the head of the National Operation Centre…

The National Savings Bank Gross Income grew by 5.9% to Rs.33.0 billion during the first quarter of the year from Rs.31.2 billion r…

Port activities in Sri Lanka have not slowed down due to fire that ignited on board MV X-Press Pearl container vessel, said Sri La…

Indian and Sri Lankan authorities' joint efforts to extinguish the massive fire onboard a container vessel off Colombo have yielde…

Responding to reports that China has given one dose of Sinopharm vaccine at a higher price ($15) to Sri Lanka than it has given to…

The postponed Indian Premier League will resume tentatively on September 18 or 19 in the UAE with as many as 10 double-headers exp…

Sri Lankan selectors are likely to persist with the same squad of players for the forthcoming England tour, meaning that the three…

While saying that the fishing activities in the adjoining sea areas where the X-Press Pearl vessel caught fire had been suspended …