News from 2021

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 …

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today advised the medical sector to administer the second dose of Sinopharm vaccine after a month (Ju…

The ongoing travel restrictions will continue until June 7 and will not be relaxed on May 31st and June 4, Army Commander General …

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The Ministry of Finance and the World Bank recently signed a new grant from the European Union to support the Agriculture Sector M…

The government has issued passes to all the factories functioning in BOI Export Processing Zones and outside to facilitate the tr…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed the relevant officials to take actions to provide organic fertilizer required for the 'Mah…

Around 375,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines out of 500,000 donated by China have been retained to administer the second dose, Army …

A consignment 50,000 Russian-made Sputnik-V vaccine vials reached the Katunayake International Airport last night. The second batc…

The COVID-19 taskforce will meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at 11 am today to discuss the present situation in the country and w…

During a turbulent financial year that was affected by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, Aitken Spence Group’s non-tourism se…

By Harsha Amarasinghe Hundreds and thousands of schools in Sri Lanka have opted to hire private coaches for their respective sport…

The Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, decided to suspend the importation of a limited number of vehicles today …

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Sri Lanka’s former envoy to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga says he is aiming to bring in at least 2,500 Russian tourists per month …

The Cabinet approval was granted to award the contract for the construction of the elevated highway to Kelaniya New Bridge (NKB) v…