News from 2021

The CID together with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Australian Federal Police are currently conducting an int…

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Central Bank announced it has imposed penalties on two financial institutions amounti…

With the vast escalation of COVID positive cases in the country, the capacity to accommodate the patients is reaching beyond maxim…

Sri Lanka will suspend arrival of passengers from midnight on May 21, says the Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Thereby…

Sri Lanka is to receive another stock of the China-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm, State Minister of Production, Supply a…

K. Mathivanan, Bandula Warnapura and Nishantha Ranatunga have decided to withdraw from the upcoming election to elect the office b…

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena presented the determination of the Supreme Court with regard to the Colombo Port City Economic Co…

Pay cuts are not the only issue that Sri Lanka national team players have had with their central contracts which are yet to be sig…

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There is an acute shortage of nearly one million brand new tyres in the local market as a result of the import restrictions by the…

The Embassy of China in Sri Lanka, Colombo, has urged Chinese entities engaged in joint ventures in Sri Lanka to ensure that all p…

The upcoming Monday (May 24) and Tuesday (May 25) have been declared Special Government Holidays, the Ministry of Public Administr…

Next consignment of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines will arrive in Sri Lanka on May 25 (Tuesday), says State Minister of Production…

Attention will be paid to vaccinate all school teachers to ensure health care in schools to re-open them very soon, Education Mini…

Some 141 people were arrested yesterday for walking on the roads violating ID card method introduced by the police. According to t…

Island-wide travel restrictions will be imposed from 11 pm on Friday (21) to 4 am on May 25 continuously, Army Commander General …

Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC, was recently bestowed with the coveted “Retail Brand of the Year Sri Lanka 2021” award at the 11th Glo…

In an interview with Daily News Business he said that they are planning to open a tourism corridor between Russia and Colombo unde…

Italian-based Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon inched closer towards achieving the Olympic standard qualifying mark in the men�…

While thanking the public for reducing their movements drastically for three days, the Government Medical officers' Association (G…

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Army Commander General Shavendra Silva yesterday said that despite an island wide travel restriction coming to an end at 4 am toda…

Despite an announcement by the Mayor of Colombo, Rosy Senanayake and other government officials over the weekend that Sri Lanka ha…

Due to sudden trade union action by two Railway Trade Unions this morning, the Transport Ministry added more buses to facilitate o…

With the daily count of new Covid reaching 2,275 yesterday, the Colombo district recorded 438 cases as the highest, the National O…