News from 2021

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…

A number of flights from India landed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) over the past few days amidst a ban on trave…

Colombo bourse continued its positive momentum and to concluded in the green territory today amidst reporting impressive interim r…

The Hambantota International Port has seen a significant increase in their RORO figures during the first 4 months of 2021, compare…

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Following immense confusion on whether the travel restriction will come into effect from today or tomorrow, Army Commander General…

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to prepare a new master plan for the Muthurajawela wetland area and to consequent…

All travellers arriving from overseas including Sri Lankans should be mandatorily quarantined at a Quarantine facility until comp…

Sri Lanka did not require the approval of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to commence using the Sinopharm vaccine. Domestic em…

A Sri Lankan national has been arrested by Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) …

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the decision to start using organic fertilizer was taken towards endowing a healthy future …