News from 2021

Italian-based Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon inched closer towards achieving the Olympic standard qualifying mark in the menâ€â€¦

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 …

Sri Lanka has vaccinated a total of 80,277 individuals with Sinopharm and Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday (May 12), sa…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today announced the squad that has been chosen by the Cricket Selection Committee to take part in the upco…

A digital COVID vaccine identity card will be issued in near future in order to make the inoculation drive more efficient, says Mi…

Nestlé Lanka has launched an innovative solution for managing and monitoring its cold storage temperature, developed by premier b…

The pilot project of the Sri Lanka Police to launch a new traffic programme using drone cameras to reduce traffic congestion in an…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Management Committee Chairman Professor Arjuna de Silva said that the SLC elections will be held as schedu…

A total of 50,493 Sri Lankans were administered with the first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine within today. According to the Epidem…

Fund’s total asset base closes in Rs.3tn after adding Rs.284bn in 2020 Declares 9% return on member balances, down from 9.5% in …