News from 2021

More than 40 vaccination centres have been established in the Western Province to provide the first dose of China’s Sinopharm va…

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said that the Indian team, sans the top players, will tour Sri Lanka in July for a limited…

A decision has been taken to allocate the remaining balance of the COVID–19 (ITUKAMA) Healthcare and Social Security Fund to the…

Prime Lands Residencies, the condominium property arm of Prime Group, opens its Initial Public Offering today, 11th May 2021. The …

USA-based Sri Lankan athlete Ushan Thiwanka Perera has set a new South Asian and Sri Lankan high jump record at the 2021 Lone Sta…

No decision has been taken by the Ministry as yet to close the airports, but appropriate action would be taken in line with the CO…

An independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal has unanimously cleared former Sri Lanka player Avishka Gunawardene of two charges against…

The construction work of phase 1 of the seventh expressway in the country named 'Ruwanpura Expressway (E-06)' will commence today,…

The largest COVID treatment hospital in the country was opened in Seeduwa yesterday by the Army Commander, Gen. Shavendra Silva. T…

GS Sports has denied any involvement with a project initiated by Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Namal Rajapaksa to establish 50…

The Russian made Sputnik-V vaccine would be used as the main vaccine against COVID-19 in Sri Lanka within this year, State Ministe…

Former Sri Lanka cricketer Upul Tharanga has joined Sri Lanka great T.M. Dilshan to play domestic cricket in Australia. The Mulgra…

Artistic gymnast Milka Gehani de Silva has become the second Sri Lankan to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 18-year-old is…

DFCC Bank, with the aim of being the most customer-centric and digitally-enabled bank in the years to come, recently partnered wit…

The Sri Lanka Embassy in Jordan in its efforts to drive high value aquaculture commodities from Sri Lanka into Jordan under its ec…

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has directed airlines that passengers travelling from India will not be permitted to disembark …

The Government has decided to expedite the use of the Ayurvedic hospital system to manage the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in t…

Clinical tests have confirmed that the syrup introduced by Ayurvedic practitioner Dhammika Bandara is not a cure for the COVID-19 …

The Environment Ministry had decided to take legal action against companies that have violated the gazette notification issued by …

Among 160 countries, Sri Lanka has been ranked 69th in the National Cyber Security Index (NCSI), the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency …

Sri Lanka will roll out the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine starting from tomorrow (May 06), says State Minister of Production, Supply …

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has been elected as Chair of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors for the year 202…

Sri Lanka Embassy in Nepal partnered with the Export Development Board of Sri Lanka (EDB) to connect construction industry stakeho…

Sustaining the global spotlight on Sri Lanka as a ‘safe and secure’ holiday destination that has successfully opened up to the…

Attorney General Dappula de Livera has concluded action in 27,206 criminal cases during his tenure from May 2019 to May 2021. His …