News from 2021

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday called for a dialogue between the Government and the opposition to come up wi…

Three persons including the father-in-law of Easter Sunday attack mastermind Zahran Hashim were arrested by the Terrorism Investig…

No general decision had been taken to close schools with the rising numbers of COVID-19 patients in the country after the New Year…

Pfizer has agreed to supply five million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka under a commercial agreement with the State Ph…

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The changes required for a turning point in the country’s education will be introduced soon, says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. …

The Hindu - Sri Lanka has decided to postpone launching the proposed “travel bubble” with India, in the wake of the recent sur…

Sri Lanka’s longest rivalry in schools cricket comes alive this May as Royal College Colombo and S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavini…

A dominant batting display from Bangladesh gave them early honours in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele, as they ended…

Opening hours of bars in hotels and liquor shops should be extended in order to create a night economy in Sri Lanka, MP Diana Gama…

Emirates has announced it will increase its services to Colombo from six to seven flights a week, with the seventh weekly flight c…

Installation of CCTV cameras in the Welikada, Magazine, Remand prisons, Welikada Female Ward and Prison Hospital commenced yesterd…

The government is considering regulating Sri Lanka beauty pageants following the recent incident at the Mrs. Sri Lanka for Mrs. Wo…

Sri Lankan Airlines is likely to plan a VVIP flight to Nairobi on April 29 which will see several VIP’S being taken for one week…

Estimates Port City would generate over 300,000 new jobs and US$ 10bn in fresh direct investments To have positive impact on SL’…

Fisheries Minister, Douglas Devananda who was in the midst of controversy last week for allegedly claiming that Indian fishermen w…

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Mrs. World Inc. Organization, today said it had accepted the resignation of Caroline Jurie stating that the first runner up at las…

Health authorities issued a coronavirus red alert last night as an increase in patients being admitted to hospitals was observed. …

All May Day rallies have been cancelled as a precautionary measure to curb the spread of COVID-19, Army Commander Shavendra Silva …

The Angel Fund has announced a Rs. 10 million investment in Niftron, a blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platform that aims to make b…

Affirming its leadership in the country’s fast-growing insurance industry, Sri Lanka’s premier life insurer Union Assurance re…

India supports the call of international community for the Sri Lankan government to fulfill its commitments on devolution of polit…

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to grant a presidential pardon to incarcerated forme…

WindForce Limited, the latest company to list on the Colombo Stock Exchange, acquired Solar Universe (Pvt) Ltd, which has won a te…