News from 2021

Businessman and husband of Nirupama Rajapaksa, Thirukumar Nadesan whose name has transpired in the Pandora Papers, in a letter to …

The world’s largest container ship 'Ever Ace' arrived at the Port of Colombo last night on the return of her maiden voyage. The …

Individuals boarding direct flights or the first connecting flight to Macau coming from extreme high pandemic risk countries such …

Referring to the Pandora Papers where Two Sri Lankans were listed over their alleged transactions, Minister Namal Rajapaksa said t…

Ratmalana Airport is set to launch international flights in the region after 5 decades and the first flight is scheduled to depart…

The Foreign Minister, Prof, G.L. Peiris says Sri Lanka recognizes the need to address challenges such as achieving tangible progre…

The Cabinet of Ministers has green-lighted the establishment of a subsidiary of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to venture …

The validity period of visas of all categories which were obtained by foreigners who are currently staying in the country was exte…

A team of senior European Union (EU) officials who was in Sri Lanka to review Sri Lanka’s progress in implementing the 27 intern…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa directed the Chairman of the Bribery Commission to investigate allegations of bribery or corruption a…

A latest foreign research highlighted that adults, women, immunocompromised individuals and those with prior hospitalization for C…

Amidst the threat of COVID-19 and the consequent lockdown, health authorities have sounded an alert on cases of dengue, which have…

Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena yesterday admitted in Parliament that there had been a massive garlic scam in the Lanka Sathosa…

Following discussions with the Provincial Governors, it has been decided to re-open the primary classes (Grade 1-5) of schools whe…

The Department of Immigration and Emigration today advised the applicants to follow the online booking facilities to receive their…

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced it is now accepting digitally signed documents from business customers using LankaSign…

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China Dr. Palitha Kohona speaking at the Innovation and Development of Cities Summit, attended by many …

riLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, has been summoned before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) on Octob…

The objective of this Cabinet Memorandum is to promote the process of disposing of burnt furnace oil in a systematic manner to con…

In the wake of what was revealed in a recent study on core long-COVID-19 symptoms, the Health ministry is compelled to pay a speci…

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today requested Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to inquire from the Attorney General whether lega…

Twenty-five suspects, accused of the terrorist attacks on three churches and three hotels in April on Easter Sunday were charged b…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that as the oldest democratic country in the region, which has never been under a dictatorship o…

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) requested the Health Services Director General to convene the Advisory Committ…

There is no direct link between the reopening of schools and vaccinating children, Deputy Director-General of Health Services Dr. …