News from 2021

Sri Lanka Cricket today announced the commencement date and team composition for the second edition of the Lanka Premier League (L…

The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 72 more fatalities were confirmed by the Di…

The Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital has requested parents to register their children aged between 12 and 19 years suffering fr…

The Foreign Ministry has informed the Health Ministry that no country has made a specific COVID-19 vaccine compulsory when enterin…

The Examinations Department has released the results of the 2020 G.C.E. Ordinary Level (O/L) Examination. The Examinations Departm…

Specialist doctors today urged the parents and adults not to be deceived by myths and superstitions and get the children vaccinate…

Doctors and professors who have thorough knowledge in our country's geology have expressed that Sri Lanka is located closer to the…

A man sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking after spending two years in jail was acquitted by the Court of Appeal ob…

Tamil National People's Front Jaffna District MP Selvarasa Gajendran and two others were arrested for violating quarantine regulat…

Although the methodology of making appointments for medical professionals and transfers is very important to provide a quality med…

In an effort to increase Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) into the country, the government has pitched Sri Lanka as a feasible de…

Sri Lankan music artist and youth icon Yohani de Silva to make her first performance in India after her song ‘Menike mage hitheâ…

COVID booster jabs will begin to be administered to the relevant groups of people in the near future once the second dose rollout …

Even after recovering from COVID viral infection, several high-risk post COVID complication conditions such as COVID pneumonia cou…

Vaccination for children above 12 years of age, who are diagnosed with chronic diseases, would commence at the Lady Ridgeway Hospi…

Referring to the hesitancy shown by the younger population to receive the COVID vaccine, Chairman of State Pharmaceuticals Corpora…

The Government has decided to scrap moves to regulate social media and websites by law. Media Minister Dullas Alahapperuma, respon…

A total of 92 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (21) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services …

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident in which a police officer was injured during a drug raid at Obeyse…

Sri Lanka has proposed to establish a Regional Knowledge Hub in Colombo in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO)…

District-wise percentages for university entrance based on the results of G. C. E. Advanced Level Examination in 2020 have been re…

MP Rishad Bathiudeen, who had been arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), has been further remand…

The SLFP does not condone the continuation of the ‘Emergency Regulations’ (The Public Security Ordinance) more than a day nece…

Steps have been taken by the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) to issue transport permits through online from September 30…

The government is in the process of revising prices of essential items such as rice, sugar, milk powder and domestic gas, a minist…