News from 2021

Education Ministry Secretary Prof. Kapila Perera has sent a fervent request to all the teachers and principal trade unions to give…

SriLankan Airlines experienced a revenue reduction of 70% during the financial year 2020/21 when compared to the year before, SriL…

The ‘Press Box’ at the R Premadasa Stadium RPICS was closed for operations during the 1st T20i between Sri Lanka and India, fo…

The Sri Lanka Police is conducting an independent investigation into the death of the 16-year-old domestic aide who worked at form…

In the wake of an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country in recent days, Director General Health Services Dr Asela Gunawardena …

JAT Holdings Limited Initial Public Offering (IPO) was successfully oversubscribed on the opening day. In a stock exchange filing …

LONDON, (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service on Monday said it had placed the government of Sri Lanka's Caa1 rating under review …

Sri Lanka is expecting another batch of Sinopharm vaccines, says the State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharma…

The proposal to amend the Civil Procedure Code which contains the marriage procedures for Muslim marriages and divorces to bring t…

In the wake of the decision of the LAUGFS Gas PLC to stop all its imports leaving fears that the country is likely to face a gas s…

Two special police teams have been deployed to investigate into the death of a 16-year-old girl while working at former Minister R…

The inter-provincial movement restrictions will remain in place until further notice, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.…

More than 5.8 million (5,876,282) persons above 30 years in the country have been vaccinated with the first dose of the Covid19 va…

While changing the direction of the power sector, attention was drawn to installing a Floating Solar System on the Diyawanna Lake …

Responding to claims made by Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) that the country is on the verge of facing a fourth wave, the He…

The United States is contributing to Sri Lanka’s economic resilience through the provision of a financial facility of USD 150Mn.…

The dates of the G. C. E. Advanced Level Examination and the Grade 05 Scholarship examination for the year 2021 have been pushed b…

ICC Acting Chief Executive Geoff Allardice: “We are delighted to announce the groups for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. The…

Sri Lanka has received another consignment of over 70,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine this morning. State Minist…

Mass inoculation against Covid -19 will gather pace further with the arrival of 5. 6 million doses of Sinopharm vaccines within th…

Sri Lanka is presently one of the highest countries in the world, administering COVID-19 vaccinations per day, with over 300,000 v…

With the scheduled 13 development projects between 2021 and 2025, a total volume of 57 million cubic meters of sand will be requir…

A total of 31 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (16) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services …

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the obstacles existed in the University Grants Commission Act will be removed and the Kotel…

Former MP Duminda Silva, who was serving a death sentence over the killing of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra but was released from…