News from 2021

The Attorney General today informed Supreme Court that the Minister of Defence had declined to allow a request made by Parliamenta…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that those who protest against educational reforms should come up with proposals for a modern ed…

A total of 50 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (14) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services …

Sri Lanka will receive its largest donation of COVID-19 vaccines this month after China has decided to grant 1.6 million Sinopharm…

If there is no major change in the situation, the country is expected to be fully open by September, Commander of the Army General…

The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 37 more COVID-19 related fatalities that have occurred yesterday (July 13). …

The Mount Lavinia District Court has issued an Enjoining Order preventing the wife from collecting data, documents, text messages …

Former National skipper Dinesh Chandimal, in a letter addressed to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Cricket Committee Chairman Aravinda de …

X-press Feeders, operators of the container ship ‘X-press Pearl’, through the vessel owner’s P&I insurers, have made an …

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UNP MP and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for a debate on what he called a major foreign exchange crisis th…

There is no any other alternative and satisfactory way other than the school classroom environment for children to continue with t…

Some people have shown reluctance to obtain the Chinese manufactured Sinopharm vaccine as it may hamper their plans to travel to c…

The general public above 30 years of age in the Western Province (WP) are able to get the first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine at t…

Thirty six percent of the total population above 30 years of age in Sri Lanka has been administered with at least the first dose o…

Approximately 3,000 road accidents take place daily, is similar to people losing lives due to terrorist activities, Police Spokesm…

The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 41 more COVID-19 related fatalities that have occurred yesterday (July 12). …

The Cabinet has granted approval to pay an incentive of Rs. 12,500 per hectare not exceeding 02 hectares (05 acres) to encourage t…

The cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to attract digital tourists to the country and to introduce a long term visa cate…

Government approval granted for the strategic plan for promoting the use of electric vehicles in Sri Lanka. Addressing the weekely…

The Education Ministry is hoping to complete administering COVID vaccination for all teachers in the country with the next ten da…

As the COVID-19 vaccination drive for people above the age of 30 is on the move at present in the country, authorities are conside…

The National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (​NOCPCO) has granted permission to operate inter-provincial t…

Japan has decided to provide 1.45 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured there to Sri Lanka through the COVAX Facility …

The Environment Ministry has decided to implement the ban on shopping bags and lunch sheets in the next few weeks, Environment Min…