News from 2021

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…

Cardinal Malclom Ranjith together with several bishops of the Catholic church in Sri Lanka in a letter addressed to President Gota…

UNICEF today handed over a consignment of critical equipment to the Ministry of Health, to support the government’s response to …

Adds another 84,000 radials in most wanted sizes in Phase 2 of 2021 expansion plan Radial production increased by 32% since March …

Vaccination drive for the tourism industry kicked off over the weekend and over 1000 employees attached to the sector in the Hamba…

By Harsha Amarasinghe Former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu believes that it would be a crime to let go of Angelo Mathews at th…

There is a threat of maintaining fewer social connections for children of all ages who have indulged in online activities for the …

All teachers in the Colombo Educational zone will be vaccinated by tomorrow, Education Minister G.L Peiris said. Addressing the m…

Following a programme launched to collect disposable carbon pens and toothbrushes, as they would take about 400 years to perish, E…

Cybersex crimes against women and Children in Sri Lanka have increased by 300 percent during the pandemic period in Sri Lanka that…

A 41-year old man who was deported from Doha, Qatar arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) yesterday on charges of…

Five suspects in various parts of the country have been arrested for publishing pornographic videos and pictures in social media s…

JAT Holdings, Sri Lanka’s trusted leader in wood coatings, hosted an informative virtual investor forum today (08) for their upc…

Sri Lanka’s railway system transports essential goods and freight, serves thousands of daily commuters, and forms an island-wide…

Director-General of Health Services will issue revised guidelines, lifting several restrictions, which need to be followed by peop…

While rejecting claims that on July 6, SriLankan flight (UL504 en route from London to Colombo) had suffered a mid-air fuel shorta…

The validity period of all types of Visas currently obtained by foreigners in Sri Lanka has been extended up to August 8 from toda…