Bangladesh Naval ship in the island
Making a three-day official goodwill visit, the Bangladesh Naval Ship (BNS) Bijoy arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday (6th Dec.).
National Day on ‘Suraksha’ Student Insurance Scheme
The Ministry of Education today (7th Dec.) implemented a national program introduced to provide insurance coverage to over 4.5 million school students in the country.
Rains expected to decrease
The depression in the Bay of Bengal sea area is moving further away from Sri Lanka. Hence, it’s effect for the country is expected to lessen and the possibility for rainy weather i..
Steps to scale up Youth Social Innovation Challenge
The Ministry of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to scale up HackaDev – Youth Soc..
LG polls to be held on or before Feb. 17
Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said today (4th Dec.) that the Local Government Election polls will be held on or before February 17, next year.
President releases water for research purpose for Moragahakanda electricity generation
President Maithripala Sirisena released water for research purpose for the electricity generation of Moragahakanda on Saturday (2nd Dec.) at the auspicious time.
No crimes against journalists under present govt. – PM
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the present government in 2015 put a definitive end for crimes against the media and there since being no journalist abductions, murde..
SLTB earns Rs.2 Bn profit this year
The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) has turned out to be a profit making body this year by recording a Rs.2 billion profit so far in 2017, Transport and Civil Aviation Deputy Mini..
Govt. condemns terrorist attack in Egypt
The Government of Sri Lanka, in the strongest terms condemned yesterday's terrorist attack on worshippers at a mosque in the Sinai region of Egypt.
Modi needs joint ventures expedited
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday informed the latter that India would like to have fast tracked the i..