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Climate Change hits Kelani valley dwellers
Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst economic crisis in over seven...
2023-02-25 18:30:00 0
Health Ministry mulls relaxing quarantine regulations
The Technical Committee of the Health Ministry will meet to discuss...
2021-03-13 18:30:00 0
Embassy takes up matter with Beijing
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Beijing is closely monitoring the...
2021-03-13 18:30:00 0
Government bans burqa
A cabinet paper banning the burqa was signed by Minister of Public...
2021-03-13 18:30:00 0
Covid-19 - Government accommodates Muslims’ wishes to bury corpses
Sri Lanka urged the UN Human Rights Council Core Group on Sri Lanka...
2021-03-06 18:30:00 0
Govt releases funds for 10m more doses of Covid-19 vaccines
The Government will purchase 18 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines,...
2021-03-06 18:30:00 0
PUCSL to decide on power purchases
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) will decide on a...
2021-03-06 18:30:00 0
Lankan businesses will benefit from China-Pakistan Economic Corridor – Premier Khan
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan cemented a new 50 USD million...
2021-02-27 18:30:00 0
Guidelines for cremation, burial of Covid-19 victims to be discussed next week - Director General of Health
The Government reversed its decision to cremate bodies of all Covid-...
2021-02-27 18:30:00 0
Covid-19 mass vaccination under way
The State Pharmaceutical Corporation has signed an order with the...
2021-02-20 18:30:00 0
Hotline for public complaints
The public could now reach out to the hotline 1997 to lodge...
2021-02-20 18:30:00 0
Tests to be performed in a week
The health authorities will perform another genome sequencing in a...
2021-02-13 18:30:00 0
Microfinance: the plague on the needy
For years, one issue has been weighing 65-year-old P. M. Jayaratne...
2021-02-13 18:30:00 0
SLBFE funds to repatriate needy migrant workers
The Government will use funds from the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign...
2021-02-06 18:30:00 0
First consignment in two weeks
The Government expects the first consignment of the newly purchased...
2021-02-06 18:30:00 0
Over 81,000 Lankans repatriated under Govt’s program
Over 81,000 Sri Lankans have been repatriated since the Government...
2021-02-06 18:30:00 0
Indian fishermen’s death ‘unfortunate’ incident - SLN
Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) maintained its stand that the incident where...
2021-01-23 18:30:00 0
Tourism restarts against odds
Sri Lanka is ‘ready and open’ to welcome back our visitors, Sri Lanka...
2021-01-23 18:30:00 0
Two new airlines begin flights to Sri Lanka
Two new airlines have begun flights to Sri Lanka while five others...
2021-01-23 18:30:00 0
TUs to present proposals to Govt
The National Council to Protect the East Container Terminal (NCPECT...
2021-01-16 18:30:00 0
ETA for all foreigners except UK
All foreigners except those from the United Kingdom will be permitted...
2021-01-16 18:30:00 0
Covid-19 ‘UK variant’ in Sri Lanka?
As the Government grapples with the constraints posed by Covid-19,...
2021-01-16 18:30:00 0
Three Lankans charged in U.S.
Three Sri Lankans have been charged with terrorism offences,...
2021-01-09 18:30:00 0
State pardon for fine defaulters
The Government yesterday sanctioned the release of all remand...
2021-01-09 18:30:00 0
Tourism pilot project will open doors for business as usual
The former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, UdayangaWeeratunga, the...
2021-01-09 18:30:00 0
Sri Lanka expects Indian vaccine next month - Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle
State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and Covid-19 Disease...
2021-01-09 18:30:00 0
Govt to open borders for commercial flights
The Government hopes to re-open borders for inbound tourism later...
2021-01-02 18:30:00 0
Lankan migrant workers in double talk - SLBFE
The authorities have called upon Sri Lankan migrant workers hoping to...
2021-01-02 18:30:00 0
Weeratunga to report on best vaccine for SL next week
The Government will hold discussions about a vaccine candidate...
2020-12-26 18:30:00 0
UNP to reorganise itself
The United National Party (UNP) is discussing about forming a broader...
2020-12-26 18:30:00 0
CID report on Supreme Court complex fire next week
Chief Executive Officer (Marshal) of the court, Major General W.D.L.P...
2020-12-19 18:30:00 0
Govt opts for vaccine with SL’s cold chain system
The Government is studying several vaccines and would opt for one...
2020-12-19 18:30:00 0
Retailers hit by scaled-down celebrations
The ongoing coronavirus crisis is posing many challenges to...
2020-12-19 18:30:00 0
Dinesh briefs British and Canadian HCs
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena raised concerns about the use of...
2020-12-12 18:30:00 0
Mahara prison issue resolved- Lohan Ratwatte
Prison Management and Prisoners Rehabilitation State Minister, Lohan...
2020-12-12 18:30:00 0
Tourism industry to recommence in January
Sri Lanka will open its borders to foreign tourists in keeping with...
2020-12-12 18:30:00 0
‘Safe and Secure’ certification unfair - ASMET
The ‘Safe & Secure’ certification marginalises small and medium...
2020-12-05 18:30:00 0
UNP appoints acting Gen Secy
The United National Party (UNP) announced yesterday (5) that Prasanna...
2020-12-05 18:30:00 0
How Sri Lanka braced for Burevi
Thousands of others from the Eastern and Northern provinces braced on...
2020-12-05 18:30:00 0
Air corridors will help revive tourism industry
Air corridors between key business and leisure destinations will help...
2020-11-28 18:30:00 0
Presidential pardon for around 600 prisoners
Around 600 prison inmates serving sentences for minor offences will...
2020-11-28 18:30:00 0
Local turmeric to reach market in January
The government is expecting the next yield of turmeric to reach the...
2020-11-28 18:30:00 0
Stranded Lankans in embattled Tigray region to be repatriated soon
Thirty-eight Sri Lankans were stranded in the war-erupted Tigray...
2020-11-28 18:30:00 0
Court orders Bathuideen to reforest cleared Wilpattu areas
Rishad Bathiudeen has to reforest cleared forest reserves in the...
2020-11-21 18:30:00 0
Six-hundred migrant workers repatriated
Foreign Ministry Director General, East Asia,...
2020-11-21 18:30:00 0
CB Governor among those under quarantine
Officers of the Central Bank were asked to quarantine following the...
2020-11-21 18:30:00 0
PCR tests on dead bodies not mandatory
The Ministry of Health (MoH) is taking steps to reverse a recent...
2020-11-14 18:30:00 0
Time to automate testing for Covid - 19 - Dr. Jayaruwan Bandara
The pressure is on the health authorities to take adequate measures...
2020-11-14 18:30:00 0
WHO calls for national plan to deploy Covid-19 vaccine
Sri Lanka should have a national plan to deploy a Covid-19 vaccine,...
2020-11-14 18:30:00 0
Dispelling Covid- 19 stigma vital to combat pandemic effectively – GMOA
Given the scary pace the pandemic is accelerating at within the...
2020-11-07 18:30:00 0

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