Three more Covid deaths reported
The number of COVID-19 deaths in Sri Lanka has increased to 672,380 after the recent reports of three more deaths.
The number of COVID-19 deaths in Sri Lanka has increased to 672,380 after the recent reports of three more deaths.
Sri Lanka has to pay INR 890 million to the Government of India for the support it extended when the New Diamond and X-Press Pearl vessels were ravaged by fire on Sri Lankan waters, the Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs & Constitutional Reforms says.
Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said that intelligence agencies have reported there is a possible threat to his life.
In a significant move to address Sri Lanka’s fuel supply challenges, a contract agreement was signed with Sinopec, a leading international petroleum company.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided against supporting a House resolution for the removal of Janaka Ratnayake as chairman of the Public Utilities Commission (PUCSL).
President Ranil Wickremesinghe met Bishop of Kandy, the Most Rev. Dr. Valence Mendis at the latter’s House in Kandy on Saturday.
Despite president Ranil Wickremesinghe's proposal to continue with 30 ministries, Verité Research said 15 ministries can be optimal.
Madhushan Chandrajith of the University of Peradeniya has been appointed as the new Convenor of the Inter-University Students’ Federation (IUSF).
President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that he intends to seek the Japanese Government’s assistance during his upcoming visit to Japan, to establish a Maha Vihara University, an international standard university to study Theravada Buddhism.
The prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Scholarships were awarded to 300 Advanced Level school students from all 25 districts across Sri Lanka by Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay, Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha and State Minister of Education A. Aravindh Kumar at a special ceremony held in Ministry of Education on May 18.