A Jaffna-born professor, Arri Coomarasamy, has been awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours.
High Commissioner of India Gopal Baglay and Secretary to the Ministry of Education M.N Ranasinghe exchanged diplomatic notes on June 19 to fast-track the implementation of establishment of modern computer labs and smart boards with customized curriculum software in 200 schools in the Galle district.
The use of an Indian-made anaesthetic, Bupivacaine, has been suspended from use following two deaths of patients after being administered with the drug, said the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA).
President Ranil Wickremesinghe will not be allowed to suffer the same fate that befell his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa, said SLPP MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage.
Police have arrested a Chinese financial fraudster against whom there is an international red alert.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the Sri Lankan government has continued to engage with UNHRC presence on the ground although it has regrettably rejected aspects of the Council's resolutions related to accountability.
State minister of finance Shehan Semasinghe has said the government has not made a final decision yet regarding domestic debt optimization.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has questioned recent suggestions by certain SJB politicians with regard to treasury bill auctions and changes to policy interest rates.
Resizing the troops and withdrawing military camps from certain rural religious places will not threaten national and regional security or the religious places in question, defence secretary Kamal Gunaratne has said.
When considering the role of youth in shaping government policies and laws, the biggest mistake we have made is not allowing them to draft their own bills, said Pasindu Gunaratne, Chairman and Director General of the National Youth Services Council (NYSC).
