The number of children admitted to Grade One classes of schools had dropped by around 40,000 last year, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha says. The Education Minister...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Dissident SLPP MP Prof. G. L. Peiris recently questioned President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s declaration that Sri Lanka was the only country in Asia where...
By AJA Abeynayake Maligakanda Magistrate Lochana Abeywickrama yesterday (08) further remanded six persons, including the former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, over the procurement of fake immunoglobulin. They were...
The government spent around 200 billion rupees (about 666 million U.S. dollars) in 2023 to provide relief to the people affected by the economic crisis, the...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Air Force has launched a probe into a shooting incident yesterday morning (08 April 2024) involving an SLAF Corporal, attached to the...
Heat Index advisory issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre At 4.00 p.m. 08 April 2024, valid for 09 April 2024 The Natural hazards Early...
The Department of Meteorology says that on the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
A local fishing trawler in distress was rescued by the Indian Coast Guard with the coordination of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Colombo. The...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe participating at the “Let’s Start with Me” Kandy District Youth Conference held at the President’s House, Kandy on Sunday (07) stated that the...
Kamindu Mendis has beat off competition for Ireland pacer Mark Adair and New Zealand speedster Matt Henry to win the ICC Men’s Player of the Month...