Exclusive

Publication

Byline

BASL rejects SJB MP's request to facilitate SJB, NPP debate

Sri Lanka, April 29 -- The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has unanimously decided not to facilitate the proposed debate between the leaders of the National People's Power (NPP) and Samagi Jana Ba... Read More


Today's weather forecast

Sri Lanka, April 29 -- The Intertropical Convergence Zone (where winds from the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere converge) is affecting the island's weather. Showers or thundershowers will... Read More


EPF INTEREST raised TO 13%

Sri Lanka, April 29 -- Higher than Parliament approved rate of 9% Over 2.7 million active members to benefit Finance State Minister Dr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya yesterday said that the government has t... Read More


Railways to regularise lands owned by it

Sri Lanka, April 29 -- Department of Railways yesterday said that all users of lands or buildings belonging to the department and those who intend to occupy in a railway land or building should regist... Read More


NSBM campus to get 20 acres more for third phase

Sri Lanka, April 29 -- Cabinet spokesman and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardhana said the government decided to provide 34 acres for the construction of second and third phase of National Sch... Read More


Six Pera undergrads trek Himalayan heights

Sri Lanka, April 29 -- The team from the 2024 Himalayan Expedition of the Peradeniya University Explorers' Association successfully reached the 6,189 meter high Island peak on Saturday (27) at 8.27 am... Read More


District Secretaries to probe substandard rice distribution in certain areas

Sri Lanka, April 29 -- Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena instructed the State Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry Secretary Pradeep Yasaratne to investigate... Read More


No cause for caution in Karandagolla water leak - Prof. Senaratne

Sri Lanka, April 29 -- The former Senior Lecturer of the Geosciences Department at the Peradeniya University, Emeritus Professor Athula Senaratne, stated that there are straightforward measures to add... Read More


Finance Secretary gets one year extension

Sri Lanka, April 29 -- Finance Ministry Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena has been given a one year service extension from April 26 by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also the Finance, Economic Sta... Read More


Swedish Embassy directed to probe Lithuania's job fiasco

Sri Lanka, April 29 -- The Foreign Affairs Ministry has directed the Sri Lankan Embassy in Sweden to investigate the alleged situation of Sri Lankans who have gone to work in Lithuania and find themse... Read More