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Legal reforms to settle music royalty row

SriLanka, Nov. 1 -- The Government will provide a lasting solution to the country's long-running dispute over music copyright and royalty payments, which successive administrations have failed to reso... Read More


Norochcholai units restored to full capacity

SriLanka, Oct. 25 -- All three generating units at the Norochcholai coal-fired power plant have been restored and are operating at full capacity, National System Operator (NSO) Chairman Dr. B. L. Prad... Read More


Experts to probe seven-hour islandwide blackout

Srilanka, Oct. 18 -- Power was restored in most parts of the island by 6 p.m. yesterday following a seven-hour islandwide blackout. Although the cause of the outage was not immediately known, Ports, C... Read More


Digital nerve centre to steer Metro Bus service

Sri Lanka, Oct. 11 -- Lanka Metro Transit (LMT) is setting up a fully equipped Digital Control Room in Thalangama to strengthen the management and monitoring of Metro Bus operations in the Western Pro... Read More


1,200 MW battery capacity for national grid

Sri Lanka, Sept. 20 -- The Government is accelerating a major expansion of battery energy storage, targeting around 1,200 megawatts of storage capacity over the next two years as part of its renewable... Read More


Govt to shield farmers from El Nino's double blow

Srilanka, Sept. 6 -- The Government is taking steps to prevent farmers from being affected by a double blow from El Nino - water shortages threatening crops now, followed by floods that could destroy ... Read More


New system to regulate teaching profession

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- The Government is moving to make teaching a regulated profession, with teachers and other education professionals set to come under a new system of mandatory registration, profes... Read More


Sri Lanka surpasses global average in WTO trade facilitation

Srilanka, Aug. 9 -- Sri Lanka has achieved 95.8 per cent implementation of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), well above the global average of 87.6 per cent, Trea... Read More