The return to Colombo after a four-day State visit to China appears to have placed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in a frenetic mood. Despite the much-acclaimed successful trip, the sense of ...

Dr. Subashini Pathmanathan will deliver a lecture on the “Life and Sacrifices of Gandhi ji” to mark Mahatma Gandhi’s 77th death anniversary at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre auditorium, 16/2 16 ...

With the incumbent office bearers of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) almost guaranteed re-election uncontested at the upcoming elections on March 31, calls are mounting for the Sports Minister to implement ...

Within the very heart of the bustling De Soysa Maternity Hospital (DMH) down Kynsey Road, Colombo 8, where numerous babies are born and families leave with big smiles, intense and earnest discussions ...

Have you ever received damaged notes from the ATM dispenser? One customer experienced this on two occasions and asked whether the banks were violating the rules in terms of damaged notes. The Central ...

Due to the ongoing work on the Wayamba canal project to carry water from the Wemadilla reservoir in Matale to Wayamba, villagers in the Pahala Bambawa in Galewala are facing immense hardships. Even ...

School development officers (SDO) protested this week opposite the Colombo Fort railway station demanding that they be integrated into the state teachers’ service as they have worked in government ...

The Education Ministry is set to launch a new programme to identify the nearest school to students within the 3km radius and develop it to set standards. Deputy Minister of Education and Higher ...

More than 50,000 students who sat the Grade 5 scholarship exam have reached the cut-off marks set to apply to another school. A total of 319,284 students sat the exam, which later ran into controversy ...

Under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the government’s “Clean Sri Lanka” initiative has introduced the e-Traffic mobile app to promote road safety and reduce traffic violations.

Eight state departments and authorities connected through the government payment platform by Lanka Pay have fetched a revenue of Rs.1.8 trillion as of last year, slated to double after the launch of ...

An increase in the basic salary or allowances of public sector employees is under consideration by the government as it prepares to present its maiden budget next month. According to Treasury ...