1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (144+ words) Sri Lanka and Thailand are set to sign an agreement on the employment of Sri Lankan workers in Thailand during Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath’s official visit to the country from Sept. 14 to 16. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (112+ words) A restaurant in Valaichchenai has been fined Rs. 750,000 by the Valaichchenai Magistrate’s Court for selling bottled drinking water above the maximum retail price set by the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA). The case was filed by Batticaloa District Investigation Officers of…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (208+ words) Sri Lanka and Palestine reaffirmed their longstanding friendship this week, with both sides pledging to deepen cooperation across diplomatic, economic, educational and humanitarian spheres. According to the Representative Office of Sri Lanka in Ramallah, Sri Lanka’s Representative to Palestine, Farook…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (102+ words) Twenty passengers were injured this morning when a private bus travelling towards Colombo toppled into a canal near the 7th mile post area along the Polonnaruwa–Habarana Road, Police said. According to the Police, the bus, carrying around 40 passengers, veered off…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (243+ words) SLPP’s Milinda Rajapaksa, representing a civil society organisation, has raised concerns over what he described as growing threats to individual liberty, the rule of law and institutional checks and balances in Sri Lanka during an intervention at the UN Human…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (143+ words) The Cabinet has approved a Rs. 173.86 million consultancy services contract for a sustainable tourism sector development programme funded through a US$30 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Transport, Highways and Urban Development Ministry called for expressions of…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (147+ words) Sri Lanka and India are set to sign three defence cooperation agreements tomorrow (9), during the official visit of Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath confirmed. The agreements will cover cadet training and joint programmes, cooperation between…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (211+ words) India has agreed to continue providing technical and other assistance to Sri Lanka to strengthen efforts to control tuberculosis, following bilateral talks between the two countries’ health ministers. Sri Lankan Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa met Indian…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (302+ words) Minister of Transport Bimal Rathnayake told Parliament today (08) that passenger transport vehicles such as buses, vans, office vans, and school vans will soon be required to undergo a mandatory road worthiness test every 5,000 km or once in three months. The…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (153+ words) Renowned philanthropist Nahil Wijesuriya has donated medical equipment valued at Rs.161 million to the newly established National Kidney Stone Referral Centre in Meerigama. The facility, set up under the Ministry of Health, is expected to perform more than 1,000 complex kidney…...