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Speedy action will turn around economy by next year - Ranil Wickremesinghe
UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe in an interview with Sunday papers,...
2022-05-07 18:30:00 0
Saturday school to cover syllabi mooted
As Education Ministry raced to meet targets to cover school syllabi...
2022-04-30 18:30:00 0
Lanka’s Diaspora can breathe life into ailing economy
The Sri Lankan Government should immediately offer an attractive...
2022-04-23 18:30:00 0
Encouraging progress at IMF discussions – Ali Sabry
The visiting Sri Lankan team headed by Finance Minister Ali Sabry has...
2022-04-23 18:30:00 0
A hurried election would only add to public misery - Former BASL President U. R. de Silva, PC
Former Bar Association President and Presient’s Counsel U. R. De...
2022-04-08 18:30:00 0
Seventeen political parties present proposals
The inaugural All-Party Conference (APC) convened by President...
2022-03-27 18:30:00 0
Sri Lanka rejects invitation to co-sponsor consensus resolution
Sri Lanka has rejected an invitation to co-sponsor another consensus...
2022-03-19 18:30:00 0
Sri Lanka should not be used as a political football - Prof. G. L. Peiris
In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Observer, Foreign Affairs...
2022-03-12 18:30:00 0
A new opening for Sri Lanka in tourism - Udayanga Weeratunga
Russia launched a military action on Ukraine on February 24, after...
2022-03-05 18:30:00 0
Most Sri Lankans opt to stay back
As explosions rocked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and several other towns...
2022-02-26 18:30:00 0
PUCSL to use standby generators in major businesses
The country is currently facing a crisis in the power ...
2022-02-19 18:30:00 0
December 3 countrywide blackout - public hearing on March 3
A public hearing will be held on March 3 to ascertain the root causes...
2022-02-05 18:30:00 0
No strings attached to Sino-Lanka ties – Dr. Palitha Kohona
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China Dr. Palitha Kohona in an interview...
2022-01-29 18:30:00 0
Booster dose provides 90 percent protection
The United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has...
2022-01-22 18:30:00 0
I demand justice, not revenge -Wife
“I demand justice not revenge, but I believe what happened to my...
2022-01-22 18:30:00 0
President behind success story in vaccine program - Keheliya Rambukwella
Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella in an exclusive interview with...
2022-01-08 18:30:00 0
Twins: Cynosure of all eyes at Pinnawala
Tourists visiting the Pinnawala elephant orphanage in future will be...
2022-01-08 18:30:00 0
Food shortage ruled out - DG Agriculture Dept.
Director General of the Department of Agriculture Dr. Ajantha de...
2022-01-01 18:30:00 0
Reversing the time bomb
“We knew there was something amiss there,” said Prof. Shantha Walpola...
2021-12-25 18:30:00 0
Booster dose imperative to protect against Omicron
A Sri Lankan Virologist and Pathologist based in Hong Kong Prof.Malik...
2021-12-18 18:30:00 0
Family awaits justice
Despite Covid-19 restrictions, the grieving in their hundreds...
2021-12-11 18:30:00 0
Complex terror attacks take time to resolve
The Easter Sunday massacre on April 19, 2019, attributed to the...
2021-12-04 18:30:00 0
Ensure safety of Sri Lankans in Pakistan - President
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has called upon the Pakistani Government...
2021-12-04 18:30:00 0
Drone technology to ease Colombo traffic jam
The Air Force joined hands with the City Traffic Police to use...
2021-12-04 18:30:00 0
Catch-up work in schools till March 2022
The Education Ministry has devised a program to mitigate the impact...
2021-11-20 18:30:00 0
Full extent of damage to X-Press Pearl on Nov 30
The committee appointed to estimate the full extent of damage by the...
2021-11-13 18:30:00 0
Protests will scuttle efforts to salvage CEB – Chairman
The Trade Unions and certain coalition partners of the Government...
2021-11-06 18:30:00 0
Govt saves environment and Rs. 100 billion by rejecting agrochemicals
Agriculture Minister Mahindananada Aluthgamage said the ministry is...
2021-10-30 18:30:00 0
Towards green agri practices
The Government took steps to import liquid nitrogen enriched with...
2021-10-23 18:30:00 0
Holding election under old system against people’s mandate - Gevindu Kumaratunga
In the backdrop of renewed calls to hold the Provincial Council...
2021-10-16 18:30:00 0
Most Ven. Theras urge teachers to report for duty
With the teacher trade unions threatening to continue the strike...
2021-10-16 18:30:00 0
Indian Foreign Secretary’s visit puts at rest geo-political tensions
Sri Lanka will not allow the country to be used for any activity that...
2021-10-09 18:30:00 0
Sixteen terror attacks planned by LTTE intel operatives thwarted - Prof. Gunaratna
India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) last Tuesday arrested a...
2021-10-09 18:30:00 0
Education Ministry awaits greenlight from health authorities - Dinesh Gunawardena
As the Covid-19 daily fatalities and infections dropped drastically,...
2021-10-02 18:30:00 0
National schools to continue online classes after reopening
National schools with higher student populations, after reopening,...
2021-10-02 18:30:00 0
Sri Lanka to be carbon neutral by 2050
Sri Lanka pledged to world leaders on Friday to put a lid on coal...
2021-09-25 18:30:00 0
Government mulls reopening of schools
The re-opening of schools which have been mostly closed during 2020...
2021-09-25 18:30:00 0
Child vaccination program begins
The Government commenced the program to vaccinate children between 12...
2021-09-25 18:30:00 0
UK reopens doors for Sri Lankans
The UK Government removed Sri Lanka from the Covid-19 ‘Red list’ on...
2021-09-18 18:30:00 0
EU delegation to meet President
A delegation from the European Union (EU) is expected to arrive in...
2021-09-18 18:30:00 0
UN exercise on Lanka against accepted principles – Mohan Samaranayake
The exercise at the UN Human Rights Council labelled ‘Promoting...
2021-09-18 18:30:00 0
Covid-19 vaccines in private hospitals?
A policy decision will be taken on permitting Covid-19 vaccinations...
2021-09-11 18:30:00 0
Attempt to lift LTTE ban in UK fails
A fresh attempt by the LTTE remnants to remove the LTTE from the list...
2021-09-04 18:30:00 0
Maximum retail price for Pulse Oximeters
The Government imposed a maximum retail price for Pulse Oximeters...
2021-09-04 18:30:00 0
Mangala Samaraweera is no more
“Fear no more the frown o’ the great;Thou art past the tyrant’s...
2021-08-28 18:30:00 0
Lankan envoy launches USLARCN
The Inaugural Meeting of the ‘US-Sri Lanka Academic and Research...
2021-08-21 18:30:00 0
Afghanistan: UN relocating Sri Lankan staffers
The UN office in Sri Lanka reiterated that the organisation placed...
2021-08-21 18:30:00 0
Indian oxygen to arrive this week
The Health Ministry will bring down 100 tons of medical oxygen from...
2021-08-14 18:30:00 0
Online service to issue birth, marriage and death certificates
The Registrar General’s office launched a simplified online service...
2021-08-14 18:30:00 0
Delta more rapid than vaccination drive - SLMA
The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) said that the country is...
2021-08-07 18:30:00 0

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