Term test results to be provided before schools close
Education Secretary Sunil Hettiarachchi has instructed all principals to provide the results of school term tests before the school vacation starts.The secretary has made...
Longest blood moon eclipse on July 27
The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century will be visible to people in Sri Lanka on July 27 (Poya Day), Colombo University...
President felicitates Archbishop Emeritus Dr. Oswald Gomis
President Maithripala Sirisena felicitated Archbishop Emeritus Rt. Rev. Dr. Oswald Gomis for his outstanding religious and social service, on Sunday.The President was speaking at...
New Development Bank to offer Rs 10 bn for startups, SMEs
The government will start a new Development Bank and in its first round of financing, it will give Rs 10 billion in loans to...
Model village uses GPS technology for agriculture development
Sri Lanka's first Agriculture Entrepreneurship Model Village was inaugurated yesterday at Kahattewela, Haputale under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera. The...
Government to write off debt
In a bid to rescue families being crushed by mountains of debt, the Government has rolled out an extensive relief package for 12 drought...
New rice variety to help prevent diabetes
As diabetes has become a major health problem, Sri Lanka is focusing attention on ways to prevent the disease and the latest in these...
PRESIDENT TO COMMENCE WATER FILLING OF KALU GANGA-MORAGAHAKANDA TODAY
Sri Lanka, primarily an agricultural nation, marks a significant milestone today (July 23) when the waters of the last but largest reservoir of multipurpose...
Sri Lanka – India joint venture to run mattala airport featured
The government will enter into a joint venture with the Indian government to turn the debt ridden Mattala Rajapaksa International airport (MRIA) into a...
Jaffna Security Forces Launch One More Phase of Coastal Conservation, Planting...
Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J), giving a further boost to its Tree Planting initiative along the beach front, planted one more stock of 200 coconut...
