Three arrested with foreign currency worth Rs. 48 million at BIA
An Indian (40) and two Sri Lankans (40 and 45) were apprehended with foreign currency worth Rs. 48 million by the Bandaranaike International Airport...
Sri Lanka and El Salvador strengthen ties
State Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasantha Senanayake paid an official visit to El Salvador from 6 -9 July and represented Sri Lanka in the...
Cardinal is in favor of capital punishment
While welcoming President Maithripala Sirisena to execute drug traffickers who have been sentenced to death, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today there is more to...
Driving license on computers from today at Werahera
The computer-based test for obtaining driving licenses would be held from tomorrow at the Werahera Branch, the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) said. The...
List of drug traffickers on death penalty to be handed to...
The Ministry of justice says the list of convicted drug traffickers who were sentenced with capital punishment is ready to be produced before the...
Master plan drawn up for the development of Trincomalee launched in...
Sri Lanka is to have a third International Airport that will be constructed in Hingurakgoda as per the master plan that had been drawn...
Special Dengue eradication campaign in 8 districts today & tomorrow
The National Dengue Control Unit says that there is an increase in the number of dengue patients with the active South West monsoon rains....
Electricity Sector Master Plan by Japan’s (JICA) for the Ministry of...
The Electricity Sector Master Plan prepared by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Ministry of Power and Energy was presented to the...
Development projects to branch out to East: Prime Minister
The development confined to the Western and Southern Provinces would flow to the Eastern Province with the implementation of Trincomalee District Master Plan, Prime...
Elephant detention center to shift two elephants roaming in Sinharaja
The Cabinet of Ministers approved to establish an elephant detention center to shift the two elephants roaming in the Sinharaja Forest.
A 36-hectare land was...
















