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A programme to connect students for online classes at 1,000 centres by giving priority to selected specialized schools in areas where there is no connectivity will be activated from July 5. Education Reforms State Minister Susil…

Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said that purchase of the paddy from paddy farmers by the Paddy Marketing Board will commence today (1). He said that the paddy will be bought by the rice mills of the Paddy marketing…

Former Minister and SLPP Founder Basil Rajapaksa’s entry to Parliament will be a great strength to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to formulate plans for the betterment of the nation, Tourism Minister…

LocalTags: Quarantine CurfewMattakuliyaWellampitiyaGrandpassKotahenaQuarantine Curfew imposed for Kotahena Police area with effect from 6pm today,said the Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva.   Quarantine Curfew imposed in…

Quarantine Curfew imposed for Kotahena Police area with effect from 6pm today,said the Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva. Quarantine Curfew imposed in five police divisions in Colombo - 9:40 Quarantine Curfew…

Omalpe Sobitha Thero, the Chief Patron of the Hela Bodu Saviya, has sent a letter to President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa regarding his concerns on the 20th Amendment to the Constitution. Although the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which…

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara has been sent on Compulsory Leave over the investigations on the Easter Sunday attacks. Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said Senior DIG C.D.Wickramaratne has been appointed as…

Internationally recognized new auditing methodologies would be adopted at the National Audit Office in the future, new Auditor General Chulantha Wickramaratne said. After receiving his appointment from President Maithripala Sirisena,…

Calls on Muslims to assist security forces by providing information Opposition Muslim politicians backing the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday requested the Muslim community to provide information on any suspicious…

AFP: Three of the four children of Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen were killed in the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, a spokesman for his clothing retail group Bestseller said yesterday. Danish media have reported that…