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The loan and leasing concession package granted by the Government to those engaged in the tourism sector affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will be extended by a further nine months, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said. The…

The Sri Lanka Air Force received a very generous donation from the Sri Lanka Association USA (Midwest) this morning (21 September 2021) at Air Force Headquarters. The donations was made by Professor Ravin Kodikara the President of the…

A meeting between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the President of the Republic of Latvia Egils Levits took place on Tuesday afternoon on the sidelines of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly. The two leaders were of the…

A meeting between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the President of the Republic of Latvia, Egils Levits, took place yesterday (21) afternoon. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 76th Session of the UN General…

As an experienced diplomat, Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid would not have missed out on the challenges ahead of his one-year term at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) as the ‘Presidency of Hope’. Yet, between the time he coined…

The Consumer Affairs Authority (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Parliament today (22). The Ministerial Consultative Committee on Trade, which met yesterday (21) under the chairmanship of the Trade Minister (Dr.) Bandula…

The Immigrants & Emigrants (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to encourage foreign investors to extend the validity of visas to five years was considered by the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Defence yesterday (22).…

US President Joe Biden urged world leaders to get together to overcome the key challenges faced by the world today by defeating COVID-19 pandemic. The US President made this remark while addressing the 76th Session of the United…

Small and medium scale entrepreneurs are going through a very challenging period with the loss of income due to the inability to carry out their daily business activities for nearly two years. This has also caused severe hardships and…

Over 228kg of Kerala cannabis abandoned in the beach area of Narivilkulam were seized by the Sri Lanka Navy during a special foot patrol carried out at the above beach yesterday. Sri Lanka Navy has been conducting regular…