The Department of Census and Statistics has assured the public that there is no cause for concern in providing information to enumerators conducting the ongoing Population and Housing Census 2024. MORE..
8 Dec 2024 (1:59 PM)
The Essential Food Commodities Importers Traders Association says that the first shipment of imported rice will arrive in the island next week. MORE..
8 Dec 2024 (2:57 PM)
Sri Lanka has yet to conduct the necessary tests prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure food quality, Bio-Medical Scientist Dr. Kamal Gammanpila says. MORE..
8 Dec 2024 (1:10 PM)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital with no sign of army deployments. MORE..
8 Dec 2024 (12:03 PM)
The owner of New Rathna Rice Mill, Lankeshwara Mithrapala, has invited Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe to personally inspect the company s rice production facilities in the wake of the minister s statement in Parliament yesterday (6) accusing large-scale rice millers of stockpiling. MORE..
7 Dec 2024 (5:06 PM)
The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Mr. Donald Lu has expressed the United States government s commitment to supporting Sri Lanka s on-going anti-corruption initiatives as needed during a meeting with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat today (07). MORE..
7 Dec 2024 (6:38 PM)