All schools in the Puttalam district will be closed on Monday (May 20) due to the adverse weather conditions. MORE..
19 May 2024 (10:14 PM)
More than 650 employees at the Sapugaskanda Refinery, the country s sole oil refinery, face potential job losses due to its transformation into a separate public enterprise. MORE..
20 May 2024 (12:23 PM)
Rescuers have reached the crash site of the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, Iran s semi-official Tasnim news agency. MORE..
20 May 2024 (9:52 AM)
Leader of the National Peoples Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake states that an NPP government will abolish all special privileges of the Heads of the State including pensions, allowances, official residences, vehicles etc. MORE..
19 May 2024 (9:47 PM)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed the resumption of the "Suraksha" student insurance program, which was temporarily suspended due to economic challenges. Starting from the first week of June, all school students across the island will once again be able to benefit from this insurance scheme. MORE..
19 May 2024 (4:18 PM)
Police have arrested a 33-year-old youth who had allegedly assaulted the Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran in Sri Lanka, Dr. Alireza Delkhosh, during an incident near a shopping mall on Muttiah Road in Colombo 02. MORE..
19 May 2024 (6:00 PM)