Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Bimal Rathnayake says that several new projects will be initiated to enhance the transportation of goods by rail. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (11:12 AM)
The District Secretary for Colombo, Prasanna Ginige, says that the population and housing census is underway across the island and urges the public to cooperate with the officials visiting homes by providing the required information. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (9:50 AM)
"We will not allow the trust the people have placed in us to be undermined in any way," stated President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during a meeting with the heads of state media today (13). MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (1:01 PM)
Former Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) Director, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nevil Silva, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), has been further remanded until December 20 by the Ratnapura Magistrate s Court. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (5:43 PM)
The enduring fisheries conflict in the Palk Bay - which impacts fisher folk of northern Sri Lanka and daily wage fishermen of Tamil Nadu - can be decisively resolved only if the Indian side stops using the destructive bottomtrawling method, according to Sri Lanka s Minister of Fisheries Ramalingam Chandrasekar. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (11:29 AM)
The Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT) says that the Geminids meteor shower, considered as one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year, will be visible tonight (13) and tomorrow (14). MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (12:13 PM)