The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, has arrived in Sri Lanka on a three-day official visit. MORE..
19 May 2026 (4:56 PM)
Sri Lanka has been awarded special recognition by the World Health Organization (WHO) for reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis to a level no longer considered a public health problem. MORE..
19 May 2026 (5:58 PM)
Sri Lanka has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at securing technical expertise and investment cooperation from Russia to modernise the railway service. MORE..
19 May 2026 (4:37 PM)
A 41-year-old suspect has been arrested in possession of over one kilogram of Ice (crystal methamphetamine) during a police raid in the Pahala Biyanwila area of Kadawatha. MORE..
19 May 2026 (6:10 PM)
Officials of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) informed the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Women and Child Affairs that a decision has been taken to provide a monthly allowance of Rs. 10,000 for children aged between 2 and 13 years of parents employed overseas, if those children are enrolled in daycare centres. MORE..
19 May 2026 (7:07 PM)
The government has confirmed that no political representatives were invited to the National War Heroes Commemoration Ceremony, to be held today (19) in Battaramulla, marking 17 years since the defeat of terrorism in Sri Lanka. MORE..
19 May 2026 (4:56 PM)