The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) consists of an unusually high number of politically appointed employees, causing the ministry s unskilled workforce to stand close to 70%, Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Jeevan Thondaman revealed. MORE..

3 Oct 2023 (3:25 PM)

There have been reports of gunshots at a luxury mall in Bangkok s city centre, Thai police say. MORE..

3 Oct 2023 (6:00 PM)

Countries going through a sovereign default need a debt rework mechanism that grants timely relief, even if that means finding a solution outside the G20 s programme, an executive at Lazard s sovereign advisory team said. MORE..

3 Oct 2023 (8:02 PM)

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to prepare a new bill for the imposition of relevant legal provisions for the establishment of a new university, named Sri Lanka University of Education . MORE..

3 Oct 2023 (7:34 PM)

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L Huillier for creating "flashes of light that are short enough to take snapshots of electrons extremely rapid movements," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced in Stockholm on Tuesday. MORE..

3 Oct 2023 (6:04 PM)

Sri Lanka Customs have seized a large consignment of illegal drugs inside a container at the Rank Container Terminals (RCT) in Orugodawatta. MORE..

3 Oct 2023 (3:28 PM)