The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said the first batch of 22 workers returning to South Korea for employment in the year 2021 left for South Korea this morning (21) on a special charter flight KE 9474

The Airport and Aviation Services Sri Lanka informed the public that Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) will resume commercial flight operations from 21st January 2021 ten months after they were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Sri Lanka's overall coronavirus caseload surpassed the 55,000 mark on Thursday after over 700 people tested positive for the disease, the Health Ministry announced

Stressing on the importance of education, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahindra Rajapakshe said the education of children can’t be “delayed or taken back”, adding his government has started resuming educational activities across the country

Ten staff members at the Sri Lankan health ministry have tested positive for COVID-19

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Alaina B. Teplitz issuing a statement said people’s religious beliefs should not be quashed due to challenges created by the COVID pandemic and called on the Sri Lankan authorities to respect the people’s rights and dignity

The Sri Lankan Cabinet on Tuesday approved to make sign language a recognised means of communication, the Government Information Department said

As Sri Lanka opens its doors to the world once again; Sri Lanka Tourism has pulled out all the stops, ensuring that every precautionary measure has been set in place to make the island getaway as safe, secure and serene as possible for the visitors

Sri Lanka’s requirement to cremate anyone who dies from COVID-19 goes against public health guidance and discriminates against the Muslim community, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday

Colombo Chief Magistrate Mohamed Mihar Monday ordered the Superintendent of Prisons to immediately hand over the businessman, Fazal Mohamed Nisar, who was remanded on suspicion of making hate speech in a manner that could cause unrest among the community through Facebook, to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)

Sri Lanka stocks have risen the most in the world in 2021 after Venezuela in local currency and is just behind Vietnam and Bermuda in US dollar terms among stock markets tracked by Bloomberg, a financial news and data provider

The Sri Lankan government intends to draft a new constitution and present it to Parliament before the end of this year, the Minister of Education, Prof. GL Peiris said

Sri Lanka has decided to import the Oxford- AstraZeneca anti Covid-19 vaccine, said State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle says

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says a new education system that will protect the dignity of labor and aimed at creating a skilled society will be introduced in the new normal environment

The government has implemented a number of projects with the aim to increase the forest cover of Sri Lanka from 27% to 32% in order to reach the sustainable development goals of the country by the year 2030