The Russian Federation is committed to further enhance mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, economic, cultural, and humanitarian fields with Sri Lanka, said President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (24)
Sri Lanka needs well-designed political and economic policy changes for long-term recovery
The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
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Student turnout tops 50 percent at Sri Lanka's schools: Education Minister
Student turnout in schools that reopened on Monday has risen to 51 percent amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, education minister Prof. G.L. Peiris told Parliament on Wednesday
Sri Lanka Air Force to conduct aerial observations to curb deforestation
Raising concerns into widespread illegal forest resources degradation, Defense Secretary Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne said, attention into deforestation is imperative and it is vital to identify such attempts before logging
Former Sri Lankan president continues to deny responsibility for Easter Sunday attacks, but will accept legal action against if found guilty
Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said that it would not be unfair to take legal action against him if he is found guilty in any investigation into the last year’s terrorist attack on Easter Sunday
Sri Lanka free trade agreements generate three times more exports than imports
Several free trade deals with Asia and Pacific has generated sharply more exports than imports in the first six months of 2020, with the Indo – Lanka Free Trade Agreement bringing most of the results, official data shows
UN resolution violated Sri Lanka’s constitution: Foreign Minister
The UN human rights resolution 30/1 infringed the people’s sovereignty and violated the constitution, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardana said Wednesday
ADB to help Sri Lankan Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises recover from COVID-19
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it has approved a $165 million loan to Sri Lanka to provide immediate financing support for small and medium-enterprises (SMEs), which have been severely affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and long-term financing to underserved SMEs, including businesses led by women and tea smallholders
Sri Lanka to receive 4.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Sri Lanka will receive 4.2 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine under the World Health Organization’s COVAX programme, the health minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi has said
Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission requests IGP to provide details of persons detained under PTA
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has written to the Inspector General of Police requesting the police chief to urgently provide the details of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to the Commission
‘We accepted the challenge of opening schools ensuring health security of children’- Sri Lanka's education minister
“Schools can be kept closed because of the challenge. However, we accepted the challenge to open schools ensuring the health security of the children,” said Sri Lanka's Minister of Education, Prof. GL Peiris
Indian PM confident of reaching full potential of bilateral relationship with Sri Lanka
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a congratulatory message to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on the first anniversary of assumption of office expressed confidence that the full potential of the bilateral relationship between the two countries will be realized under the President’s decisive leadership
Sri Lanka to implement process to regulate local websites
Sri Lanka's Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella attending the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Mass Media on Saturday, has said that a proper mechanism for the regulation of local websites is needed and will be implemented within the next two weeks, according to the Ministry of Mass Media
'Hizbullah received Rs. 3.64 billion from Saudi Arabia to start Batticaloa University in eastern Sri Lanka'
It has been revealed that the former governor of Eastern Province MLAM Hizbullah has received Rs. 3640 million from an individual in Saudi Arabia for the controversial university he established in Batticaloa
Opposiiton JVP leader questions why 84% COVID fund is not used in Sri Lanka
Jathika Jana Balawegaya MP and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (Nov. 23) in Parliament questioned the government as to why only 16% of the Rs. 1640 million COVID fund has been spent on COVID suppression and the remaining 84% is stashed away despite the great crisis in the country due to the epidemic
The Importance of being Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
On November 18, Mahinda Rajapaksa celebrated his 75th birthday. The most recognizable and probably best-known person in Sri Lanka, also completed more than a half-century as a Member of Parliament, this year
