The government is considering to establish a new refinery at Sapugaskanda as the old refinery does not meet the local demand

Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry had called for greater caution with multiple clusters coming up in Colombo and several other districts, saying the country is at Alert 03 level which comes before community transmission

The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its deep concerns over reports of forced cremation of bodies of Muslims who died due to Coronavirus by the Sri Lankan authorities

Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials to closely monitor the self-quarantine process implemented to control the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus disease after the lifting of the quarantine curfew

Another 82 garbage-filled freight containers imported to Sri Lanka illegally will be shipped back to the United Kingdom, said Sri Lanka Customs

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today stressed that the entire country will not be locked-down at all due to the spreading of coronavirus

France is keen on establishing more people-to-people contact with Sri Lanka, through initiatives such as scholarship and exchange programs

Pakistani High Commissioner Major General (Retd) Muhammad Saad Khattak bade farewell at the airport to 43 prisoners deported by Sri Lanka after serving their sentences

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa meeting with the World Bank representatives this evening (03) sought to explore areas of cooperation with the agency on a number of priorities of the government

Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana assumed duties as the 18th Commander of the Sir Lanka Air Force this morning (3 November 2020) at the Air Force Headquarters in Colombo

Two in five women in Sri Lanka have faced violence by a partner in their lifetime, a government survey has found, stressing the need to pay more attention to the problem

Sri Lanka's Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi says that a “Specialists Committee” is to meet this week to discuss the contentious issue of the cremation of the remains of Muslim victims of Covid 19 when she answered Opposition questions in Parliament today

Over 100 stranded whales, swept ashore on Sri Lanka's beaches, were rescued on Tuesday and pushed back to sea after a nearly 18 hour rescue mission, the navy said

A meeting between a World Bank delegation and State Minister for Samurdhi, Home Economics, Microfinance, Self-Employment, Business Development and Utilization, State Finance Resources Development Shehan Semasinghe was held at the Finance Ministry recently

More than 100 whales had stranded on the Panadura Coast in Sri Lanka on Monday (02)