Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa stated in Parliament that the government has decided to review all project loans of nearly nine billion rupees received during the previous administration

Norway is expecting to sign a new agreement with Sri Lanka on the development of fisheries management tools by next month, Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Trine Jøranli Eskedal informed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa last evening at Temple Trees. From 2013 to 2019, USD 2.3 million has been disbursed to the Sri Lankan fisheries sector

The Australian government provided the Sri Lanka Police with several Australian supplied hand-held Chemical Detection Devices to strengthen Sri Lanka’s efforts to combat terrorism and drug trafficking

Former President and Member of Parliament Maithripala Sirisena said that a comprehensive program should be implemented to increase the efficiency of the public service and that this program is very important for the development of the country in the next four months

Sri Lanka's Ministry of Education has decided to open schools and conduct as usual in five days a week under two stages while following the health recommendations

Sri Lanka has won three bronze medals and a certificate of Merit at the International Biology Olympiad 2020 conducted remotely In light of the current worldwide COVID-19 pandemic

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa intends to develop Kitul (Fishtail Palms) and Palmyra Palms into main export crops of Sri Lanka in order to open a new avenue to earn foreign exchange, according to the President’s Media Division

The report of the committee appointed to look into the matter has stated that the island-wide power outage on August 17 was due to the negligence of an electricity superintendent during the maintenance work of the Kerawalapitiya substation

A controversial statement made by first-time Member C.V. Vigneshwaran delivering his maiden speech at Parliament on August 20 congratulating the newly elected Speaker as a party leader is making waves across the political spectrum

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that it is partnering with HCL Technologies Sri Lanka, the local arm of the multinational IT giant, to offer Education Loans with low interest rates to the latter’s trainees and employee

The Government of Australia has decided to allocate a further AU$ 800,000 in foreign aid funds to expedite Sri Lankan government ‘s humanitarian demining efforts in the war-battered North with the aim of transforming Sri Lanka into a land mine free country by 2025

Charities World Vision and Citi Foundation said they had given 1,100 COVID-19 antibody testing kits to Sri Lanka’s Sri Jayewardenepura University, allowing doctors to identify patients who have had the disease in the past as well as diagnose those who have Coronavirus

Preliminary work is underway to send young people from Sri Lanka to Korea, Japan and Romania for new careers, Labor Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the relevant officials to implement the Samurdhi assistance program to empower low-income people without allowing it to become a burden to the country

Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi has said that the new vaccine developed by Russia to control the COVID-19 coronavirus will be imported to Sri Lanka after receiving the necessary recommendations and approval from the World Health Organization