Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and the Minister for International Trade of the UK Ranil Jayawardena discussed stepping up bilateral trade and investment and expanding the areas of cooperation during a teleconference yesterday, 23 July 2020. It was the first official interaction between the two Ministers

Sri Lankan authorities on Friday caught a COVID-19 patient after he had escaped from a hospital on the outskirts of Colombo while receiving treatment, police said

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa states that the government will take up the challenge of creating a strong country with a conducive environment for the comprehensive development of the business sector

The Government of Japan has provided a grant worth US$ 47,019 (approximately Rs.8.5 million) for “The Project for Sustaining Democratization through the Implementation of Free and Fair Election in Sri Lanka” under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP)

Pre-schools closed due to the COVID-19 epidemic will be reopened from August 1, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the wildlife department to probe the incidents of the deaths of leopards killed in snares in recent weeks

No new COVID-19 cases were reported during the 24- hour period that ended at 6 a.m. this morning, National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 said

With the last three coronavirus positive sailors in the Welisara Complex cluster recovered, Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) confirmed that the navy coronavirus cluster has been completely controlled

Sri Lanka's Election Commission says it has received complaints regarding election propaganda activities being carried out at places of worship for the purpose of the Parliamentary election scheduled on 5th August

The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued landslide warnings to areas in Colombo, Kalutara, Kegalle and Rathnapura districts after heavy rains pounded the South West of the island yesterday and today July 20

While welcoming the Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medical Services finally gazetting the COVID-19 Elections Regulations on July 17, 2020, a Sri Lanka election monitor expressed concerns over changing and omitting some of the original health guidelines issued by the Ministry last month

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday instructed the Tea Board to conduct a proper investigation into the closed tea factories in the Central Province and resume production within a week

Sri Lanka’s Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) today (18) have decided to withdraw from all disease control activities including COVID-19, the Chairman of the Public Health Inspector’s Union of Sri Lanka Upul Rohana said

Sri Lanka’s schools will stay closed for another week although the Health Authorities are convinced that there is no community transmission of the COVID 19 virus, a statement issued by the Ministry of Education said

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has invited the local engineers to take part in a revolutionary transformation in the construction sector to fulfill the needs of the urban and rural population