President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Skills Development in Sri Lanka

More than 3000 people from 16 districts have been directed into self-quarantine, the Public Health Inspectors’ Union of Sri Lanka said on Wednesday (July 14)

International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will support Commercial Bank of Ceylon (ComBank), Sri Lanka’s largest commercial bank, to develop more specially-designed products and services for women, as part of a move to help boost access to finance for women, especially those who own small and medium sized businesses (SMEs)

Sri Lanka’s trade deficit narrowed in May 2020 as exports rebounded in the month and the decline in imports exceeded the decline in exports, the Central Bank reported Monday in its External Sector Performance review for the month

Sri Lanka has limited movement in three areas in Rajanganaya in Anuradhapura and is tracing and quarantining contacts and staff of a drug rehabilitation centre, officials said, as the public was urged to follow social distancing

Sri Lanka’s ruling party is pooh-poohing suggestions that the Parliamentary General elections slated for August 5 be postponed because of a discovery of multiple COVID 19 clusters in the past few days

Japan has agreed to provide Rs.340 million as a grant to strengthen Sri Lanka’s anti-narcotic operations

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has informed the ruling political party, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), to temporarily halt election rallies following a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases from a drug rehabilitation centre

Sri Lanka's Education Ministry said that all schools across the island-nation will be shut from July 13-17 following a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases

Sri Lanka will delay the reopening of airports that have remained shut since March 18, amidst a surge in coronavirus cases, officials said

The Bandaranaike International Airport’s new terminal in Colombo is to be constructed by a Japanese company at a cost of Rs 108 billion, Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Ministry Secretary S. Hettiarachchi said

Sri Lankan authorities have found 252 COVID 19 positive patients in a drug rehabilitation centre in the North Central Province and are trying to prevent the virus from spreading into the community, officials said

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says although the repatriation of Sri Lankan workers from abroad in the wake of COVID-19 spread made a considerable change to the overall employment profile, the aim was to secure the lives of the workforce

Sri Lanka will call for international bids to buy four used helicopters for the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) to train pilots for Peacekeeping Missions

The Cabinet of Ministers, which met today (08) has decided that the government, giving maximum relief to consumers affected by the COVID-19 crisis, will bear part of the March and April electricity bills, Minister of Transport Services, Power and Energy Mahinda Amaraweera said