F oreign media reports that a virus similar to the Covid-19 virus is currently spreading throughout China.

U S Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has agreed to provide technical assistance to the government's anti-corruption program to bring back funds that have been taken out of Sri Lanka.

M inister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Sunil Handunnetti said today (06) that The government hopes to provide school students with ready-made uniforms instead of uniform's cloth from next year.

T oday (05), The President Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake held a discussion with senior officials from the Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka at the Presidential Secretariat.

T oday (04), The president had the pleasure of meeting Parameswaran Iyer, the Executive Director of the World Bank, at the Presidential Secretariat.

T he G.C.E. Advanced Level examination, which was temporarily suspended due to bad weather conditions, is scheduled to resume from tomorrow (04). The examination, which began on the 25th of last month, was suspended for a period …

The Cyclonic Storm “FENGAL” [pronounced as FEINJAL] over Southwest Bay of Bengal was located about 270km Northeast of  ankasanthurai and 330 km north-northeast of Trincomalee at 5.30 p.m. today, the 29th November 2024 It is likel…

Considering the current low-pressure situation in the Bay of Bengal and its possible further developments within next few days, there is a possibility of occurring flood situations in some of lowline flood prone areas in followin…

T his afternoon (21st), 29 Deputy Ministers of the National People's Power government were sworn in before me at the Presidential Secretariat.

P resident Anura Kumara Dissanayaka with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, including its Senior Mission Chief, Mr. Peter Brewer, at the Presidential Secretariat, yesterday (18) to discuss the next steps of the IMF…

T he government has announced a new initiative to issue copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates to Sri Lankans living abroad through Sri Lankan embassies, aimed at providing greater convenience to the expatriate communi…

T he Department of Registration of Persons has issued an announcement regarding the days of non-operation of services due to the upcoming General Election.

T he Excise Department has issued a notification informing that the arrears of the tax periods imposed for the alcohol producers should be paid before the 30th of this month.

S ri Lanka has won a gold medal as the most attractive island in the world in 2024.

A special merchandise tax of 50 rupees was imposed for one kilogram of imported sugar from November 1st last year for a period of one year. That period was supposed to end on November 1st, but the government has extended the rele…

T he Ministry of Defense has issued a statement saying that the three armed forces and the Civil Defense Force assigned to maintain the security of temples and religious shrines across the island will not be withdrawn.

F ormer state minister Lohan Ratwatte has been arrested in Kandy.

The Railway Station Master's Association has reached a decision to take professional action. That is due to not providing solutions to the problem of recruitment and promotion of station masters.

The Ministry of Education says that teachers with more than ten years of service in the same national school will be transferred.

F oreign media reports that Iran and Iraq have closed their airspace. It is in the face of air strikes by Israel.

T he Election Commission has said that it will publish the expenditure reports of the candidates who ran in the last presidential election from today (24).

I t is reported that the National Security Council of Israel has informed the Israeli nationals in Sri Lanka to leave the southern, western, Arugambe and other beaches of Sri Lanka immediately due to terrorist threats.

M inister Vijitha Herath says that the reports of the Easter Committee published by former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (21) are unacceptable.

T he police have informed the public about a racket of obtaining money by making fake phone calls.

I t is said that the President's Office has informed to two former presidents to hand over the extra vehicles used by them.