Amendment entitles women to 84 days maternity leave
The Government has amended the law lifting hitherto prevailed restrictions on maternity leave for wom…
The Government has amended the law lifting hitherto prevailed restrictions on maternity leave for wom…
The International Monetary Fund has approved the fourth tranche of Sri Lanka Extended Fund Facility. …
The postmortem examination had confirmed that Missaka tusker in the Yala National Park died of wounds…
The Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) of the Horana rubber factory was temporarily suspended by …
The manager of Horana rubber factory arrested on Thursday following the death of five persons inhalin…
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe commissioned the second Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel of Sri La…
The government has allocated Rs.30 million to establish Police posts at 20 identified tourist hotspot…
The World Schools Debating Championship 2019 will be held in Colombo from July 23 to August 2, 2019 hosted…
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) in the Southern region has recorded an income of over Rs.1.1 million …
The President should dissolve parliament with immediate effect and pave way for a general election if he i…
The whitewashing of the Mihinthala Maha Seya commenced yesterday morning under the patronage of the Chief …
A university undergraduate had died after a boat capsized in the Kelani river yesterday. The accident had…
SMEs have the potential to make a significant contribution, but its interests are overlooked at times…
The Mattala International Airport (MIA) has earned over Rs. 14 million revenue for two days from the …
The Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health was launched in London yesterday. President Maithripala Sirisen…
The Horana latex factory in which five individuals died after being exposed to toxic amonia was or…
The Special Task Force (STF) arrested two underworld gang members who are alleged to have involved…
The Interpol issued a red notice against former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran a short whi…
The Manager of the latex factory in which five individuals died yesterday will be produced before …
President Maithripala Sirisena participated in the inaugural session of the Commonwealth Heads of Gov…
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa May greeting President Maithripala Sirisena on his arriv…
Miguel Diaz-Canel was formally named Cuba’s new President on Thursday, succeeding Raul Castro, state media…
President Maithripala Sirisena addressing the Commonwealth Heads of Government Executive Sessions at …
Britain is ready to invest FDIs in Sri Lanka and assistance to the country will be further broadened with …
The 10 SLFP Deputy Ministers and State Ministers who voted in favour of the No-Confidence Motion (NCM…
President Maithripala Sirisena is expected to visit Iran in the near future, Speaker of the Iranian P…
Five persons died as a result of being exposed to toxic ammonia, at a latex factory in Bellapitiya, H…
Two persons were arrested yesterday with 600 tramadols (Apple pills) at Thambuthegama. The suspects were …
Russian Naval Training Ship ‘Perekop’ arrived at the Colombo Port on a goodwill visit yesterday (18).…
The nine persons who were arrested for assaulting a group of Dutch tourists and sexually assaulting a fema…
A Sri Lankan agrarian system, the ellanga gammana or Cascaded Tank-Village system in the Dry Zone, was des…
Sri Lanka was feted as one of the top countries that comprehensively protect its mangrove forests at the C…
The time to commence the sittings of the second session of the eighth Parliament has to be gazetted soon, …
Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development Minister Sagala Ratnayaka instructed all o…
The international forum and ceremony to award Sri Lanka’s Cascaded Tank-Village System as a Global…
The bank and public holiday which fall on May 1 to commemorate the international working class sol…
Five individuals died after falling into an ammonium tank at a rubber factory in Horana earlier to…
The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is determined to hold the international working class solidari…
An old couple who has been left out and neglected by their children, is living in a tiny dwelling at …
A shramadhana campaign was held at the Children's Park located near Mazoor Mawlana Housing Scheme…
The National Council for Road Safety Dr. Sisira Kodagoda said the government has decided to implement a ru…
Anthurium will be cultivated in Hambantota through women in lower income group families to export them to …
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) Flying Squad has collected over Rs. 22 million in fines from errant t…
The Agriculture Export Crop Department has taken steps to formualate a national policy for Cinnamon to pre…
The schoolgirl in Ganemulla, who was harassed due to HIV fears, received a National school yesterday on th…
Former Bank of Ceylon Addalaichenai Branch Manager A. M. M. Musthakeen who has been transferred to BO…
Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Ali Larijani arrived in Sri Lanka last night on a two day visit. He…
As the brackish water fish culture is still in its infancy stage, the entrepreneurs with foresight must th…
The pavement hawkers in the Akkaraipattu Municipal area have no proper place to sell their products, …
There were mighty plans by the previous regime to develop the town of Ambalantota town under a plan mooted…
The Former Military Intelligence Director and Chief of Staff of the Army, Major General (Retired) Ama…
City Planning and Water Supply Minister Rauff Hakeem who represented Sri Lanka at the 7th South Asian…
Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) conducting investigations against three Chinese over their s…
Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday speaking at a roundtable discussion on …
Mrs Irene Punyawathee Nanayakkara (82), mother of former Military Spokesman and former Chief Field Enginee…
For centuries, farmers, herders, fishers and forest people have sculpted our land to create agricultu…
Facebook said that it was hiring more Sinhala speakers to monitor hate speech on its platform, responding …
The tug-o-war between the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka …
The Buddha Rashmi Vesak Zone 2018 and the exposition of the Sacred Relics and the display of Buddhist…
Navy personnel engaged in the popular Avurudu game ‘Kotta Pora’ or the pillow fight at the Sinhala an…
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority has ordered the closure of the surf bar and restaurant in…
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