Individual shot dead inside a passenger bus in Mirijjawila

Sri Lanka’s foreign policy to have enhanced focus on Asian neighbours

Sri Lanka’s foreign policy will have enhanced focus on Asian neighbours, Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said today. Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena led the Sri Lankan delegation to the informal meeting of the Council of Ministers of the eight-member South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) today (24 September 2020). The annual event, which traditionally takes place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, was convened in virtual mode this ye

24 Sep, 2020

A/L, Grade 5 Scholarship tuition classes prohibited

Tuition classes and seminars related to the GCE Advanced Level Examinations 2020 have been prohibited from midnight on 06th October, the Department of Examinations announced. The Department further said tuition classes and seminars for the Grade 5 Scholarship Examinations 2020 will be prohibited from midnight on 07th October. A total of 362,824 candidates will be sitting for the GCE Advanced Level Examinations at 2648 examination centres from 12th October to 06th November 2020. Meanwhile, 331

24 Sep, 2020

US donates locally produced PPE to Sri Lanka

The United States donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Sri Lanka as part of the United States? on-going assistance to Sri Lanka in its response to COVID-19. The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Alaina B. Teplitz donated the PPE to Sri Lanka?s Minister of Health, Pavithra Wanniarachchi. The donation includes 23,000 masks, 24,000 nitrile gloves, 600 isolation gowns with hoods, 60 infrared thermometers, 50 portable oxygen concentrators with a large supply of expendable equipment

24 Sep, 2020