Carcass of another elephant found in Habarana

Sri Lanka and Kenya laureates to receive 2020 UNESCO Prize for Girls? and Women?s Education

This year?s UNESCO Prize for Girls? and Women?s Education will be awarded to two laureates making a difference for girls? education through projects that help increase young women?s participation in the emerging technology sector in Sri Lanka, and advancing access to quality primary school education for vulnerable children, including girls, in Kenya?s hardest-to-reach areas. The attribution of the Prize coincides with the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October Shilpa Sayura Foundatio

13 Oct, 2020

Personal information of employees must be updated this week

Personal information of all employees must be updated this week, the Police said today. The Police have made the request to all public and private institutions, Police media spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana said. He said that public and private institutions have been advised to update personal information of all their employees within the next three days. DIG Ajith Rohana said that if the need arises public and private institutions will be required to submit the information to the military or he

13 Oct, 2020

Brandix chief writes to staff promising accountability

EXCLUSIVE By Easwaran Rutnam Brandix Group Chief Executive Officer Ashroff Omar has written to his staff calling for compassion after various allegations were raised in the media and on social media over the spread of the coronavirus at the Brandix Minuwangoda factory. In the letter, seen by Colombo Gazette, Omar assured his employees that the company did not break any protocol when repatriating its Sri Lankan colleagues and their families back home from India, nor did they shift any orders o

12 Oct, 2020