SriLankan Airlines flight diverted to Mattala

Annular solar eclipse visible to Sri Lanka this month

The annular solar eclipse will be clearly visible to Sri Lanka on 21st June 2020, the Director of Astronomy and Space Science Unit, Department of Physics, Colombo University, Professor Chandana Jayaratne said. He said the annular solar eclipse will be visible to Sri Lanka as a partial solar eclipse from 10.29 a.m. to 1.19 p.m on 21st June 2020. The second penumbral lunar eclipse of 2020 will begin on June 5th night at 11.15 p.m. Sri Lanka Standard Time, when the shadow of the Earth falls on th

03 Jun, 2020

New date for Parliamentary Election to be decided on Monday

A new date for the 2020 Parliamentary Election will be decided on Monday, the National Election Commission said today. Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said that the Health Ministry had submitted a set of preliminary guidelines to the Commission today with regards to future elections. He said that the Parliamentary Election will be held by following the Health Ministry guidelines. Deshapriya said that for the first time all polling booths at the election will have a health officer. The

03 Jun, 2020

Task Force to build secure country established

The Government has established a Presidential Task Force to build a secure country, disciplined, virtuous and lawful society. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued a Gazette in this regard. Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Major General (Retired) Kamal Gunaratne Esquire will chair the Task Force, while Senior Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Defence D.M.S. Dissanayake has been appointed as the Secretary of the said Task Force. The following members have been appointed to the Presi

03 Jun, 2020