Coronavirus death toll in Sri Lanka crosses 550 mark

Russia and Sri Lanka discuss sanctions imposed by US

Russia and Sri Lanka discussed sanctions imposed by the US on some goods imported from Russia to Sri Lanka, the President’s office said today. The issue was discussed during a meeting between President Maithripala Sirisena and the Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 5th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Dushanbe, Tajikistan. During the meeting, the attentions of the two leaders were drawn to further strengthen the bila

16 Jun, 2019

Top rankings for Grade 5 and O/L exams will not be announced

The best rankings for the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination and Ordinary Level examination O/L will not be announced in future. Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said a decision has been taken not to announce the island?s best rankings for the two exams in future.

14 Jun, 2019

Indian military lands in Sri Lanka

A 159 strong Indian military delegation have arrived in Sri Lanka while a?162 member team of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces left to India, the Army media unit said today. The High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake were at the Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport to see the arrival and the departure of both delegations. The Indian delegation which includes Army (95), Navy (32) and Air Force (32) personnel w

16 Jun, 2019