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The Meteorological Department says that the current rain situation over the island can be expected for the next few days. The department states that scattered rain or thundershowers may occur in many parts of the island today (03) after 1.00...

According to Janaka Ratnayake, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, it is planned to give the hydro power plants in Sri Lanka to private companies through the proposed new Electricity Reform Act. He disclosed the facts in a press conference...

The company which was awarded the tender to supply crude oil to Sri Lanka for a period of four months has supplied crude oil to Sri Lanka through another company without any permission from the government without making the supply...

Dialog Axiata Plc, Axiata Group Berhad and Bharti Airtel Ltd., have entered into a binding term sheet to combine operations of Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd., Airtel’s wholly-owned subsidiary with Dialog, a subsidiary of Axiata Group Berhad. Accordingly, Airtel will...

In a bid to revive the country’s struggling economy, Sri Lanka has implemented a comprehensive economic reforms agenda. The government has initiated several key recovery strategies, with the establishment of a National Productivity Commission being a flagship project. Despite on-going...

It is revealed that three crore thirteen hundred eighty two thousand (31,382,000) telephones are used by people in Sri Lanka, including mobile phones. The population of this country is approximately two million twenty one hundred eighty one thousand. According to...

"Ranil, let's see if the power lies in the constitution or decrees or the power of the people," said JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake while addressing the Red May rally. He also said that the Ranil-Mahinda Ali Kaputu alliance will...

The Court of Appeal fixed a writ petition submitted by tribal leader Uruwarige Vannialatto on September 8. He had filed the petition against the Mahaweli Authority's decision to release his traditional homelands in the Rambakan Oya area and hand them...

Professor G. L Peiris said that a one-day debate will be held in Parliament next week regarding the X-press Pearl ship incident, and the credibility of Chamara Gunasekara's actions should be investigated. Mr. G. L. Peiris said this in this...

Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport on 1 May 2023 on a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka at the invitation of Air Marshal Sudarshana...