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Dr. Ruwan Vijayamuni, Chief Medical Officer of the Colombo Municipal Council, states that there are 6 Vesak zones in Colombo city and 125 registered dansals for Vesak this year. The Colombo Municipal Council, the Ministry of Buddha Sasana, the Prime...

Higurakgoda Airport will be upgraded into an international airport, according to Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.  He explained the purpose of this by saying that it will help foreign tourists who want to visit Sigiriya, Anuradhapura, and Dambulla. The goal...

High Commission of India, Colombo has organized a Special Exhibition on India’s rich Buddhist Heritage as a part of the Buddha Rashmi National Vesak Festival at Seemamalakaya, Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo. President of Sri Lanka, H.E. Ranil Wickremesinghe, accompanied by...

An extensive panel discussion on the Central Bank Bill submitted to Parliament was held at the office of the Leader of the Opposition under the chairmanship of Mr. Sajith Premadasa. A group of public representatives including heads of the Economic...

President Ranil Wickramasinghe left for England early today (04).It was to participate in the coronation ceremony of King Charles of Britain. The duty manager of Katunayake Airport stated that 8 other people left the island with the President. According to...

Krishna Srinivasan, director of the International Monetary Fund's Asia Pacific region, says that establishing debt stability in Sri Lanka is quite a challenge. It was at a news conference held in Hong Kong for the presentation of the International Monetary...

According to the Department of Meteorology, there is a possibility of developing a turbulent nature in the South East Bay of Bengal sea area from May 6. Accordingly, the Department of Meteorology is informed to pay attention to the future...

The medical association says that the flu that is spreading these days may be a new variant of the Covid virus. Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne, President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, said that depending on the nature of the disease,...

“All of a sudden, Trump decided to kiss me and grope me,” Jessica Leeds testified, adding, “It was out of the blue.” A second woman took the witness stand Tuesday in the civil battery and defamation trial of former President...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied that his country was responsible for what Russia says was an assassination attempt against Russian President Vladimir Putin, after an apparent drone attack on the Kremlin.  "We don't attack Putin or Moscow," Zelensky said...