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Flight Operations Update: Impact on Sri Lanka Amid Middle East Tensions

Srilanka, June 24 -- The Officer-in-Charge at Katunayake Airport announced at 5:00 a.m. on June 24 that Qatar Airways and Jazeera Airways have temporarily suspended flight operations due to regional t... Read More


UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Meets the Prime Minister

Srilanka, June 24 -- Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, held a meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, at the Prime Minister's Office yesterday. Prime Ministe... Read More


Sri Lanka Broadcasters' Symposium 2025 Begins Tomorrow

Srilanka, June 24 -- The Sri Lanka Broadcasters' Symposium 2025, jointly organized by the Broadcasters Association and the Ministry of Health and Mass Media, is set to take place in Colombo tomorrow (... Read More


Prime Minister Departs for Canada to Attend the COL Board of Governors

Srilanka, June 24 -- The Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya departed for Canada this early morning (24) to participate in the Comm... Read More


Court Denies Bail for Specialist Doctor and Two Others

Srilanka, June 24 -- The Colombo Magistrate's Court today (24) rejected the bail applications of three suspects, including Specialist Dr. Maheshi Wijeratne of Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital, who are cur... Read More


Colombo Central Bus Stand to be Upgraded Under "Clean Sri Lanka" Initiative

Srilanka, June 24 -- In line with the "Clean Sri Lanka" programme, the government plans to upgrade the Colombo Central Bus Stand within the next year.In line with the same initiative, 50 major bus sta... Read More


UNDP Resident Representative Meets Speaker

Srilanka, June 24 -- A meeting between the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka, Ms. Azusa Kubota, and Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne was held recently... Read More


High Posts Committee Approves New Heads for Four Key State Institutions

Srilanka, June 24 -- The Committee on High Posts has approved the appointments of chairpersons for four major state institutions during its most recent meeting held on June 20, 2025. The session was c... Read More


BIA and MRIA on standby for emergency landings - CAASL

Srilanka, June 24 -- The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) has announced that both Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) are on standb... Read More


SLBFE halts sending of Sri Lankan workers to Israel

Sri Lanka, June 23 -- Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) Chairman Koshala Wickremasinghe stated that the sending of Sri Lankan workers to Israel will be temporarily halted due to the confl... Read More