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SLAF, India's BIPA sign MoU to boost biological agriculture

Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- The Sri Lanka Agripreneurs' Forum (SLAF) and the BioAgri Inputs Producers Association (BIPA) of India signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at TRACE Expert City, Col... Read More


President's Fund rewards A/L achievers in Uva

Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- A ceremony to felicitate students who achieved outstanding results at the 2023-2024 GCE Advanced Level Examination, under the President's Fund programme for honouring high achieve... Read More


Tuition classes banned before A/L exam from tomorrow

Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- Examinations Commissioner General Indika Liyanage said tuition classes related to the GCE Advanced Level Examination - 2025 are prohibited from tomorrow (4) midnight until the exa... Read More


Vehicles worth US$ 1,204 Mn imported in first nine months

Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- The Central Bank says that vehicles worth US$ 1,204 million were imported into the country in the first nine months this year. The vehicles imported are both for personal transpo... Read More


Vatican FM Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher here today

Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations of the Holy See, will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from today (3... Read More


CIABOC to monitor assets of senior officers at major agencies

Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has decided to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the assets of senior officials in a number of... Read More


Isolated Showers Expected in Parts of the Island

Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- The Meteorology Department says that showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the Sabaragamuwa, Central, Southern, and Uva provinces, as well as in the Ampara distri... Read More


Motorcyclist dies after head-on crash with car in Kitulgala

Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- A 44-year-old man has been killed in a fatal road accident near the 39th kilometre post on the Hatton-Kitulgala road, within the Kitulgala Police Division. Police said the collis... Read More


Akila Viraj denies giving National Lotteries Board post to relative

Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- United National Party General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has denied giving any letter to his relatives to secure a position as a representative of the National Lotteries Bo... Read More


Two arrested for verbally abusing and threatening Buddhist nun in Wattala

Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- Two individuals have been arrested for behaving in a disorderly manner and verbally abusing a Buddhist nun near the Ratnawali Monastery in Kerawalapitiya, Wattala, yesterday night... Read More