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Special traffic plan for Colombo 07

Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- A special traffic plan has been implemented around Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha (Green Path) in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo 07, in view of the 33rd edition of the "Kala Pola" open-ai... Read More


Women Parliamentarians Caucus requests amendment to Standing Orders

Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- The Women Parliamentarians' Caucus has formally requested the Speaker, Dr Jagath Wickramaratne, to amend the Standing Orders of Parliament to prevent the verbal harassment and ins... Read More


Fishermen and doctors intensify trade union actions

Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- Fishermen engaged in beach seine (Ma-del) operations have vowed to continue their Satyagraha outside the Presidential Secretariat for a third day after failed negotiations with th... Read More


LAUGFS gas announces price hike for domestic cylinders

Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- LAUGFS Gas PLC has decided to increase the prices of its domestic liquefied petroleum (LP) gas cylinders, effective from midnight on 06 February. The price revision is reportedly ... Read More


Youth dies following clash between two families

Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- A 21-year-old man lost his life after being assaulted during a dispute between two families in the Dharmarama Road area of Ratmalana. Police report that the victim succumbed to i... Read More


Female conductors appointed to SLTB for highway service

Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- Twenty female conductors received their appointment letters yesterday at the Makumbura Multimodal Transport Centre to join the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB). These new recruit... Read More


22-hour water cut for Kandy areas

Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- A water supply disruption will affect several areas in Kandy for 22 hours starting tomorrow, February 8, due to essential maintenance work. The National Water Supply and Drainage... Read More


Student loses educational materials as fire destroys home in Sigiriya

Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- A house in the Galakotuwa area of Sigiriya was destroyed by a fire last night (06) after a mobile phone left for charging reportedly triggered a blaze, according to Sigiriya Polic... Read More


President Samia Hosts Uganda's President Museveni for Official Talks in Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam, Feb. 7 -- President Samia Suluhu Hassan  with her guest, the President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, shortly after his arrival at the State House grounds in Da... Read More


Why Zanzibar's executives can not ignore Artificial Intelligence in real life

ZANZIBAR, Feb. 7 -- AT around 9.30am local time, in the morning, inside a quiet conference hall at Madinat al Bahri Hotel in Zanzibar, senior government officials-Principal Secretaries (PS) sat not to... Read More