Facebook and The Asia Foundation launch website to promote tolerance in Sri Lanka
Facebook and The Asia Foundation have partnered to launch The Resiliency Initiative website which provides civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Asia Pacific with...
Adverse weather affects 130,837 people in several districts
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) yesterday, June 4, stated that three people died and two others are reported missing, while 130,837 people were affected...
Rotaract & Interact initiates ‘The Thriving Nile’, an international project
Education is a basic human right, and the most powerful tool known to mankind in strengthening generations, and to provide solutions for global issues...
International Vesak Day celebrated in Vienna
The Permanent Mission together with the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV) celebrated International Day of Vesak virtually on May 26. This is the...
Fitch upgrades HNB Assurance, HNB General Insurance to IFS ‘A+(lka)’
Fitch Ratings - Colombo/Sydney - 03 Jun 2021: Fitch Ratings has upgraded the National Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) Ratings of Sri Lanka-based life insurer,...
BBC- Princess Diana’s wedding dress going on display at Kensington Palace
BBC News-The dress that Diana, Princess of Wales, wore on her wedding day 40 years ago is going on display at her former Kensington...
Ports and Shipping Minister, SLPA Chairman inspecting MV X-Press Pearl
The MV X-Press Pearl, which caught fire near the Port of Colombo, is reported sinking at present. Although several agencies and institutions, including the...
German Embassy hands over consignment of masks to the Ministry of Health
In an effort to combat and control the current surge of COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka, Germany recently handed over a consignment of protective...
Seylan Bank gifts fully equipped ICU to Colombo East Base Hospital
The decision to build an Intensive Care Unit with a special infection control technology system at the Colombo East Base Hospital was taken very...
AG urged to set up new mechanism to monitor HR violations
The newly appointed Attorney General Sanjay Rajaratnam, PC, assumes duties at a critical time with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-HCHR)...
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New Pakistan High Commissioner calls on the Defence Secretary
The newly appointed High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Sri Lanka H.E. Major General Faheem-Ul-Aziz (Retd), paid a courtesy...
9th successive Construction Power and Energy Expo 2024 set to kick off in July
Lanka Exhibition and Conference Services (LECS) is proud to announce the return of Sri Lanka's most focused construction, interior products, lighting, power...
STATE MINISTER TENNAKOON LOOKS INTO KARANDAGOLLA LANDSLIDE THREAT
The potential landslide risk near the Ella-Wellawaya road at Karandagolla in the Badulla district on April 21 has drawn the special attention...