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A new subject titled “Live Skills” has been added to the G.C.E.(Ordinary Level) syllabus from this year. This measure would allow students intending to pursue studies in the Arts stream in the Advanced Level to select agriculture, technology or…

The Central Bank is to take a series of new steps to educate the masses on the importance of maintaining a high standard of cleanliness in the use of currency notes and coins in circulation, Central Bank officials said.

The government has shelved its decision to import coconut for the time being following objections by the Coconut Research Board (CRI) on possible quarantine problems involved in the matter, informed sources said today.

Sajith Premadasa MP was yet to put forward any clear proposal with regard to his group’s demands pertaining to the UNP leadership, Joseph Michael Perera MP said yesterday.

The room is filled with numerous animals. The leopard is in an attack mode in one corner of the room and in another corner two palm cats and a black monkey sit in one group. You may find…

The Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) will move to block the use of illegally imported mobile phones after offering a grace period to their traders, TRC Director General Anusha Palpita said.

Colombo - Seylan Bank has further expanded its rewards portfolio for its thousands of customers all over Sri Lanka with the launch of Seylan SURE.

Sri Lanka is to conduct a national census this year the first nationwide census since 1981 two years before the civil war started, an official said Sunday.

Several houses in the Matara area were damaged late this afternoon during a sudden gush of strong winds blowing in from the sea.

Around 322 persons sought treatment in government hospitals due to injuries sustained from fireworks as well as road accidents on new year day, Police said.

A new era of moral purity is in the offing in the New Year; if the new government directive has its way, miniskirts would be banned from public places.

In a new twist in education policy, the state has decided to scrap external degree courses citing lack of facilities and funds.

A ground survey conducted by the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has indicated that a majority of the Muslims in the East are not keen on the party contesting the upcoming local elections in alliance with…

The Sri Lanka Navy in its’ continuing efforts to keep clean the canal network of Colombo and add splendour to city in accordant with concept of the secretary of defence while preventing catastrophic flooding in the area has extended the…

Sri Lanka plans to hold a nationwide local elections in March, the first since the end of the ethnic conflict in the country, officials said today.

Sri Lanka has revived plans to scrap the visa on arrival for foreigners, except Maldivians and Singaporeans, and will launch an on-line visa application system, officials said Friday.

The Colombo Stock Market (CSE) has become the Asia’s best Stock Market in 2010 with a surge of 96 percent while Indonesia that rose a 46.1 per cent becoming a distant second, the Economic Times reported.

National unity is key to both uniting and developing the Motherland, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said in a New Year message.

Registration, obtaining of driving license and wearing safety helmets for all types of motor bikes will be compulsory from today (January 01) onwards, says Lalith Dharmapriya, Commissioner General of Motor Traffic.

University Grants Commission (UGC) yesterday announced it would soon take steps to facilitate foreigners and Sri Lankans living abroad to study online for external degrees from Sri Lankan Universities.

Dealing another blow to the country’s independent bribery and corruption investigative mechanism, 56 experienced investigation officers including the OIC attached to the Commission to investigate allegations of bribery or corruption, have been transferred overnight from yesterday.

The Customs yesterday unearthed a Rs.1 billion foreign exchange fraud at a private bank in Pettah. Two suspects were arrested by the Customs for producing fake documents and fake identities and registering a company that did not exist.

Six Sri Lankans: Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Kumar Sangakkara, Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan are among nominated players to be voted to be in the ‘Greatest ODI Team Of All Time’.

Measures are in progress to curb the beggar population in Sri Lanka by rehabilitating them to be worthy citizens, a Sri Lankan government minister said on Friday.

Church people and fisherfolk in Sri Lanka have finally received some good news on the controversial sea plane project which they have been protesting against since October.

All students gaining admission to universities will, beginning next year, have to follow a special English Language course, Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake said.

The government is to introduce new tourist guidelines for those visiting Sri Lanka from next year especially regarding their conduct and a dress code when they are outside of designated tourist zones.

The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance underwent some serious anxious moments at the Budget Vote in the Attanagalla Pradeshiya Sabha on Tuesday after the Government’s group leader threatened to resign in disgust over the non-implementation of pre-election promises.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday stressed the need to forewarn and educate the masses about natural disasters before they really occur.

Sri Lanka is to delay a move to restrict the number of mobile phone SIM cards individuals can own after requests for more time from mobile phone companies, a senior Telecommunications Regulatory Commission official said.

Two million eggs imported from India will be sold at all Sathosa, co-op city and mini co-op city outlets with an egg priced at Rs.12, the Internal Trade Ministry said yesterday.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the authorities to remove all taxes on gas in order to keep gas prices from increasing, said Trade Minister Johnston Fernando.

The government will dissolve the Municipal Councils, Urban councils and Pradeshiya Sabhas in January and hold elections to the local councils in March next year, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary, and Minister Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday.

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa inaugurated the Close Circuit Television (CCTV) camera security network in Colombo a short while ago.

Sri Lanka was lobbying the USESCO to declare the pilgrim route from Seruvila in the Eastern Province to Sripada via Mahiyangane as a world heritage site, officials said today.

Sri Lanka has shelved plans to change its electoral system from proportional representation to first-past-the-post for at least for the time being, a senior minister said today.

Hong Kong-based leisure group Shangri-La has signed a deal to acquire land to build a seven-star hotel in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, the chairman of the tourism authority Nalaka Godahewa said.

The Power and Energy Ministry is to set up a Solar Power Farm (SPF) in the Hambantota District by mid 2011.

The Sri Lanka Navy will provide training to Navy personnel from several countries including America, Australia, Pakistan and India.

The Government will introduce a special program soon to nab vehicles imported illegally, a release issued by the Presidential Secretariat said yesterday.

The National Police Commission is expected to be revived on Jan. 18, 2011, but sans its independence, which the now defunct 17th Amendment to the Constitution, conferred on it.

The Government is not anyway ready to give special favours or discriminate against any race or religion by reason of their nationality, belief, language, culture or tradition says PM D. M. Jayaratne.

Colombo: Sri Lanka will hold the National Safety Day in Jaffna, the cultural capital of Tamil minority, on December 26 as a mark of respect for all those who died in the 2004 tsunami.

India is expected to gift some military equipment such as shoulder-fired missiles and radars to Sri Lanka, as a goodwill gesture, when defence secretary Pradeep Kumar undertakes a two-day visit to Colombo from Monday, the source reported.

The Land Reclamation and Development Corporation (LRDC) is to spend Rs 400 million to dig 10 new tanks in and around Colombo to prevent floods in the future.

The government has decided to make wearing seat belts compulsory while driving vehicles with English number plates and also imposed a ban on driving vehicles with garage numbers or CC numbers, the President’s Office said.

The Federation International de Automobile (FIA), the governing body of world motor sport, is considering setting up two international formula racing tracks in Sri Lanka, the government said.

The Mahinda Rajapaksa government was on course to antagonise India as well by failing to resolve the problems faced by the Tamils, nearly 19 months after the defeat of the LTTE, the UNP said yesterday.

The use of tobacco products among the Sri Lankan youth shows a remarkable reduction, the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol said.

Any home that uses a refrigerator will consume more than 90 units of electricity per month and will be compelled to pay a higher tariff rate beginning January, a senior Engineer of the Ceylon Electricity Board said.

Japanese small and medium sector businesses are to set up their ventures in Sri Lanka in the near future.

The Labour and Labour Relations Ministry is in the process of introducing a five-day week for the private sector and has started discussions with the Employers and the trade Unions, Labour and Labour Relations Minister Gamini Lokuge said.

The United States today commended the Sir Lankan government’s efforts in resettling most of those who were internally displaced by the fighting in the country.

Central Bank says that they have given approval to open 136 bank branches in the North and Eastern Provinces since the end of the decade’s long conflict. There are 59 new bank branches in the above Provinces following the…

National Freedom Front (NFF) Administrative Secretary Achala Jagoda along with a group of other NFF member may leave the party, political sources revealed.

At least six people were killed when the boat they were travelling in toppled in the Mahasen river in Welikanda this afternoon (24th), the Welikanda police said.

A proposed meeting between the United Nations and a Sri Lankan presidential commission has evoked opposition from international human rights watchdogs and Sinhala nationalists within the ruling coalition.

Pepsi Cola, a leading carbonated soft drink announced its tie-up up with leading Sri Lankan cricketers Tillekeratne Dilshan and Lasith Malinga at a media briefing held in Colombo yesterday.

Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) expressed their concern over the manner in which arrangements were made for students who sat for the 2010 A/L examination under the special requirements (SR) category.

A special discussion on establishing one million domestic economic units was held with Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s participation at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.