Industry leading local dairy milk processor, Pelwatte Dairy Industries Ltd., while being highly concerned of the ongoing COVI19 situation in the country,

Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) has deployed 16 luxury buses to operate along the Southern Expressway covering the newly opened section from Godagama in Matara to Barawakumbura, Hambantota. Accordingly, new super-luxury bus services will be implemented between Colombo Fort and Hambantota,…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that the present education system should be reformed in order to achieve rapid growth in the economy. During the meeting at the Presidential Secretariat day before yesterday the president advised the vice-chancellors and the officials of the University Grants…

The accelerated National housing project Gamata Geyak - Ratata Hetak which will see the construction of 14022 houses within the next 60 days was launched under the auspices of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Kurunegala on Saturday. Under the theme of ‘A house for every village; a better future…

The government is intervening to manage the currently volatile rice market by buying up surplus paddy stocks in the Maha cultivation season of 2019/2020. This is to encourage the private sector paddy millers to purchase paddy under a fair price thus ensuring a fixed price for paddy, Co-Cabinet Media…

The Global Fund will provide 20 million Euros to Sri Lanka for 2020 - 2022 period with the assistance of the German Government, Health Ministry spokesman said. According to the spokesman, the funds will be used to modernize all laboratories in state hospitals and to provide ten machines of…

Sri Lanka Tourism with the assistance of several other ministers will redevelop Hamilton canal, (Dutch Canal) a 14.5 km (9 mi) canal connecting Puttalam to Colombo, passing through Negombo in Sri Lanka said State Minister of Tourism Promotion Arundika Fernando yesterday. The canal was constructed by…

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board stated several areas in Negombo and surrounding areas will experience water cut for 24-hours on January 06, from 9.00 a.m to 9 am (Jan 7 ). The Water Board stated that the water cut is imposed due to the installation of a generator by the Katana Project…

Four Chinese power sets for the Aruwakkalu Sanitary Landfill Project were delivered at Colombo Harbour yesterday. They were unloaded and kept at the Railway Department until constructions at the Kelaniya Transmission Station are complete, Western Region Solid Waste Management Project Director…

A master plan for developing industries around Sri Lanka's southern Hambantota Port is on the horizon, says Ravindra Jayawickrema, CEO of Hambantota International Port Services (HIPS) which is a subsidiary of port operator Hambantota International Ports Group (HIPG). Jayawickrema told Xinhua in an…