Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers has approved a feasibility study for construction of a 100 megawatt solar park in Siyambalanduwa, Monaragala. “There is currently a global trend in generating electricity…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has welcomed Sri Lanka’s new Inland Revenue Act, due to be introduced early next year, saying that it should boost tax revenues and improve tax…
Now that winter has set in, the management of the Marghazar Zoo is worried about the fate of Kaavan, the lone elephant, who requires special arrangements during the winter months.…
A visiting Chinese medical team has successfully completed 503 cataract surgeries in Sri Lanka’s Kalutara General Hospital in the south, as part of their first overseas charitable mission, a press…
Researchers have discovered a strong association between El Niño-Southern Oscillation conditions in the Pacific to observed weather and dengue epidemics in Sri Lanka. The El Niño phenomenon is an irregularly…
Sri Lanka was selected as eligible for a Compact Programme under the US Millennium Challenge Cooperation (MCC) at the meeting of the MCC Board of Directors held in Washington DC…
Sri Lanka’s cabinet on Wednesday approved to launch a yearly national integration and reconciliation week to strengthen peace, harmony and fraternity among the people. The government’s information department said that…
The stretch of sea extending from Sumatra/Gulf of Thailand to Sri Lanka/south Tamil Nadu across the south Bay of Bengal will stay ‘busy’ through the year-end and into the…
HD Nanayakkara still remembers how his heart sank when he was told their project was cancelled. It would have set a Guinness World Record as the tallest Christmas tree ever…
The Sri Lankan navy on Wednesday arrested 12 Tamil Nadu fishermen belonging to Pamban, while they were fishing in Sri Lankan waters off Talaimannar, Sri Lankan naval spokesman, Capt.Akram Alavi…
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