President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extended a gracious invitation to President Ranil Wickremesinghe to participate in the World Climate Action Summit, a key event that will inaugurate the Emirates Climate Conference.  The invitation was sent as a letter...

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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has decided to increase the fee imposed when entering Botanic Gardens with effect from 1st of July 2023. Refer below Extraordinary Gazette for latest entry fee:     ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has decided to terminate semi-luxury bus services from the 30th of June.  Director General of the National Transport Commission Dr. Nilan Miranda says that bus owners who are engaged in the semi-luxury bus service have been informed to switch to a different servic...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Janaka Ratnayake, the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka said that he always stood by the people, and believes that true public representatives will stand by him in Parliament on Wednesday (23). A resolution against Janaka Ratnayake, the Chairman of the Pu...