During the first discussion of the expert committee appointed to support the ministerial committee for the national education policy framework, President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the crucial role of human resources in the development of any country.  Drawing inspiration from the progres...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A 54-year-old man who had been in hiding for almost two decades, and was later sentenced to death  was arrested in Ragama. The convict and his brother were charged in 2001 with attacking a man with sharp weapons and beating him to death. Both brothers were in remand custod...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka launched a new program to apply for passports online, in a bid to reduce congestion at the offices of the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka. Immigration and Emigration Controller General, Harsha Ilukpitiya said that online applications for passports...

COLOMBO (News 1st); KOICA launched a 6.8 Million Dollar Modernization of National Plant Quarantine Service in Sri Lanka” Project this week. KOICA Sri Lanka Office is conducting a High-Level Invitational Program in Korea with Gunadasa Samarasinghe, Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and ...

Bloomberg reported that Sri Lanka’s economy likely shrank at a slower pace last quarter as a rebound in tourism and some industrial activity were the bright spots in a country grappling with still-elevated borrowing costs and higher taxes. Acording to a median estimate of economists in a Bloo...