The first Sinopec filling station was opened in Mattegoda today after the government entered into an agreement with Chinese petroleum company Sinopec.
Sinopec initiated the first round of market promotion measures with a pump discount of 3 LKR per litre...
22 Sri Lankan students from across the country have been awarded full scholarships by the Government of India to study Hindi in India. The students will undertake a nine-month diploma course at the Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (Central Institute of...
BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua)
A higher education textbook on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has been published and is now available nationwide.
The book, jointly published by the Higher Education Press and the People's...
Police yesterday arrested a Jaffna University student who threatened a shop owner in Kopai by pointing a sharp knife at his neck.
Police said this undergraduate from the Science Faculty may have tried to instill fear in the shop owner...
The Catholic Bishop Conference of Sri Lanka yesterday appealed to the authorities to seriously consider the plight of the people, brushing aside political drama, so that the poor and marginalised could at least sustain their lives with their basic...
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said that the Samagi Jana Balawegaya has not invested money in islands, businesses, or other profitable ventures.
Speaking at the donation of a bus worth Rs. 50 lakhs to Minuwangoda Reggie Ranatunga Primary School under Sakwala...
State Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe said that out of the 2 million Aswesuma beneficiary families, phased payments have commenced for 1.5 million families.
In the first phase, a total of Rs. 4.395 billion has been successfully transferred to the bank...
A court in Pakistan suspends former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s conviction on corruption charges and orders his release on bail.
Khan was handed a three-year sentence on August 5 for not declaring assets he made from selling state gifts during...
The High Commission of India in Colombo commemorated 50 years of association between the National Defence College (NDC), India, and the Sri Lankan Armed Forces yesterday . The event celebrated the enduring bonds of cooperation, camaraderie, and friendship among...
JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake today informed the UN resident representative in Sri Lanka, Marc Andre Franch, that the government has deprived the people of their democratic rights by postponing the election indefinitely.
Dissanayake said the government is acting undemocratically...
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 29 (Reuters)
A Pakistani court on Tuesday suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan's recent conviction on corruption charges, his lawyer Naeem Panjutha said, but it will not lead to his release as a judge has ordered his detention...
A police sub-inspector attached to Welikada Police Station arrested in connection with the death of Rajkumari, a housemaid who died after being arrested by Welikada Police, was today ordered to be remanded till September 11 by the Colombo Chief...
