Monthly Archive: August 2024

On August 7, 2024, H.E. Mr. MIZUKOSHI Hideaki, Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka, attended the opening ceremony of the Kebitigollewa Solar Power Plant, the first project under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) graced...

The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of Thailand and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP) C.A. Chaminda I. Colonne bid farewell to Vice Minister for...

There will be multiple instances of rainfall in Western, Sabaragamuwa, and North-western provinces, as well as in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle, and Matara districts. The weather forecast predicts multiple rounds of showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa,...

State Minister for Indigenous Medicine Sisira Jayakody announced that the Cabinet has approved extending the additional service allowance, which was previously only available to western medicine doctors, to now also include Ayurvedic practitioners. Jayakody,...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe met with a group of undergraduate law students from the Open University of Sri Lanka to the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (06), fostering an educational and interactive experience. This visit marks a...

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce introduced the Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability (BCCS) Awards 2024 during a seminar to inform potential applicants about the Award process for the year 2024. In its twenty-first consecutive year,...

The Government official news portal is maintained by the New Media Unit of the Department of Government Information and it was titled “news.lk” and commenced in mid-1996 and released to the Internet from March...

Speaking at the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Summit 2024 at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo on the 6th, President Ranil Wickremesinghe explained Sri Lanka’s commitment to achieving sustainable development goals and reaching...

Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts.  Multiple spells of showers are expected in Western, Sabaragamuwa, and North-western provinces, as well...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe described Venerable Galaboda Gnanissara Nayaka Thero as a great Sangha, noting his extensive religious and social contributions in various roles. Emphasizing that the Thero never cared about caste or religion, President...