Tourist driving licence creates issues for local livelihoods
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna National Organiser MP Namal Rajapaksa has expressed concern over the government's proposal to issue driving licences...
Month: August 2025
‘Ella Weekend Express train’ begins on August 16
To enhance tourism and long-distance travel convenience, the Railways Department has announced the launch of a special weekend train service,...
Greater focus in the 2026 budget……..
Greater focus in the 2026 budget to enable the agriculture, livestock, land and irrigation sectors to contribute more broadly to...
Australian Governor-General Concludes Successful Three-Day Official Visit to Sri Lanka
Australian Governor-General Samantha Joy Mostyn, accompanied by her delegation, departed from Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake on the 10th morning,...
GMOA suspends strike!
The Government Medical Officers Association has suspended an island-wide strike that was to be implemented from today (11) based on...
Governor-General of Australia meets the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Her Excellency Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of Australia, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at Temple...
National youth conference to be held after 32 years
Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs Eranga Gunasekara said that arrangements have been made to hold a National Youth Conference in...
Weak immigration regulations jeopardize Sri Lanka’s open visa policy for foreigners
Following the inadequate implementation of the Immigrants and Emigrants Act, worries are surfacing regarding whether the government's initiative to allow...
President calls on Malwatte and Asgiri Mahanayake Theros
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who visited Kandy to attend the concluding ceremony of the annual Esala Perahera festival of the...
National Celebration of World’s Indigenous Peoples Day Held in Dambana under the Patronage of the President
The national celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, which falls on Saturday (09), was held this...
