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Sri Lanka implements new online visa system from today
The Department of Immigration and Emigration says its new visa process and the online visa application portal will be implemented today (17). The new visa ... Read More
Damitha and her husband further remanded
Actress Damitha Abeyratne and her husband, who were arrested over alleged fraud, have been further remanded on the orders of Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court. Accordingly, ... Read More
Iranian President to inaugurate Uma Oya Project
The Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project is poised to be officially handed over to the public on 24 April. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is slated ... Read More
Final rites of Dr. Ariyaratne to be performed with full state honours
The final rites of the late Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, the founder and the President Emeritus of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka, will ... Read More
Former MP Palitha Thewarapperuma passes away
Former Deputy Minister and former UNP parliamentarian Palitha Thewarapperuma has passed away at the age of 64 years, sources told Ada Derana. According to unconfirmed ... Read More
President at Court Lodge Estate
President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited the Court Lodge Estate, owned by the Udupusellawa Plantation Company in Nuwara Eliya this morning (16) to explore opportunities for the ... Read More
Court refuses bail to Venerable Gnanasara Thera
The Colombo High Court today refused to release Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galaboda Atte Gnanasara Thera on bail. Accordingly, Colombo High Court ... Read More
Cabinet approves providing free sanitary pads for 800,000 remote school students
Cabinet approval was granted to implement a programme to provide sanitary pads free of charge annually from April 2024 to 800,000 female students studying in ... Read More
New Director General appointed to Bribery Commission
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed W.K.D. Wijerathne as the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, the President's Media Division ... Read More
Sri Lanka India Society celebrates 75 years of strengthening bonds of friendship
The President of the Sri Lanka India Society (SLIS), Kishore Reddy, and the executive committee of the society organized a commemorative dinner to celebrate the ... Read More