The Colombo Plan Staff College (CPSC) in Manila, the training arm of the Colombo Plan headquartered in Sri Lanka, for the first time in history, has appointed a Sri Lankan, Prof. Ganemulle Lekamalage Dharmasri Wickramasi... Read more

Rapid Covid tests for passengers arriving in Sri Lanka is to be considered, the Health Ministry said today. Deputy Director General of Health Services, Dr. Hemantha Herath said that a number of concerns had been raised over the time taken to issue PCR test results to passengers arriving in the co... Read more

Former Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Jayantha Ketagoda is to return to Parliament as a National List MP. The SLPP said that Ketagoda has been named to fill the seat made vacant following the resignation of State Minister of Finance Ajith Nivard Cabraal. Ketagoda resigned f... Read more

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says isolation is not the answer to contain the coronavirus. In his speech at the G20 Interfaith Forum in Bologna, Italy, the Prime Minister said that while it may be legitimate for countries to close their borders temporarily to contain the virus, isolation is no... Read more

State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal has resigned from his Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National List seat in Parliament. The resignation letter was today handed over to the Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake. Accordingly, the Secretary General of Parliament has taken ste... Read more