The joint alliance of trade unions of electricity, ports and petroleum services launched a series of protests today (03) challenging the selling of national resources.

The Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank signed a $500 million financing agreement to provide safe, efficient and climate resilient connectivity to strengthen agricultural supply chains through the Inclusive Connectivity and Development Project.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Sri Lankan counterpart Gotabaya Rajapaksa have agreed on the establishment of a bilateral intergovernmental economic commission.

Businessman Thirukumar Nadesan, husband of former Minister Nirupama Rajapaksa who was named in the recently leaked Pandora Papers has entered the top 20 shareholders list of Sri Cargills (Ceylon) PLC.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that the SLPP was created to fulfil a need of this era and its ultimate goal is to accomplish the aspirations of the people.

Chief of the Public Service United Nurses’ Union (PSUNU), Ven. Muruththettuwe Ananda Thera has been appointed as the new Chancellor of the University of Colombo.

The government would give priority to establishing a green economy, renewable energy, information technology and digital governance through the upcoming Budget, President’s Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera said yesterday.

The Government of Sri Lanka today announced the revised dates for the Grade 5 Scholarship, Advanced Level and Ordinary Level examinations for the year 2021.

Owners of small and medium-scale rice mills stated that thousands of rice mills could shut down if immediate action is not taken to impose a control price on rice.

Chairman of the ‘One Country, One Law’ Presidential Task Force, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, criticised the former and current Governments for failing to pass legislation to stem the rise in racism and put an end to the ethnic conflict.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday said that the Government doesn’t give an ear to the concerns raised by him.

Vice Chairman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya Parliamentarian Harin Fernando says he is willing to resign from his National List Parliamentary seat in order to give a Parliamentary seat to the imprisoned former Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has emphasized the imperative need for a new agricultural revolution that is not against nature and pointed out that people should coexist with nature rather than act against it.

Victims of the Easter Sunday bombings seek justice not as a gift, but as a fundamental right, Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith said.

The JVP will commence a series of programmes from today under the theme “Gamen Patangamu”, with the aim of providing solutions to issues faced by the rural community.

Direct flights between Sri Lanka and France resumed after six years yesterday, the Ministry of Tourism stated. Accordingly, SriLankan Airlines Flight UL 563 departed for the Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, at 1 a.m. yesterday.