The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to publish the new draft Immigration Bill in the Government Gazette and to present it thereafter in Parliament for approval.

Three persons have reportedly been killed and several others have been injured after a van and a private passenger transport bus collided head-on at the Wagama area along the Bibila - Mahiyanganaya road today (12).

A fire that broke out in a building housing workers in the city of Mangaf in southern Kuwait early on Wednesday has killed at least 41 people, the country s deputy prime minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah said during a visit to the site.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe met with SAARC Secretary General Golam Sarwar at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this morning (12), according to the President s Media Division.

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal made by the Minister of Public Security to publish the draft Bill of the new Immigration Act in the Government Gazette and present the same thereafter in Parliament for approval. The Immigration Act No. 20 of 1948 has been amended on several occasions. However, considering the rapid changes […]

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the submission of the Import and Export (Control) Regulations No. 7 of 2024, issued under the Import and Export (Control) Act No. 1 of 1969, and the Standardization and Quality Control Regulations issued under the same Act for the approval of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

A 17-year-old school girl has reportedly been electrocuted to death while attempting to plug in an electric sewing machine to a power socket in an unsafe manner.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry, delivering his statement at the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting, stated that Global South should collectively address global challenges of climate change, debt burden and food security, the Sri Lankan Embassy in Moscow said in a statement.

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies to implement the following recommendations included in the report presented by the Secretary to the Ministry of Investment Promotions and the Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Plantation Industries. • […]

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries to instruct the legal draftsman to complete preparing the bill for the establishment of the Sri Lanka Institute of Food Science and Technology by including the amendments proposed by the Attorney General.  

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal made by the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms to publish the draft Bill introducing amendments to the Penal Code criminalizing all forms of sexual harassment and sexual assault including sexual harassment and sexual assault  in public places, in the Government Gazette and present the same […]

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Hon. President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies to implement the National Tariff Policy in three phases from January 2025 and to publish the said policy through a gazette notification under section 101 of the Customs Ordinance for […]

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Industries to establish 25 “District Industry Promotion Councils” covering the entire island and to appoint a steering committee consisting of representatives from the public sector, private sector and other relevant institutions to determine the structure, role and responsibilities of those councils and to [&#...

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the revision of the Penal Code to strengthen legal provisions to prohibit sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Sri Lanka s digital literacy has increased to 63.5% in the year 2023, according to the latest report by the Department of Census and Statistics. This means that three out of five persons aged between 5 and 69 in Sri Lanka are digitally literate.

Leader of the National People s Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake affirmed his party s support for the continuation of Provincial Councils in their current form.

Five people have been injured in a shocking accident at the Makumbura Multimodal Center (MMC) in Kottawa this morning (12).

At least thirty workers of a cosmetics manufacturing factory in Pinwatta, Panadura have been hospitalised after accidentally inhaling the fumes from a toxic chemical mixture.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has expressed confidence that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will approve the release of the third tranche under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme today (12).

Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda addressing a press briefing titled ‘Collective Path to a Stable Country,’ held on Tuesday (11) at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) said that the issue of Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lanka waters employing illegal fishing gear will be taken up during the the upcoming visit of the Indian Prime Minister […]

An international tribunal of prominent judges from the region said it was Âhorrified by the stark realities of the lives of Sri Lanka s tea and rubber plantation workers, after hearing testimonies from workers and trade unions.

Sri Lanka s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry, who is currently in Russia to take part in the BRICS ministerial meeting has met with the Foreign Ministers of Thailand, China, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Iran and Russia and discussed bilateral relations.