Foreign Secretary of India, Shri Vinay Kwatra who is currently in Sri Lanka for a one-day visit has called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. A four-member high-ranking Indian delegation arrived on the island this morning (June 23) to hold bilateral talks on the assistance provided to Sri Lanka by India amidst

The Government of India, as a close friend of Sri Lanka, will extend its fullest support to the island nation in overcoming the current difficult situation, Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra told President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (June 23). The Indian Foreign Secretary made these remarks during a meeting with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has decided to meet separately to hold a special meeting in near future to look into the power generation, procurement, distribution and projects of the Ceylon Electricity Board. This decision was arrived at when COPE met on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Prof Charitha Herath to look into the

Arrangements are being to dispense fuel volumes to vehicles of health sector employees every Friday at 74 filling stations island-wide, Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella says. In a tweet, the lawmaker posted the list of filling stations allocated for the employees of the health sector to obtain fuel. Earlier this month, the representatives of the

June 19, 2022   09:12 pm

India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday chaired a parliamentary consultative committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka and said there was “unanimous support” on the need to stand with the neighbouring country in this difficult time. He also posted pictures with Indian MPs who attended the meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee

All schools within the Colombo Zone and suburbs as well as the schools located in the main cities of other provinces will remain closed next week (from June 20 – 24), the Ministry of Education says. In a press release, the ministry said all provincial education officials are given permission to continue in-person lessons at

Secretary to the Ministry of Education M.N. Ranasinghe told the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) earlier this week that the education sector as a whole has entered a very serious and complex process and it is more difficult to manage the situation in the face of the economic crisis than the Covid-19 situation. He was

The Ministry of Education today (June 17) announced conditional relief measures for teachers, taking into consideration the difficulties in transportation services.  Accordingly, teachers will be temporarily assigned to schools nearest to their place of residence. These appointments will be effective until the 31st of December, the ministry noted in a press release issued in this

The circular related to the modalities of declaring Friday as a special holiday for government employees to cultivate while staying at home, has been issued by the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government.  Accordingly, the Public Administration Circular (10/2022) dated 25.05.2022 issued under the headline ‘Restricting the Calling to Staff