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18/11/2023

Sri Lanka News - Sri Lanka's potential for economic growth through its expansive maritime resources is facing a obstacle "sea blindness."

18/11/2023

Lanka tourism is witnessing an impressive performance in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q23), with tourist arrivals to the island nation increasing sharply in the first half of the month of November. For the first 15 days of November, tourist arrivals totalled 74,664, the highest recorded within the f...

18/11/2023

State Minister of Mass Media Shantha Bandara stated that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed to recruit 8,400 employees of local government bodies, who are working on contract basis, for permanent employment. Commenting in this regard during today’s parliamentary session, the State Minis...

18/11/2023

Sri Lanka will call for expressions of interest (EOI) in setting up nuclear power plants, its energy minister said on Friday, as it seeks cheap electricity to support its economic recovery. The primary source of energy in the island nation is from imported oil and coal, and hydropower. The governmen...

18/11/2023

The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has cautioned the general public of unofficial social media pages publishing fake advertisements offering unclaimed luggage for sale at low cost. In a statement, the BIA asserted that these social media pages are entirely fraudulent and not endorsed by Ai...

18/11/2023

The Committee on High Posts has approved the appointment of former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama as the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 28 January 2007 until he was defeat...

18/11/2023

The Unit 2 generator of Lakvijaya Power Plant in Norochcholai will remain inoperative from November 17, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) says. According to the state-owned utility, the high-pressure heater system of the generating unit has suffered an emergency breakdown. The CEB said the power pl...

18/11/2023

The Kelanitissa Combined Cycle Power Station, which generates 165MW of electricity, will be shut down from November 17 for scheduled maintenance of both its gas turbine and steam turbine. Thereby, the naphtha-fuelled power station will be on maintenance for 6 weeks, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB...

18/11/2023

The Department of Examinations has issued a notice on submitting applications for re-scrutiny of 2023 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination results. Accordingly, the applications will be accepted online, between November 27 and December 04. The exam results were released online on November 16 via the Exam...

18/11/2023

Sri Lankan cricket icon Aravinda de Silva, who was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame, returned to the island early this morning (Nov.18). Three cricketing greats, namely Aravinda de Silva, Diana Edulji, and Virender Sehwag were added to the prestigious list of legend...

18/11/2023

The Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Civil Aviation, Nimal Siripala de Silva, says the disbursement of the second installment of the loan provided under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to be received in December. The lawmaker emphasized that the....

18/11/2023

After a period of ‘maritime blindness’, Sri Lanka’s renewed focus on marine research and collaboration with international partners is a promisin...

18/11/2023

මාධ්‍ය වාර්තාව අනුව ලබන වසරේ තවත් චීන පර්යේෂණ නෞකාවක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණීමට නියමිතයි.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති සම්පාදකයින්ගේ "මුහුදු අන්ධභාවය" හෙවත් සමුද්‍රීය දැනුවත්භාවය නොමැතිකම නිසා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට විශාල අවස්ථා මගහැරි තිබේ.

Sri Lanka is missing out on great opportunities due to the "maritime blindness" or lack of maritime awareness of Sri Lankan policy makers. According to the media report, another Chinese research ship is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka next year.

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After a period of ‘maritime blindness’, Sri Lanka’s renewed focus on marine research and collaboration with international partners is a promisin...

17/11/2023

In a significant move to address the rising concerns of child abuse, the government is mulling a new syllabus for s*x education in schools. A senior official from Parliament told Daily Mirror that initial discussions in this regard were held at the Parliamentary Caucus for Children. According to the...

17/11/2023

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) will not be convened until issues pertaining to its chairman is resolved, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced today. The Speaker’s announcement came after opposition MPs requested him to remove COPE Chairman Prof. Ranjith Bandara from his post.  ....

17/11/2023

Obstructions to the upcountry railway line near the Diyatalawa railway station caused by a rock fall have been cleared and train services are back to normal. The railway tracks were obstructed by rocks rolling down from a nearby hill when the Badulla bound night mail was approaching, but the driver....

17/11/2023

The Mahahoshadha Hospital and the first phase of the Wellness Centre were constructed under the guidance of Ven. Siri Samanthabhadra Thera Thera will be handed over to the government for public welfare tomorrow, the Government Information Department said. They said the ceremony in this regard will b...

17/11/2023

A Sri Lankan court sentenced an Indian fisherman to two years imprisonment on charges of repeated trespassing and poaching in Sri Lankan waters while releasing 21 others who have been arrested with him. This is the first time a Tamil Nadu fisherman has been imprisoned under these provisions, accordi...

17/11/2023

Minister of Sports Roshan Ranasinghe has informed the Special Investigation Unit for Preventing Sports Offences to investigate the statements made by Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee Chairman Pramodya Wickramasinghe, the Ministry of Sports said. In the aftermath of Sri Lanka’s disappointing r...

17/11/2023

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has extended an invitation to the Sinhala and Tamil diaspora in foreign countries and urged them to consider investing in new universities as a means of supporting education for the country’s children, emphasizing a shared responsibility for the nation’s progress. ...

17/11/2023

Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha has warned that 74 school buildings across the island have been identified as unsafe buildings, posing potential threats to the safety of students. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday (15 Nov.), Premajayantha stated that all principals too, have been informe...

17/11/2023

Emphasising the importance of expanding language knowledge beyond Sinhala and Tamil languages, President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday (16 Nov.) announced the implementation of the “English for All” program in all schools and universities across the country by 2030.  Addressing the 10th comm...

17/11/2023

Five students have scored the highest marks of 198 at the 2023 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination, the Department of Examinations says. The results were released online last night (Nov.16) via the Examinations Department’s official website: www.doenets.lk / www.results.exams.gov.lk  As per the depar...

17/11/2023

Sri Lanka Latest News - The U.S. Embassy in Colombo is pleased to announce a new $32.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

16/11/2023

Sri Lanka Latest News - Grade Five Scholarship Cut Off Marks KadaIm Lakunu for Popular Shcools Shishyathwa Wibagaya The Department of Exam

16/11/2023

පහ ශ්‍රේණිය ශිෂ්‍යත්ව විභාගයේ දිස්ත්‍රික් මට්ටමේ කඩඉම් ලකුණු විභාග දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් නිකුත් කර තිබේ. ඒ අනුව සියලුම දිස්ත්‍රික්ක සඳහා සිංහල සහ දෙමළ මාධ්‍ය දෙකටම කඩඉම් ලකුණු නිකුත් කෙරිණි.
The Department of Examinations released the district-level cut-off marks for the grade five scholarship exam.
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Sri Lanka Latest News - Grade Five Scholarship Cut Off Marks KadaIm Lakunu for Popular Shcools Shishyathwa Wibagaya The Department of Exam

16/11/2023

Sri Lanka Latest News - Grade 5 Results RELEASED - Grade five scholarship examination 2023 results were released

16/11/2023

5 ශ්‍රේණිය ශිෂ්‍යත්ව විභාග ප්‍රතිඵල නිකුත් විය.
2023 Grade 5 Scholarship exam results were released.
2023 தரம் 5 புலமைப்பரிசில் பரீட்சை முடிவுகள் வெளியாகியுள்ளன.

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Sri Lanka Latest News - Grade 5 Results RELEASED - Grade five scholarship examination 2023 results were released

16/11/2023

Sri Lanka Latest News - Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe heads to the Maldives for the inauguration of President-elect

16/11/2023

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16/11/2023

Sri Lanka Latest News - CIVICUS, a global alliance of over 15,000 civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening

16/11/2023

A contingent comprising 29 officers and 94 other ranks, assigned to participate in the jointly-organized ‘Mithra Shakthi’ military exercise by the Sri Lanka Army and the Indian Army, departed for India yesterday. The ‘Mithra Shakthi’ joint military exercise is scheduled to commence today (16...

16/11/2023

Sri Lanka has been elected to the executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with 144 votes, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. The election to the 58-member body for the 2023-27 period took place at the 42nd UNESCO General Conference in Paris on...

16/11/2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Special Envoy and State Councillor Shen Yiqin will visit Sri Lanka from November 18 to 21, at the invitation of the government. Before that, she will visit the Maldives from November 15 to 18 and attend the inauguration ceremony of the new president to be held on Nov...

16/11/2023

The targets laid out in Sri Lanka’s budget for 2024 will be challenging to meet, even with the economic recovery that we expect to continue next year, says Fitch Ratings.  The fiscal deficit is set to be wider than our current forecast of 7.1% of GDP in 2024 in light of the new data, even […]

16/11/2023

Through the 2024 Budget proposals, the government has decided to allocate Rs. 450 billion to recapitalize the state banks in order to secure stability and provide security as the government is in the process of restructuring the local debt accumulated by the state-owned enterprises, Treasury Secreta...

16/11/2023

The Meteorology Department says showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-central and Eastern provinces with fairly heavy showers above 50mm likely at some places in Northern province. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Uva and Central provinces after 02...

16/11/2023

Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Southern India D. Venkateshwaran, on Wednesday, said talks are on to revive direct flight connection from Coimbatore to Sri Lanka, as part of a slew of incentives the island nation is providing to Indian businesses to encourage bilateral trade and investments...