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  • Teachers will be paid all year - Ministry
    Education Ministry Secretary Sunil Hettiarachchi denied website reports that teachers would not be paid salaries during school vacations.The Secretary said it is a baseless,...
  • Arrive on time, instructs Exams Dep.
    The Examinations Department instructs parents to accompany their children, who sit for the Grade Five Scholarship Examination 2018, to the respective examination centres on...
  • More tri-lingual schools - Akila
    The Education Ministry had made preparations to increase the number of tri-lingual schools in the country, Education Minister Akila Wiraj Kariyawasam said.During the first...
  • Health sector made vast strides after 2015 - President
    President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday, said that around 150 people in Sri Lanka die of Non Communicable Diseases daily and the country should strive to bring down the...
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  • A felicitation for Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne was held at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre yesterday under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena, in recognition of his appointment as Vice Chairman of the World Health Organization. (Right) Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne receiving a token of appreciation from President Maithripala Sirisena. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Dr. Sujatha Senaratne, Health Ministry officials and Health Services Trade Union Federation President Saman Rathnapriya w
    Prices of 25 essential drugs reduced
    Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne yesterday said that the prices of 25 essential drugs would be reduced with immediate effect.The Minister was speaking at a ceremony organised by the Health...
  • Health sector has made vast strides after 2015 - President
    President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday, said that around 150 people in Sri Lanka die of Non Communicable Diseases daily and the country should strive to bring down the deaths caused by NCDs to 50....
  • President Maithripala Sirisena who yesterday vowed to place Sri Lanka in the number one position among countries in the world fighting against corruption during his speech at the Global Expert Group Meeting on the Jakarta Principles in Colombo, stressing a point during a discussion with some of the delegates. Picture by Saman Sri Wedage
    Close anti-corruption loopholes
    President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday called for the closing of loopholes in global anti-corruption laws and greater international cooperation to expedite action against corruption.Addressing a...
  • President Maithripala Sirisena taking his fill of the breathtaking Kalu Ganga - Moragahakanda reservoir shortly after commissioning the project yesterday. The Kalu Ganga-Moragahakanda project is the biggest multi-functional irrigation project aimed at irrigating parched dry lands in the Rajarata, Wayamba, Central and Eastern Provinces and Vanni in the Northern Province. Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Ministers and officials were present on the occasion. Picture
    Giant leap for Agri-Economy
    The Moragahakanda- Kalu Ganga project will spur a massive development drive to rejuvenate the country’s agricultural hinterland, President Maithripala Sirisena declared in Laggala yesterday,...
  • President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Moragahakanda Reservoir after the President commissioned one of the the last reservoirs of the Mahaweli River Development Programme in January. Picture courtesy President’s Media Division
    A watershed in agricultural history
    The Kalu Ganga Reservoir Development Scheme, which comes under the massive Moragahakanda and Kalu Ganga Reservoir Development Project, will begin nourishing thousands of acres with the commencement...
  • ‘No need to obtain underworld security’
    Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development Minister Sarath Fonseka, flatly refuting certain allegations levelled against him by certain media that he is receiving the security of...
  • New bus stand for Mawanella
    Fulfilling a long-felt need of the people of the Mawanella area, steps were taken to construct a new bus stand at the Mawanella town by the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council.The Sabaragamuwa Provincial...
  • Trade agreements essential to any country - Minister
    Trade agreements are essential to strengthen any country economically, Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development Minister Sarath Fonseka said.The Minister said trade agreements are...
  • Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe along with Ministers Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, Mangala Samaraweera, S.B.Nawinna and State Ministers Eran Wickremaratne and J.C.Alawatuwala launching the Gamperaliya programme on the Madatta Tank bund at Nikaweratiya yesterday morning. Picture by Wariyapola Group Corr.
    Gamperaliya, Enterprise Sri Lanka will empower rural economies - PM
    Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe said the rural community will receive more money through the Gamperaliya and Enterprise Sri Lanka programmes.These programmes will pave the way for strengthening...
  • Rs 80,000 mn allocated for Gamperaliya projects - Minister
    Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera said the biggest development project started recently by the Government is the Gamperaliya massive development programme.Samaraweera made these remarks...
  • A/L exam on Aug.6, Grade Five Schol exam on Aug.5
    Examinations Department sources said that 321,469 candidates will sit for the G.C.E Advanced Level Examination to be held from August 6 to September 1. The exam will be conducted at 2,268 examination...
  • Six students for Asia Pacific Children’s Summit
    Six students who obtained the best result at the Grade Five Scholarship Examination last year will participate in the Asia Pacific Children’s Summit.The 30th Asia Pacific Children’s Summit will be...