(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The government’s attention has been paid to the program to provide tablets for students entering Advanced Level classes in the government schools as a pilot project due to the cost.
"Tablets for GCE A /L students to be given as a pilot project"Category: LOCAL
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –A 57-year-old Sri Lankan passenger arrested this morning (28) by the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) Officers attached to the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake while attempting to smuggle drugs into the country.
"Lankan passenger arrested with drugs worth Rs. 4.7 million at BIA"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Core Group of SAARC Immigration Authorities and Visa Experts commenced its meeting at the SAARC Secretariat, Kathmandu, today(28).
"Meeting of the Core Group of SAARC Immigration Authorities and Visa Experts"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – The Australian Government is increasingly concerned at actions taken by the Maldives Government that undermine democracy and democratic institutions and reduce the prospect that the upcoming Presidential Election can be free and fair.
"Australian statement on Maldives"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Secretary to the President, Austin Fernando on Monday (25), told a South Asian forum in Colombo that legal approaches should be made to ensure that nutrition becomes a compulsory issue in socio economic development.
"Legal approaches key to nutrition-based socio economic development"
Pakistan’s Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat to visit Sri Lanka
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Pakistan Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, NI (M) is scheduled to tour Sri Lanka on a four day official visit from 27th June 2018 on an invitation extended by the Chief of Defense Staff Admiral Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne.
"Pakistan’s Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat to visit Sri Lanka"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Government has taken steps to promptly introduce a new Act to Parliament to establish a separate authority for the development of the villages in the estates in the hill country.
"New authority to develop villages in the up country estates"
Former President’s Chief of Staffs’, former State Timber Corporation Chairmans’ bail application rejected
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The bail application filed by former President’s Chief of Staff I.H.K. Mahanama and former State Timber Corporation (STC) Chairman P. Dissanayake who are alleged to have received a bribe worth Rs.100 million was rejected by the Colombo Chief Magistrate today.
"Former President’s Chief of Staffs’, former State Timber Corporation Chairmans’ bail application rejected"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The High Commission of India organized a special visit to Bodh Gaya in India for 80 Sri Lankan Armed Forces personnel and their families. The three-day visit includes travel to and from India on an Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft, which was specifically deployed from India to transport the travellers.
"Special visit to Bodh Gaya for Sri Lankan Armed Forces Personnel"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –An Army Corporal was shot at by unidentified gunmen who had arrived in a motorcycle and a three-wheeler in Ratmalana this morning.
"Army Corporal shot at in Ratmalana"