Sahan Rathanasekara

Governor of the Central Bank Mr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that many people have misunderstood the country's financial policy and the government's financial policy. He says that these are two different matters and that the responsibility for...

The term of office of 340 provincial local government authorities ends at midnight next Sunday. Accordingly, the official period of 29 municipal councils, 36 municipal councils and 275 local councils will end on Sunday midnight. The number...

Teachers' and principals' unions say that they are strongly opposed to the dissolution of teacher transfer boards. Mr. Joseph Stalin of the Alliance of Teachers and Principals said that the President's move to dissolve the teacher...

Sources of the Election Commission state that the postal polling cannot be held at the end of this month due to the non-availability of postal ballot papers for the local government elections. The Election Commission had...

Gampaha Division Child and Women Abuse Prevention Bureau yesterday arrested a deputy principal of a school in the Urapola area for sexually assaulting a schoolgirl. This deputy principal sexually assaulted a girl studying in grade 11...

A music teacher at a national school in Mirigama was caught by the police while taking a drug called ice to drink. 210 mg of ice was also found in the possession of this music teacher...

The Election Commission has also decided to hold a discussion with the secretaries of the political parties contesting for the local government elections on the 23rd at 10.00 am. Also, the recognized political parties have been...

A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hit the Kermadec Islands in New Zealand today. According to reports in the country, tsunami warnings were also issued due to its strength. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake...

Her Excellency Rita Giuliana Mannella, Ambassador of Italy to Sri Lanka and Maldives, met the Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gen. Kamal Gunaratne today (Mar 15) at the Defence Ministry in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. The delegation led...