Commemorating 200 years of the plantation community in Sri Lanka, the government has taken initiatives to implement a national level programme along with various other programmes in the future for the betterment of the community.
Cabinet Ministers granted approval to the proposal submitted by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to appoint a Cabinet Sub - Committee chaired by the Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena to supervise and implement relevant programs.
With the focus of ensuring a higher standard of life, enhancing education and health facilities, creating economic and professional opportunities and permanent residency of estate community, the Ministry of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development will join hands with other relevant government and non - government institutions to make their vision a success.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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