The English and Foreign Languages Branch of the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the National Institute of Education (NIE) has planned to offer a 100-hour certificate course in English for ...

“We live in an age where everything can be documented to some extent, even with a basic cellphone. You can practise street photography while travelling in the bus, you can shoot out of the window, you ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is making significant changes to Sri Lanka’s national security portfolio. His efforts aim to adapt existing mechanisms to the unique environment, meet present-day ...

Sri Lanka is moving forward by introducing nuclear power into its energy mix in order to meet the growing electricity demand, combat climate change, and to secure energy supplies. Preparatory work for ...

Over 500 teachers of the Kalmunai region were honoured recently following the improved performance of the students at the GCE (Ordinary Level) examination. The Kalmunai Education Zone got the highest ...

How to keep people poor and malnourished? Sri Lanka too provides a classic example to give one of the best answers to this question. As I had to revisit this issue many times in the recent past, I ...

Short term training slots under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) scholarship scheme of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India have been announced. The ...

The “Clean Sri Lanka” project which will be the cornerstone of Government policy for the next five years will be a ‘people’s programme’ and not a ‘political programme’, an official overseeing the ...

A 15-year-old school boy had invented a sensory device to repel langur and macaque monkeys and other such pests. The device repels animals by emitting sounds and smells. The chemical released by the ...

Sri Lanka has no cause for concern regarding the current outbreak of the virus causing flu-like symptoms in China, health authorities have said, assuring that they are “vigilant” and “continuously” ...

The third International Interdisciplinary Studies Conference opened at the Eastern University, in Batticaloa on Friday. The conference is being organised by the Eastern University and Sri Sathya Sai ...

The Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, represented by the Department of Banking & Finance, Faculty of Business Studies & Finance, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CFA Society Sri Lanka ...