Construction work on damaged 3Km stretch between Aluthwala and Gonapinuwala on the Elpitiya - Galle main bus route, ignored by the authorities for the last several years, recommenced with funds from the central government.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid his last respects to late politician S.D. Bandaranayake who was a founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party today.

SriLankan Airlines, the newest member of oneworld alliance, is set to begin offering new codeshares with fellow oneworld member Finnair, a reciprocal arrangement that deepens both airlines’ networks and helps boost travel and tourism between the Nordic countries and Sri Lanka.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be in China this week for the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).