Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that Piriven education must be strengthened to ensure the revitalization of the Buddha Sasana in the face of challenges emerging from broader social transformation, and that reforms to Piriven education should be undertaken with a clear understanding that Piriven institutions and schools serve distinct purposes.
The Ministry of Health and Mass Media has appointed new directors to 17 hospitals and health institutions, including Castle Street Hospital for Women, De Soysa Hospital for Women, Mahamodara Teaching Hospital, the National Eye Hospital, and Matara General Hospital.
Sri Lanka has welcomed the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which establishes an immediate ceasefire between the two countries.
A programme to provide educational equipment to selected university students was held yesterday morning (18) at the Head Office of the President’s Fund.
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) has announced that water supply to several areas will be suspended until 8.00 a.m. tomorrow due to an emergency breakdown in a main water transmission pipeline near the Kadawatha section of the Central Expressway.
Sri Lanka’s economy recorded a 5.1% growth rate in the first quarter of 2026, marking the highest first-quarter economic growth since 2021, according to Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Planning, Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando.
A discussion on the modernisation initiatives required within Sri Lanka Customs and measures to encourage exporters in support of implementing the National Export Development Plan (NEDP) 2026–2030 was held this morning (17) at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.
It has been identified that 126 school hostel buildings within the island's school system are in a dilapidated condition and that maintenance activities have not been carried out adequately. As a result, education and living conditions of the students have been negatively affected.
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The renovated Biomedical Engineering Services (BES) Centre of the Ministry of Health and Mass Media was officially handed over to the Ministry yesterday (16), alongside the distribution of engineering tools and medical equipment to provincial Biomedical Engineering Service Units.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), launched the ‘LankaKonect’ Complaint Management Mobile Application yesterday (15) to mark International Domestic Workers' Day
Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts.
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