The low-pressure area southeast of Sri Lanka has intensified into a depression and is centered near latitude 5.9°N and longitude 82.6°E, 210km southeast of Batticaloa.
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that, with Cabinet approval based on the review of the public service recruitment process and the recommendations of the Carder Management Committee, graduates will be recruited to government vacancies through a structured process in the period ahead.
First-Ever Discussions on Introducing a Guaranteed Price for Maize
Sri Lankan audiences must have the opportunity to watch any film produced anywhere in the world – President
Clean Sri Lanka One-Day Shramadana Programme” on November 29
Navy-Led Clean-Up Operation on December 13–14
Due to heavy rainfall received in the upper and middle catchment areas of the Gal Oya Basin, storage of the Senanayake Samudraya Reservoir in Inginiyagala, Ampara is currently reaching the retention capacity of the reservoir.
As part of the Naval Social Responsibility (NSR) project of the Sri Lanka Navy, a new Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant installed at Nawagammanaya in Kudaweawa, Anuradhapura was declared open recently.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Philippines, together with the local distributors of Ceylon Tea premium brands Dilmah, Basilur, and George Steuarts, participated at the International Bazaar 2025 held recently at the World Trade Center Metro Manila (WTCMM) in the Philippines.
The low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal was located south of Sri Lanka at around last midnight (November 25). It is likely to intensify into a depression during the next 30 hours.
The T20 World Cup is set to be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka in 2026. This event is anticipated to yield numerous advantages, such as enhancing the country's international reputation and increasing the arrival of foreign tourists.
A residential training workshop for trainers, aimed at establishing district-level training pools to raise awareness among local officials and other stakeholders about the ‘Praja Shakthi’ National Movement for Poverty Eradication, is being held today (25) and tomorrow (26) at the Management Development Training Unit, Eastern Province.
A discussion aimed at formulating a structured plan to resolve the issues faced by paddy farmers was held this morning (25) at the Presidential Secretariat. The meeting was chaired by Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, K.D. Lalkantha and Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Wasantha Samarasinghe.
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that special attention must be directed towards ensuring the quality and safety of early childhood education for children in a critical age group and further emphasized the need to establish a systematic programme aligned with the National Early Childhood Development Curriculum Framework, to be implemented through government-registered Early Childhood Development Centres staffed with properly trained teachers.
