Director General of the department Anoja Senevirathne told journalists in Colombo that census officials will be visiting households across the country to collect vital data.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Sri Lanka on Friday for what will be the first high-level engagement between the two countries following the election of Mr Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the president of the island nation.
Left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen has picked Australia, India, England and Sri Lanka as the sides most capable of entering the knockouts of the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup, to be held in Dubai and Sharjah from October 3-20.
Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced late Thursday that his government has reinstated the previous visa issuance system, effective midnight.
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed a new Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday evening, with Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, lawmaker Vijitha Herath and himself taking on Cabinet portfolios.
Veteran wicketkeeper Matthew Wade (26 not out) handled the immense pressure of batting with the tail to secure victory with 13 balls to spare.
Amid the ongoing disastrous financial crisis with severe food, power and fuel shortages in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Tuesday that the UN has planned to provide humanitarian assistance of around $48 million over a four-month period to the island nation's food, agriculture and health sectors.
Sri Lanka has in recent times served as an illustration (and warning) of what can happen to a nation which goes overboard in pursuit of normative ideals while depending heavily on foreign debt to finance its development projects.
Clearing the diplomatic confusion over the halting of a Russian aeroplane carrying nearly 200 passengers on Thursday, Sri Lanka said on Friday that the government was not involved in grounding the Russian aircraft.
Sri Lankans have no time for work. About 62 per cent of Sri Lankan workers are daily wage earners. Properties of some members of Parliament have been destroyed by mobs.
