Visa fees will not be charged from foreigners under 12 years of age and from transit passengers disclosed the Cabinet. Accordingly on a proposal by President Mahinda Rajapaksa as Minister of Defence and Urban Development cabinet has decided to provide exemption for children under 12 years of age and for transit passengers who stay in [...]

Despite concerns about Sri Lanka’s human rights record and Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s threats to boycott a major Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Colombo next year if it doesn’t shape up, the Foreign Affairs department is planning to spend 11 million Canadian dollars updating the Canadian high commission in Colombo. The design work for the new [...]

A man has been sentenced to death by a court in Tehran due to spying for the CIA, where he is an American man of Iranian descent. Amir Mirzai Hekmati was “sentenced to death for co-operating with a hostile nation, membership of the CIA and trying to implicate Iran in terrorism,” semi-official Fars news agency [...]

Applications for re-correction of exam papers of the G.C.E Advanced Level Examination will be accepted from December 29 till January 09, 2012 declared The Department of Examinations.

The External Affairs Ministry stated,Mohamed Nasheed President of Maldives will be arriving the island today inorder to participate as the chief guest of an Army passing out parade. President Nasheed is expected to attend the ceremonial passing out parade (PoP) of Officer Cadets who have successfully completed their training at Diyatalawa Sri Lanka Military Academy. [...]

Two young children, who went missing in UK, have been found safe and well. Ports and airports were alerted on Thursday due to the breaking of a court order by taking the youngsters from a supervised visit by Sri Lankan nationals Mohammed Fayzed and Shikiri Wahab. A nine-year-old girl called Afra, and her brother Ahmed, [...]