Ceremony of awarding cheques for Samurdhi Housing Lottery winners was held at Temple Trees under the patronage of Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Those who did not give their slightest support for the battle against eradicating drug menace during last four and half years are now trying to vilify me in the face of tough action now taken against drug kingpins, President Maithripala Sirisena said.

The salary increment and other allowances for public servants proposed by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera in his budget 2019 is effective from today (July 01).

The government is keen to alleviate the anxieties and concerns of the people.

The island-wide National Drug Prevention Week under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena coinciding with the “International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking”

Today marks the 5^th day of the island-wide National Drugs Prevention Week launched under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena in parallel to the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

President Maithripala Sirisena met with the Ambassadors and High Commissioners of Muslim countries holding the membership of the Organization of Islam Countries (OIC) to discuss about the current security situation in the country at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (June 26).

People injured by the Easter Sunday bombings who cannot be properly treated locally will be sent abroad for treatment at state expense,

The National Drug Prevention Week from started on June 19 will continue until July 01.

The National Drugs Prevention Week has been declared from today in line with the International Day against Illicit Trafficking And Drug Abuse, that falls on Wednesday,

At a splendid ceremony held at the main parade ground of the Naval and Maritime Academy in Trincomalee yesterday (22),