Nearly eighty private universities and higher education colleges are operating in the country.
Lanka information has been added to its website.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe met President of Singapore Halimah Yacob at the Istana yesterday, during his two-day official visit to Singapore.

Sri Lanka’s once thriving luxury condominium business is now facing an unprecedented crunch this year with no new projects coming up in the next three months after the completion of the construction work of about 3,000-4000 housing units at present , several leading developers cautioned.

The Department of Trade and Investment Policy under the Finance Ministry has informed that the suspension of the import of vehicles for public sector employees on concessionary terms is still effective and therefore would apply to the diplomatic service as well.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe left the country this morning (21) for a two-day official visit to Singapore, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported.

The Indian budget carrier SpiceJet will commence flight services between Madurai in India and Colombo from (Aug 20).yesterday.

A pricing formula is to be introduced and will likely take effect from December, Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Jeevan Thondaman said.

At least 300,000 Sri Lankans will leave their crisis-hit country for overseas jobs this year, with most of them choosing to work in Gulf countries, the Bureau of Foreign Employment said

The learning crisis in Sri Lanka has affected vulnerable children the most, including younger children in primary grades and those in plantation estates in the country, UNICEF said today.