Govt. considering opening of BIA before August 1: Minister
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The government is considering the reopening of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake prior to August 1,Tourism and Aviation Minister Prasanna...
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PM sworn-in as Social Empowerment Minister
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the Minister of Social Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development, the portfolio previously held...
Israel gets first Ethiopia-born minister, in Pnina Tamano-Shata
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Israel is set to get its first Ethiopia-born minister, with the nomination of a female MP brought there in a secret...
Coronavirus: Iran’s deputy health minister tests positive as outbreak worsens
(UTV|Coronavirus-Iran) – Iran’s deputy health minister and an MP have both tested positive for the new coronavirus, as it struggles to contain an outbreak that...
Yahya Jammeh faces arrest if he returns to Gambia – minister
(UTV|Banjul) – Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will be arrested if he attempts to return to the country, a minister has told the BBC. Justice...
Min. Ravi K. ordered to record statement with CID within two weeks
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Minister of Power & Energy Ravi Karunanayake has been ordered to provide a statement to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) within two weeks....
G7 summit: Iranian foreign minister attends unexpected talks
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Iran’s foreign minister made a brief and unannounced visit to the G7 summit in France on Sunday. Mohammad Javad Zarif attended side-line talks in...
Dress code of Muslim females will change under Police Act – Patali
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Minister of Megapolis and Western Development Patali Champika Ranawaka says that a law on the clothes and the face covering of Muslim females will be...
“I will contest the Presidential Election” – Sajith Premadasa
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs Minister Sajith Premadasa, for the first time, asserted that he would contest for the presidential election for...
“We Don’t Have a national industrial policy” – Minister Buddhika Pathirana
(UTV|COLOMBO) – State Minister Buddhika Pathirana says that Sri Lanka is a country which still does not have a national industrial policy and that only now...