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The Department of Excise has announced that all liquor stores across the island will remain closed on May 30 and 31 in view of the 2026 Vesak Festival.Excise Commissioner General Premaratne Bandara confirmed the closure when contacted by Ada Derana for comment on the matter.Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government had announced that all meat shops, slaughterhouses, betting centres, casinos, and nightclubs will remain closed for three days in view of the 2026 National Vesak Festival.Accordingly, instructions have been issued to take the necessary measures to close all animal slaughterhouses and meat shops islandwide, suspend…

In a landmark moment for Sri Lanka’s corporate and leadership developmentlandscape, Dr. Nirmal De Silva — renowned corporate strategist, leadership coach,board director and entrepreneur — officially launched his book, The 15Organizational Realities, at a ceremony held at the Bandaranaike MemorialInternational Conference Hall (BMICH), Colombo. The event brought togetherapproximately 150 senior leaders drawn from the private and public sectors — manyof them representing the more than 250 organizations that Dr. De Silva has workedwith over the course of his fifteen-year consulting and leadership developmentcareer.A Book Built on Patterns, Not TheoryUnlike conventional business literature, The 15 Organizational Realities does notoffer frameworks or…

Multi Audio Visual Pvt Ltd, the authorised distributor for world renowned Allen &Heath products in Sri Lanka, recently conducted a successful Digital Audio TrainingProgramme at BMICH. The programme was aimed at enhancing technical expertiseand professional standards of the local audio-visual industry. This initiative saw agathering of event production companies, sound engineers, music professionals,technical personnel, and Allen & Heath users for a comprehensive learningexperience that focussed on advanced digital mixing technology.The subsidiaries of the Multi Group of Companies, Multi Audio Visual Pvt Ltd andMulti Electronics, continues to play a significant role in introducing globally reputedAV solutions to Sri Lanka. With over…

India has quarantined a woman from Uganda in the tech hub of Bengaluru for a suspected Ebola infection, a health ministry source said on Wednesday, in a case that would be the South Asian nation’s first since 2014, if confirmed.The news comes a day after Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said India had not reported any cases of the disease, which the World ⁠Health Organisation has declared a public health emergency of international concern.The 28-year-old Ugandan national developed mild body ache, but is otherwise healthy, while results are awaited from tests of samples taken from her, added the source, who…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said it has launched a special program aimed at educating and developing school cricket coaches in the country under the direction of the Cricket Transformation Committee.The inaugural session of the program was held on Monday (25), at the High Performance Center of the SLC with the participation of 74 coaches representing Division ‘1’ and ‘2’ schools, according to a statement issued by the SLC.The Head Coach of the Sri Lanka Men’s Team, Gary Kirsten, conducted a two-hour session for the participating coaches.During the session, Kirsten shared valuable insights into modern coaching methods and highlighted key areas…

The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar ordered that the case filed against former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundera be called on June 12.The two face charges, including criminal negligence of duty, for allegedly failing to prevent the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks despite prior intelligence warnings.The cases were taken up today before a three-judge High Court bench comprising Justices Priyantha Liyanage, Viraj Weerasuriya, and Thilakaratne Bandara, said Ada Derana reporter.The accused, former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former IGP Pujith Jayasundera, appeared before court during the hearing.Subsequently, the bench ordered the cases to…

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath says he was honoured to receive the traditional Māori “Pōwhiri” welcome at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand this morning.In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Minister noted that he was the first Sri Lankan Foreign Minister to be accorded this ceremonial welcome at the start of his official visit to the country.Vijitha Herath is currently undertaking an official visit to New Zealand and Australia from 26 May to 3 June 2026, at the invitation of the two governments.During the visit, Minister Herath will hold…

eMarketingEye (EME), a leading hospitality digital marketing agency, haslaunched Sri Lanka’s First AI Visibility Study for Hotels, offering groundbreakinginsights into how hotels in Sri Lanka appear across leading AI platforms (LLMs)such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity.The AI Visibility Study analysed how Sri Lankan hotels are represented in AI-generated responses across high-intent travel prompts and evaluatedfactors including brand mentions, recommendation frequency, citationvisibility, and competitive positioning in AI search environments.The analysis was conducted using AEYEPULSE, eMarketingEye’s proprietary AIVisibility Monitoring System. The platform evaluates brand visibility across AI-generated travel recommendations, conversational search prompts,citations, and category-specific discovery patterns across leading AIplatforms (LLMs).The study marks…

The south-west monsoon has established over the island, with prevailing showery condition over the south-western parts of the country expected to continue, according to the Department of Meteorology. Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts. Fairly heavy rainfalls of above 75 mm are likely at some places in these areas, the Met. Department said. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the Uva province and in Ampara and Batticaloa districts after 1.00 pm. Fairly strong winds about 30-40 kmph can be expected at times over Western…

Arrangements will be made to provide motorbikes for Public Health Midwives in the future, along with the implementation of the scheduled salary increase from January next year, the Minister of Health, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated.The Health Minister made these assurances at a certificate awarding ceremony held today (26) for 275 administrative Public Health Midwife trainees who successfully completed their training.The event was held at the auditorium of the new Outpatient Department complex of the Colombo National Hospital.The Health Minister said the government is working to stabilise the economy while ensuring that no additional burden is placed on the public, despite…