The island-wide private bus strike has been called off after a successful discussion held today (08) between the State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal, State Minister for Money & Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms and private bus unions.

Education Minister G.L Peris assures the Government will be identifying and prioritizing the requirements in the education sphere of the Northern Province and will practically intervene to implement the necessary actions to uplift the province’s education.

MRIA excited to welcome Air Astana from Kazakhstan today as they operated their first flight (A 321, KC 565) arrived at 10.28 a.m. with 160 passengers on board. Air Astana is the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, based in Almaty. It operates scheduled, domestic and international services on 64 routes from its main hub, Almaty International Airport, and from its secondary hub, Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport.

Under the price stabilization program launched by the Trade Ministry, a media briefing was held Friday (05) at the Ministry on price stabilization of 27 essential consumer goods which will be sold only through Lanka Sathosa, cooperatives and Q-shops starting from today.