Health workers stand in a line with one metre apart from each other to cast their ballots during postal voting.

Following the detection of fresh Covid-19 patients from Kandakadu and Senapura rehabilitation centres, Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr. Anil Jasinghe yesterday pleaded with the public not to panic as the situation has be

According to the gazette notification issued on January 09, the Commission is only empowered to investigate complaints made by public servants

The OIC of the Ampara Police Transport Division was arrested in Ampara in connection with an investigation into the East

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman Professor G.L. Peiris yesterday said those who are afraid of facing the electi

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Alaina B. Teplitz handed over a donation of rescue boat engines and other life-saving equipment to Asanka Nanayakkara, President of Sri Lanka Life-Saving Association, to contribute to Sri Lanka’s efforts to i

Power, Energy and Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has become an unexpected victim of the cell phone jamm

The station master had been associated with an instructor of the Kandakadu rehabilitation centre who had contracted the Corona Virus

Two close associates of underworld figure ‘Angoda Lokka’ have been arrested with heroin during a raid at Udumulla in Mulle

Medical staff who have been assigned for election duty, cast their votes by post yesterday (13) at 327 MOH offices,

The Presidential Committee appointed to review the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLFTA) signed by the previous ‘Yahapalana’ government, is further studying its content, the Attorney General (AG) informed the Supre

Not granting leave to employees to exercise their franchise at the upcoming election was an offense that could be prosecuted in the Magistrate Court and punished, the National Elections Commission said yesterday. “Any e

Should adopt more value adding methods

The Election Commission is closely monitoring the situation after the discovery of a fresh bout of COVID-19 patients in the countr

I myself and the WHO warned of a second wave of COVID-19 and so did the GMOA

With the finding of 57 persons positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, Dr Sudath Samaraweera of the Epidemiology Unit said that this latest discovery was made while investigating the historical records of the affected person found in Welikada.

The Election Commission should have a dialogue with the health authorities immediately and decide on holding the general election given the present situation with regard to spreading of COVID-19, UNP Deputy General Secretary Ruwan Wij

In view of the current situation, SLPP organiser Basil Rajapaksa had instructed to suspend the upcoming SLPP election rallies to be attended by President and the Prime Minister.

Around 35 persons who have been brought back from Kandakadu rehabilitation centre to Colombo has been sent back to the

Three police officers have been interdicted yesterday in connection with the shooting incident in Moratuwa where a fisherm

As many as 477 COVID -19 patients were reported from the Drug Rehabilitation Centre in Kandakadu alone, and 600 person

All the government schools will be closed from today (July 13) until July 17, the Education Ministry said yesterday.

In the wake of new Covid-19 cases being reported from the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday reiterated the health authorities to increase the number of PCR

Six suspects including the former Deputy General Manager of Gampaha District Sanasa Society have been arrested over a fin

Postal voting for the general election has been postponed in the Rajanganaya divisional secretariat while in all other districts it will go ahead as scheduled today amidst a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases due to the Kandak

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched a special investigation into allegations that several Special Task Force (STF) officers were closely associating with narcotics officers arrested in connection with the sale of h

Army Commander rejects false reports of areas under lock-down

Even though there is no community transmission, the threat exists

Some members of the ‘Ape Jana Bala Pakshaya’, led by former MP the Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera yesterday compla

The lorry driver was arrested while the trishaw driver was admitted to hospital