A common opposition alliance will be in place next year as there will be a political turnaround, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full COVID-19 lockdown, it said on Friday as neighbouring Germany warned it may follow suit, sending shivers through financial markets worried about the economic fallout.

US Vice President Kamala Harris will be in charge of the country for a brief period on Friday morning when President Joe Biden goes under anesthesia for a colonoscopy being conducted as part of his annual physical.

There was no illegal arrest of intelligence officers at the Millennium City, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament today.

Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka for Southern India Dr. D. Venkateshwaran, paid a courtesy call on Governor of Tamil Nadu  R. N. Ravi, at the Raj Bhavan and discussed building up goodwill and increased connectivity between Sri Lanka and Tamil N

The fully vaccinated immunocompromised and highly vulnerable comorbid individuals to get Pfizer as their third dose from tomorrow (20), the Health Ministry said.

Virology expert Parliamentarian Prof. Tissa Vitharana today requested the Government to reduce importing Pfizer vaccine and focus more on other vaccines saying that Pfizer vaccine could be harmful to people.

More than 800,000 gas cylinders will be released into the market this week to meet the heavy demand for gas, Sales and Marketing/Corporate Affairs of Litro Gas Lanka Ltd. Director Janaka Pathirathna said.

The approval for final decision with regards to closure of a school due to a COVID related issue, should be obtained from Director General of Health Services.

Vistara Airlines resumed its flight operations to Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) from New Delhi today after temporarily halting its services due to the global COVID pandemic, Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited Mark

Claiming that the previous Government intentionally and tactfully postponed the Provincial Council election, Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris said today the Government was trying its best to pass new laws required to conduct PC polls soon.

An engineer today filed a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court challenging the legality of the incumbent Cabinet as it has reached its threshold of 30 cabinet of Ministers, as mandated in Article 47 (1)(a) of the Constitution.

While asserting that no injustice has been done to the consumers due to the removal of control price on essential commodities, Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna said today that the prices of several items have come down after the removal of price contro

Another sub lineage of Delta variant has been detected in Sri Lanka, Director of the Department of Immunology & Molecular Medicine at Sri Jayewardenepura Dr. Chandima Jeewandara said today.

While saying that the Government has done its best having taken steps to combat COVID-19, Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said it is the people who should do the rest

Minister of Tourism Prasanna Ranatunge today requested that all SJB MPs be subject to PCR tests to ensure safety of other MPs in the House.

Parliament is to felicitate singer Yohani De Silva who had won international fame for her song ’Meneki mage hithe’ recently.

The government has decided to extend the Rs. 10,000 nutrition package provided for 10 months to 24 months to improve the nutritional status of pregnant mothers in our country, the Environment Minister said.

The government provides money to every public representative to serve the public, but it is not used to build at least culverts, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

The Special Task Force of Police (STF) has arrested a wanted criminal known as ’ Army Amila’, an accomplice of leading organized criminal ’Kalu Sagara’ who is currently operating from overseas.

The written examination for obtaining driving licenses is to be conducted by the Examinations Department soon, the Motor Traffic Department (DMT) said.

The National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) urged the complete ban on pocket size quarter liquor bottles, saying a growing public opinion points out the item is causing major health and environmental hazards.

The showery condition is expected to subside and a depression centered in the north-east of Sri Lanka at the Bay of Bengal is moving northwestwards and will reach southern part of Andhra Pradesh and the adjoining Northern areas of Tamil Nadu coasts t

If people do not adhere to health guidelines during this long weekend, we would have to take the country to another lockdown during the upcoming Christmas season, Public Health Inspectors (PHI) Union President Upul Rohana said.

Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminal Ltd (CPSTL) Chairman M. Uvais Mohamed requested motorists not to panic to fill their vehicle tanks by waiting in long queues at filling stations.

COVID clusters have been identified in five districts in the country, Director General of Health Services Dr Asela Gunawardena said.

Former Army Commander General Mahesh Senanayake has been inducted into the United States Army Command and General Staff College International Hall of Fame.

Sri Lanka’s crippled tourism sector that is struggling to stay afloat is “very disappointed” in the statement made by Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and feels “hammered down” by the government especially at a time when some stimulus is ne

The longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years will take place on the daytime of November 19, Colombo University Physics Department Professor Chandana Jayaratne said.

Some forty-five Indian workers at a cement factory that is under construction in the Hambantota Investment Zone have been diagnosed with coronavirus, the Southern Provincial Health Services Office Director said.