A policy decision has been taken at the cabinet meeting to make the country’s electricity generation completely carbon depleted by the year 2050, Cabinet media spokesman and media Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said.

Claiming that the Covid mortality and infections have reduced during the lockdown period, State Minister Sudarshani Fernadopulle said today that the Government will take steps to reopen the country after next Monday.

The arrangements are being made to take up Mention Matters electronically as Digital Hearings commencing from 24th of September 2021, the Supreme Court announced today.

Rejecting reports claiming exporting sand from Sri Lanka to create an island in the Maldives, the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) said according to the existing local Mineral Policy, the Bureau did not issue permits to export sand or any ot

Moneragala High Court Judge Ranga Dissanayake delivered a landmark judgment on September 13, 2021 disqualifying a candidate convicted of bribing voters, a statement from People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections(PAFFREL) said.

Due to the extension of the existing quarantine curfew, the postal department has decided to open all post and sub post offices in the country only four days per week.

The Government today defended the visit to Italy undertaken by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the UN visit scheduled to be undertaken by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa despite the economic crisis in the country.

The gas companies have made fresh requests from the government to increase the price of a domestic gas cylinder, Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna said.

A man who may have unknowingly helped funnel money to terrorists behind the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka has been granted refugee status in New Zealand.

UNP Chairman Vajira Abeywardene yesterday said leader of his party Ranil Wickremesinghe had requested for Chinese assistance to fight the COVID- 19 pandemic.

The Colombo High Court Trial-at-bar has fixed for October 4, to hear the cases filed against 25 accused including Naufer Moulavi in connection with the Easter Sunday Terrorist attacks.

The Attorney General yesterday informed Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court that deletion of the computer database of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) could be an act of drug smugglers.

The 100 percent cash deposit for importation of items such as computers and mobile phones should be reversed as they are essential for school Children, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

Claiming that some people who recover from Covid-19 could experience post-covid symptoms such as cough, breathing difficulties and chest pain even after two weeks of recovery, a medical specialist said yesterday such people should seek medical advice

The Government should at least now pay heed to the recommendations and guidance of medical experts and specialists in the effort to combat the Covid pandemic, as the only way forward in economic and social aspects was to get rid of the pandemic as so

The COVID vaccination rollout for school children should be conducted under the direct supervision of Pediatricians and Physiotherapists and within the hospital premieres, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today said.

Former State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal has been appointed as the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka by the President with effect from September 15, Presidential Media Division said.

A total of 135 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (12) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 11,431.

Despite a slight decrease in the number of COVID-19 infections and fatalities, the Health Ministry said the situation is not yet favourable to embrace normalcy.

The responsibility for the breakdown of patient care services at the Narahenpita Army Hospital should be borne by the relevant military officers and the Health Ministry officials who were involved in removing the doctors, the Government Medical Offic

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, in her oral update on Sri Lanka, said the emergency regulations enforced in Sri Lanka in recent times with the stated objective of ensuring food security and price controls, are very broad and

The Public Health Inspectors Union (PHIU) today underlined several issues that they have observed in administering vaccines as protection against COVID-19, especially to 20-29 age group.

Rs. 200 million has been allocated by the treasury for the conservation projects of the total river network in the country, the Environment Ministry said.

While saying that there is hesitancy among some individuals to get COVID vaccines due to needle phobia, State Minister Channa Jayasumana said today the vaccination programme for the people above 30 years of age would be expected to complete before th

The office of the Provincial Council and Local Government Affairs has decided to provide more than Rs.12 million in expenses for operating and maintaining the crematoria that are coming under the purview of the Provincial Council, the State Ministry

Parliamentarian Ajith Nivard Cabraal, National List Member of Parliament for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has informed Parliament Secretary General Dhammika Dasanayake in writing today (13) that he will resign from his post as a Member of P

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) is to appoint Jayantha Ketagoda as the National List MP to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said.

A State Minister along with a group of his friends, all who were under the influence of alcohol had reportedly entered the Welikada Prison by force to visit the prison and gallows.

Steps will be taken in the future to provide one dose of another vaccine approved by the Kuwaiti government as the third dose for the Sri Lankan workers who will be travelling to Kuwait for employment, the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB)

Another batch of 76,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine reached the country this morning brought by Qatar Airways.