The Sri Lanka Defence Ministry has alerted the Immigration and Emigration Department that there would be possibilities that certain foreigners especially from Afghanistan may attempt to enter Sri Lanka using Visit Visas and seek political asylum in E

Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake yesterday alleged that a top opposition politician is behind the false news that is being circulated in social media involving him.

Claiming that people had not benefited by the emergency regulations, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday alleged that the Government had only increased the price of a kilo of sugar by Rs. 37 through the new gazette.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today that the Pfizer vaccine could be given to the schoolchildren of the relevant age groups as soon as the medical approval is received.

In the wake of a knife attack carried out at a supermarket in Auckland, New Zealand, by a man of Sri Lankan origin, the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry today said that more information has been sought from the New Zealand authorities over the incident.

A total of 202 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (02) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 9,806.

The 7,587 people who had died due to COVID epidemic up to today hadn’t received at least one dose of vaccine, which is 80.7% of all deaths, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Secretary Dr. Shenal Fernando said.

The UK’s vaccine advisory body has refused to give the green light to vaccinating healthy children aged 12-15 years old on health grounds alone.

Sri Lanka ranked first in the world as the country with the fastest vaccination drive for the past week.

Investigation revealed that a jailor at the Magazine Prison had given the mobile phone to former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen who is currently in remand custody at the Magazine Prison.

cThe validity period of all types of visas that being allowed currently for foreigners residing in Sri Lanka has been extended by 30 days, the Immigration and Emigration Department said.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) requested the Presidential Task force to administer COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 12 to 18 years before the re-opening of schools to prevent a catastrophic situation with the spread of COVID i

The Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) said today there was a malicious google form being circulated in the social media gathering information on children under 18 years of age for vaccination and HPB firmly warns people not to get caught in such scams.

In the wake of a knife attack at a supermarket in Auckland by a Sri Lankan national, the New Zealand High Commission in Colombo said that ‘New Zealand’s Sri Lankan community is, and will always be, an integral and treasured part of Kiwi society

The couple who that was arrested for making a pornography video filming near the Pahanthudawa waterfall in Belihuloya was released on police bail.

The National Movement for Consumer Rights Protection (NMCRP) requested people to refrain from buying Prima wheat flour to avoid increasing their product prices by Rs.12.

Notorious drug trafficker Amila Prasanna Hettihewa alias ’’Sunshine Sudda’’ was shot dead at Warakapitiya, Weligama in Matara, police said.

Senior lawyer and civil society activist Senaka Perera stated that he and a team of lawyers are ready at any time to provide necessary legal assistance to the couple who are currently being investigated by the police over a controversial pornographic

A death was reported and 908 people were affected due to gutsy winds and heavy rain prevalent in the country, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.

The present islandwide lockdown has been extended till September 13, Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.

Two Indian nationals were arrested this morning while attempting to smuggle a stockpile of drugs into the country, the customs media spokesman and Deputy Customs Director Sudatta Silva said.

The Prima Ceylon (Pvt) Limited has decided to increase the price of wheat flour by Rs. 12 with immediate effect.

The NIA investigation into the seizure of five AK47 rifles and 300kg of heroin from a Sri Lankan boat off the Kerala coast has revealed that agents from the island nation are operating on Indian soil facilitating drugs and arms trade.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said an ’Isis-inspried lone wolf’ who had caused the supermarket terror attack in Auckland was a Sri Lankan national who had arrived in New Zealand in 2011.

A young Tamil journalist based in Jaffna has died after contracting the coronavirus, hours after he tweeted saying he had been refused the Covid vaccine.

A future SJB government will make arrengements to import chemical fertilizer, SJB MP J. C. Alawathuwala said today.

Brigadier S.D Udayasena, the Director of Army Research Analysis, Projection and Development Branch has died due to COVID-19.

Sinopharm has confirmed to deliver four million doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Sri Lanka on September 4, which is the largest reception on a single day,the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said.

The National Research Council of Sri Lanka (NRC) requested the President to stop allowing tourists from the countries where the world’s deadliest COVID virus variant-C.1.2 is found, including South Africa, NRC Chairman Prof. Hemantha Dodampahala sa

While explaining the legal basis regarding the declaration of a state of emergency and specifically Emergency (Provision of Essential Food) Regulation, the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) observed that the State of Emergency should be in force o