President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has responded positively to a request made by former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to call for an all party meeting when the two leaders met today, an official statement from the UNP said.

Taking into account the rapid spread of Covid-19 in Gampaha town, the Gampaha Lawyers’ Association has taken a unanimous decision not to attend court proceedings until August 23.

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 in UAE and Oman will get underway from 17 October, with the final to be played in Dubai on 14 November.

A special gazette notification signed by the President has been issued with regard to institutional and legal framework of the Development Coordination and Supervision Ministry of Minister Namal Rajapaksa.

Necessary steps will be taken to resolve the trade union action initiated by the teachers through discussions, new Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said.

The Court of Appeal in its recent judgment held that an accused who made a confession to a police officer would be inadmissible and no confession made to a police officer should be proved as against a person accused of any offence.

The Marine Drive extension project from Wellawatte to Dehiwala is nearing completion and it will be open for traffic later this year, Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando said yesterday.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said prioritisation of national economic development in line with the neo-liberal model at the cost of human lives would not bode well for Sri Lanka.

The hiccups and shortcomings that occurred in calculations related COVID-19 figures are being addressed and rectified and once it is done, the death rate will slow down, Health Promotion Bureau Director Dr. Ranjith Batuwanthudawa said.

A total of 167 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (15) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 6,263.

Former Health Minister  Pavithra Wanniarachchi who was appointed as the Minister of Transport today morning said that she was removed from the Ministry of Health at an unexpected moment.

Claiming that the curfew imposed in the night is not effective in restricting people’s movement, Government Nursing Officers’ Association (GNOA) President Saman Rathnapriya today said Trade Unions of the Health sector would take to the street for

The Committee on Parliamentary Business has decided to restrict this week’s Parliamentary sittings only for tomorrow (17), Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake said.

Sri Lanka Navy vessel ’’Shakthi’’ to set sail to Chennai in India today to freight Oxygen from India to Sri Lanka, the Navy said.

The Hong Kong government announced today tighter quarantine arrangements for people arriving in Hong Kong from 16 countries, including the Sri Lanka, citing the threat from the more infectious Delta novel coronavirus variant.

Former MP Mangala Samaraweera is presently under intensive care after he was hospitalized with the COVID-19 virus.

While saying he is privileged and honoured to be appointed as the Health Minister of Sri Lanka, Keheliya Rambukwella said it is imperative that the collective social responsibility of all citizens will be needed to defeat the COVID-19 challenge.

The brother-in-law of former minister Rishad Bathiudeen who was arrested in connection with an alleged sexual abuse on a woman who worked at Rishad Bathiudeen’s residence in 2016, has been released on bail by Colombo Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala.

Veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has shared on Instagram and Twitter a video of his dance sequence from his iconic film ‘Kaalia’ with the Sri Lankan track “Manike Mage Hithe”.

Senior Superintendent of Police Nihal Thalduwa has been appointed as the new Police Media Spokesman with immediate effect.

Sri Lanka Batsman and former captain Kusal Janith Perera has tested positive for COVID-19.

Seven Ministers were handed new portfolios today in a cabinet reshuffle which got underway at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago.

A cabinet reshuffle will take place in a short while, government sources told Daily Mirror.

The Foreign Ministry said that it was currently in the process of working with international partners to facilitate the return of Sri Lankan nationals in Afghanistan, if they wish to return.

Another batch of 100,000 doses of ’’Pfizer’’ vaccine manufactured in the US,was brought to the country this morning, the Airport Duty Manager said.

However, apart from pointing the finger at the current domestic structure which as many say decide who is taking office, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has come under very little criticism given how things stood perhaps ten years ago. So, has cricket in Sri

The health guidelines issued so far by the Director-general of Health Services are to be gazetted, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said.

Majority of bodies of COVID victims cremated in cemeteries within the Colombo City are of those who reside outside the city, Chief Medical Officer Colombo (CMC) Dr. Ruwan Wijayamuni said yesterday.

The Taliban insists it had no links with the LTTE before or after the defeat of the rebels.

Sri Lanka’s death toll from the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus is fast rising with an average of 32 deaths reported per million by August 13, which is very high for a country with a 21 million population, health experts warned yesterday.