A three-member panel has been appointed to conduct the second postmortem of the death of a 16 year old girl who was a domestic servant at the former minister Rishad Bathiudeen’s residence, Police Spokesman SDIG Ajith Rohana said.

A stock of 728,460 doses of the much-awaited AstraZeneca vaccines will arrive in Sri Lanka this Saturday (31), State Minister Channa Jayasumana said.

The Fundamental Rights petitions filed by Bathiudeen brothers seeking an order to release them forthwith from the custody of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) were today fixed for August 25 by Supreme Court.

Despite the dependency on oxygen over COVID-19 patients has fairly gone up, there is no shortage of Oxygen required to provide treatment for COVID patients in the country, the Health Ministry said.

The Government Nursing Officers’ Association (GNOA) today called on the authorities to shut down the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Kotelawala Defence University Hospital that was dedicated to treat Covid patients, claiming that it was a breeding

SJB MP Harin Fernando today challenged Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekera for a public debate on the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves have declined to $3 billion from $4 billion with the recent settling of a loan instalment of $1 billion, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said today.

Daily COVID-19 virus cases in Tokyo topped 3,000 for the first time on Wednesday, as several neighbouring regions weighed emergency restrictions to tackle a surge in infections.

The Attorney General today informed the Supreme Court that several amendments will be brought to the proposed Finance Bill and the final version of the bill will be presented in court tomorrow.

The world’s largest star sapphire cluster which was found in a backyard in Pelmadulla is expected to be sold at a gem auction in China in November, the Daily Mirror learns.

Action must be taken against the state ministers who had travelled to Japan to watch the Olympic Games for violating MP’s Code of Ethics, the Opposition said today.

Australia’s biggest city, Sydney, extended a lockdown by four weeks on Wednesday after an already protracted stay-at-home order failed to douse a COVID-19 outbreak, with authorities warning of tougher policing to stamp out non-compliance.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harin Fernando arrived at the CID to record a statement a short while ago over the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

A Sri Lankan man from Jaffna who is currently residing in the UK has demanded Rs 1.7 million in ransom from a woman from Slave Island after threatening to release her photographs on social media.

Sri Lanka will receive another four million doses of Sinopharm vaccines, purchased from the Chinese manufacturer in the first week of August, the Sri Lankan Embassy in China said.

A Colombo-bound vessel carrying export containers has been kept impounded at the Chattogram port’s outer anchorage in Bangladesh for the last eight days by Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) following a High Court order.

All eight close contacts of Indian all-rounder Krunal Pandya who were isolated after Pandya was tested positive for COVID-19, have tested ’’negative’’ in the RT-PCR tests and will be available for the postponed game which is to be held today.

An expert of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Delta variant of Covid-19 is more transmissible and results in more hospitalisation, but it is not more fatal than others.

While claiming that the authorities have failed to resolve their issues, Government Nursing Officers’ Association President Saman Rathnapriya yesterday said they would stage a protest campaign outside nearly 100 main Hospitals today between 12 p.m.

The Supreme Court yesterday re-fixed for today (28), the hearing into several Special Determination (SD) petitions filed challenging the constitutionality of the Finance Bill.

A Sri Lankan worker at a plastic manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea died in an industrial accident,the Korea Times reported.

SJB MP Harin Fernando has been asked to be present at the CID tomorrow to record a statement on the information he had come out with regard to the Easter Sunday attacks in Parliament earlier.

Cabinet spokesman, Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that a probe will be initiated on the alleged visit to Japan by State Ministers Thenuka Widanagamage, D.V.Chanaka and Roshan Ranasinghe, to witness the Olympic games.

A total of 48 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (26) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 4,195.

Announced early this morning, the 2021 Booker Prize longlist includes the book ‘A Passage North’ by Sri Lankan author Anuk Arudpragasam.

As an internal audit has begun on the alleged demand of money by some of the staff members attached to Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) to provide COVID 19 vaccines to city dwellers, the opposition members of the council today called for the expediti

Antibodies triggered by Sinovac Biotech’s (SVA.O) COVID-19 vaccine declined below a key threshold from around six months after a second dose for most recipients, although a third shot had a strong booster effect, according to a lab study.

The second T20I between Sri Lanka and India, which was initially scheduled to be played today (27) has been postponed to tomorrow (28)after India allrounder Krunal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the game, the Sri Lanka Cricket said.

Minister Prasanna Ranatunga today said the Tourism Ministry together with the Ministry of External Affairs was working on removing the travel restrictions imposed on the entry of tourists to Sri Lanka.

Due to the failure of the discussions held with the Education Minister, the teachers and principals trade unions have decided to continue with their strike action, Ceylon’s Teachers’ Services Unions (CTSU) General Secretary Mahinda Jayasinghe sai