According to reports, some 384,763 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 yesterday, making the highest number of vaccines administered in a single day, the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said.

About 270 Community Vaccination Centres manned by tri-forces and health authorities are currently operational countrywide as of today, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

The Wakfs Council of Sri Lanka has decided not to permit slaughtering of Qurbani animals within any Mosque premises, the Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Department said.

Ten men have sexually exploited a 13-year-old girl from Nawalapitiya and the police arrested four of them including the girl’s father on Tuesday, Police Spokesman SDIG Ajith Rohana said.

The tourism sector in Sri Lanka got a boost last evening following a webinar hosted by Daily Mirror yesterday, where proposals and concerns of the industry were raised and discussed.

It is doubtful whether there is any public concern about the coronavirus. However, the risk of the virus spread is gradually increasing, the Government Medical Officers’ Association said.

Approximately 3,000 road accidents take place daily, is similar to people losing lives due to terrorist activities, Police Spokesman and Senior DIG Ajith Rohana said.

Thirty six percent of the total population above 30 years of age in Sri Lanka has been administered with at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) Director Ranjith Batuwanthudawa said.

Wildlife and Forest Conservation Minister C. B. Ratnayake denied the statement made by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa on the attempt to take away 12,000 acres from the Yala National Park.

Mount Lavinia District Court has issued an Enjoining Order preventing the wife from collecting data, documents, text messages or any other information stored on her husband’s computer using any other surveillance devices.

The general public above 30 years of age in the Western Province (WP) are able to get the first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine at the Vihara Maha Devi Park open theatre in Colombo from Thursday (15), National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-1

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed seven Additional Solicitor Generals of the Attorney General’s Department as President’s Counsels.

Some people have shown reluctance to obtain the Chinese manufactured Sinopharm vaccine as it may hamper their plans to travel to certain countries.

Sri Lanka cricketer Dinesh Chandimal has written to Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Committee Aravinda De Silva requesting a meeting to discuss his future with Sri Lanka cricket.

The meeting between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and officials from the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) along with the Cricket Committee scheduled to be held today has been postponed, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Namal Rajapaksa said.

There is no any other alternative and satisfactory way other than the school classroom environment for children to continue with their studies, Education Minister G. L. Peiris said.

While ensuring equal educational rights of all schoolchildren in the country and instead of online teaching practices, a home-based learning programme leading to self-learning will be implemented in the education system from August 1, the National In

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has received his COVID-19 vaccine today.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, today alleged that the government was planning to take away 12,000 acres from the Yala National Park, block one for unknown purposes.

A Buddhist monk today filed a Habeas Corpus petition in the Court of Appeal seeking an interim order directing authorities to produce Media Secretary of National Bhikkhu Front Ven. Koswatte Mahanama Thera before Court forthwith.

UNP MP and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for a debate on what he called a major foreign exchange crisis that the country is facing at the moment.

The Environment Ministry has made the use of biodegradable lunch sheets compulsory from August 1, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

The Attorney General today gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court that Parliamentarian Harin Fernando will not be arrested until September 1 this year, in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks.

A railway guard came under physical assault by two young men after they were asked to wear face masks before boarding the train at the Dehiwala Railway Station yesterday, Police spokesman SDIG Ajith Rohana said.

Three men impersonating themselves as policemen were arrested in Wattala in connection with abductions, robberies and snatch theft cases along with handcuffs.

X-press Feeders, operators of the container ship ‘X-press Pearl’, through the vessel owner’s P&I insurers, have made an initial payment of US$3.6 million to the Sri Lankan government to help compensate those affected by the consequences of the

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa together with SJB MPS hold placards at the protest march held at Kadawatha yesterday.

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday called on the Government to withdraw the moves to sell Kerawalapitiya Yugadhanavi Power Plant to an American Company claiming that it would pose a threat to national security and national economy.

In the wake of a couple of incidents where those who were engaged in recent protests were directed for quarantine, following orders given by the Director-general of Health Services to ban all public gatherings and protests, the Public Health Inspecto

A relief package will be introduced for bus owners in the future for all those who are unable to pay their lease instalments, Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama said.