President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today advised the medical sector to administer the second dose of Sinopharm vaccine after a month (June 8) at the same location where the people received their first jabs on May 8.

Employees who engage in essential services during the period of travel restrictions, required to possess a letter or any other document from their head of the institutions in addition to their service ID calling for their service to travel trough che

While saying that the fishing activities in the adjoining sea areas where the X-Press Pearl vessel caught fire had been suspended since last Sunday (23), Kanchana Wijesekara, State Minister of Ornamental Fish, Inland Fish & Prawn Farming, Fishery Har

Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) is hoping to have an interim claim from the relevant companies to which the X-Press Pearl ship belongs, to cover the damages, MEPA Chairperson Dharshani Lahandapura said.

The vaccination rollout will commence in the Jaffna and Rathnapura districts as well in near future, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said

The Government has decided to give Rs. 5000 allowancqe to a selected group of people affected due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, State Minister Shehan Semasinghe said.

Moratuwa Mayor Samanlal Fernando who was arrested this morning for allegedly threatening a female doctor and obstructing duties of officials, has been remanded till June 11 by the Moratuwa Magistrate today

Due to abundant rainfall in the hydro catchment areas, including mini-hydro plants during the past few days to generate 200 million units of electricity, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has decided to stop operating all diesel powerplants, CEB Cha

While refuting claims made by the opposition, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane said neither the Prime Minister nor the Opposition Leader had made any written request to postpone Parliamentary sessions during the previous week.

The ongoing travel restrictions will continue until June 7 and will not be relaxed on May 31st and June 4, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said

The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Saroja Sirisena and Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle recently discussed the possibility of a friendly cricket match between the Parliament members of the two countries.

No restrictions were made to operate courier services in the country which is categorised under the essential services, despite travel restrictions, Special COVID-19 Committee member MP Madhura Withanage said.

In a special communiqué, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa stressed for an independent probe to determine as to who had granted permission to the ship to enter Sri Lankan waters and into the vicinity of Colombo Port, whether the crew members inform

Moratuwa Mayor Samanlal Fernando has been arrested after he surrendered to the Mount Lavinia Police this morning for allegedly threatening a female doctor and obstructing duties of officials

A total of 829 suspects have been arrested in connection with the violation of quarantine rules and regulations during the last 24-hours, recording the highest number of arrests made since October 30, last year.

The COVID-19 taskforce will meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at 11 am today to discuss the present situation in the country and when it is advisable for travel restrictions to be lifted, the Daily Mirror learns.

The fire on the ship MV X-Press Pearl has had a serious impact on the environment with debris now spread between Negombo and Moratuwa.

A consignment 50,000 Russian-made Sputnik-V vaccine vials reached the Katunayake International Airport last night.

Twenty seven more individuals died of the COVID-19 virus surging the death toll to 1,325, the Government Information Department said.

A special meeting will be held tomorrow morning between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and members of the COVID-19 committee to asses the ongoing travel restrictions and whether the restriction will be relaxed on May 31, a senior official told Daily Mi

A total of 2,572 new Covid-19 patients were reported today bringing the total number of cases in the country to 174,849, the Government Information Department said.

While saying that many plastic materials are seen scattered along the beach with the debris received from the X-Press Pearl ship , Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) Chairperson Dharshani Lahandapura said there is a possible threat on peo

An Extraordinary Gazette has been issued declaring several services as essential services considering the current COVID-19 situation in the country.

A Special Women Corps Quick Reaction Rider Team had been formed to operate in an emergency situation and to assist COVID-19 prevention work and controlling process.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed the relevant officials to take actions to provide organic fertilizer required for the ’Maha’ Season to farmers without any shortage.

While saying that deaths of marine species could be expected as the debris, containing chemicals has mixed with the sea water, the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) said they had taken steps to stop fishing in the adjo

X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship ’X-Press Pearl’ has refuted reports that the vessel was denied entry into Hazira Port in India and Hamad Port in Qatar.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane has placed his signature today (27) validating the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill which was passed in Parliament on May 20, 2021.

AstraZeneca has informed Sri Lanka’s State Pharmaceutical Corporation not to purchase the AstraZeneca vaccines from any private trader or company as these vaccines are likely to be counterfeit and should be refused and reported to the relevant auth

The Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) today lodged a complaint to the Colombo harbour police to take legal action against the Captain of the X-Press Pearl ship, which caught fire near the Colombo Harbor and its parent company over the en