Around 375,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines out of 500,000 donated by China have been retained to administer the second dose, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

There is a cumulative growth of the number of consumers who have been affected by power breakdowns within last two days due to the adverse weather conditions prevailed in the country, The Power Ministry said.

The Police Special Task Force (STF) arrested a former female councillor of the Colombo Municipal Council in Colombo 13 with a car assembled in Sri Lanka in violation of customs and related laws.

While Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella dismissed claims that the Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa had contracted COVID 19 outside Parliament, Serjeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando said no medical analysis was conducted to determine whet

The burning ship, X-Press Pearl, at the centre of an environmental catastrophe off Sri Lanka was denied access at two ports in India and Qatar, foreign media reported.

The police has arrested the COVID-19 infected patient who had escaped from a private hospital in Kollupitiya on Tuesday.

The officers of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday arrested a Director of a Cooperative Society based in Wattegedara, Maharagama for misappropriation of funds belonging to the bank for the tune of Rs.910 million, Police Spokesman

Eight people have been arrested for collecting waste that was washed ashore from the burning ‘MV X-Press Pearl’ vessel, violating quarantine rules and regulations.

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he has directed the US intelligence community to redouble their efforts in investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and report back to him in 90 days.

The Foreign Ministry is monitoring the developments in Gaza and will evacuate Sri Lankans in Gaza and Israel if the need arises.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday urged the government to formulate a mechanism to distribute essential commodities among the people claiming that they had faced numerous issues due to the imposition of travel restrictions.

A total of 29 COVID-19 related deaths were reported bringing the death toll to 1,298, the Government Information Department said.

The vaccination rollout which commenced in the Kurunegala district today will be extended to two more districts such as Galle and Matara from tomorrow, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

The discussion held with regards to manufacturing the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines locally was a success and hoping to manufacture the vaccines within the next two months, Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals State Minister Professor Cha

While wishing the members of the Venerable Maha Sangha and the Buddhist public, a blessed Vesak celebration, Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith said that in these troubled times, when Covid-19 is afflicting our nation, it is

South Koreans who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will no longer be required to wear masks outdoors, the government announced on Wednesday.

The police had began an investigation to identify and take action against those who had rushed to the shores of Colombo, Negombo and nearby areas to collect waste from the burning ship ‘ MV X-Press Pearl’.

A massive sinkhole has appeared on the road leading to the Kothmale Dam today (26).

While saying the debris or waste coming off the distressed MV X-PRESS PEARL vessel are hazardous, the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) today stressed that those waste material have not been yet separately classified and therefore, it is extremel

A total of 260 prisoners were released today on a presidential pardon given due to Vesak Poya Day, Prisons Spokesperson Chandana Ekanayake said.

Some 76,000 consumers have been affected by power breakdowns due to the adverse weather conditions prevailing in the country, Power and Energy Development Director and Media Spokesperson Sulakshana Jayawardena said.

The first lunar eclipse of this year will be visible to many parts of the world including Sri Lanka on today (on the Vesak Full Moon day), Prof. Chandana Jayaratne of the Department of Physics, Colombo University said.

Some people in Negombo were spotted carrying debris washed ashore on the beaches from the burning X Press Pearl ship in the outskirts of the Colombo port, despite a warning by the Marine Environment Protection Authority not to touch any of the washed

At least 10 members of the Opposition Leader’s office in Parliament were tested COVID-19 positive, a spokesman from the Opposition Leader’s office said today.

The health condition of Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and his wife Jalani Premadasa who contracted the COVID-19 is improving, a spokesman from the Opposition Leader’s office said.

The Government has decided to lift the temporary restriction imposed on inbound travelers with effect from June 1, the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) said.

The two Indian crew members who were hospitalised after being rescued from the distressed MV X-Press Pearl ship, tested positive with COVID-19.

Around eight containers of the ship MV X-Press Pearl have washed ashore off the coast of the seas of Negombo and Colombo, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said today.

An assessment by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence with regard to the U.S. travel warning on Sri Lanka by the U.S. State Department under Level 04 Category revealed that neither reports on terrorist threats nor such related activities were revealed

A man who tested positive with COVID-19 had escaped from a private hospital in Kollupitiya yesterday, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.