Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene has ruled to allow MP Rishad Bathiudeen to attend parliament sittings next week if he wishes so, Parliament sources said.

Primary Health Care and Epidemics and COVID Disease Control State Minister Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle appealed to affluent people in the country to join hands with the Health Ministry and to donate necessary medical equipment to the hospitals as th

Despite an assurance by the Mayor of Colombo, Rosy Senanayake yesterday of receiving the Astra Zeneca doses in less than two weeks, to vaccinate over 600,000 people with the second doses, the Daily Mirror learns that the government is yet to make a b

Seven suspects, including two women have been arrested by the Western Province South Crimes Division for organising a party which is on contrary to quarantine laws.

Tourists visiting Sri Lanka from overseas will be able to travel under the ‘Bio Bubble’ system, according to health guidelines, Director General of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Dhammika Wijesinghe said.

Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said that he has spoken to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to submit a report with regard to the claims made by Attorney General Dappula de Livera that action could not be taken against conspir

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to ’’continue to respond forcefully’’ to rocket attacks as conflict with Palestinians in Gaza enters a seventh day.

Two men and three women including ‘ Lunawe Batti’ have been arrested for operating a brothel under the guise of running a motel that provides temporary rooms in Moratuwa early this morning.

All Sri Lankans residing and working in Israel have been advised to be vigilant and to avoid large gatherings and unnecessary travelling considering the growing tensions due to the riots and clashes between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip, Sri

The country having witnessed 2,386 COVID-19 cases yesterday, Kandy District recorded the highest number of positive cases of 338, the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.

One-foot of the sluice gate of the Udawalawa reservoir was opened this morning after the water level had reached spill level due to the heavy rains yesterday, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) Deputy Director for Early Warning Pradeep Kodippili said.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 941 with twenty more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services, the Government Information Department said.

In a message to citizens of Colombo, Mayor Rosy Senanayake today said the state procurement system had managed to source and procure an adequate stock of AstraZeneca vaccines for the second dose, which will be received within the next 14 days.

A total of 585 more COVID-19 patients have been detected increasing the daily count of COVID-19 cases to 2,371, the Government Information Department said.

An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Friday, the latest step by the military to silence reporting from the territory amid its battle with the militant

A total of 1,786 more COVID-19 patients have been detected so far today increasing the number of patients reported in Sri Lanka to 139,871, the Government Information Department said.

A total of 1,352 more COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospital increasing the total number of recoveries in Sri Lanka to 117,220, the Health Ministry said.

Some 150,000 consumers have been affected by power breakdowns due to the adverse weather condition prevailing in the country, Power and Energy Development Director and Media Spokesperson Sulakshana Jayawardena said.

Necessary arrangements have been made to monitor and treat asymptomatic COVID19 patients at their homes from Monday (17), Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control State Minister Dr Sudarshani Fernandopulle said.

Attorney General Dappula de Livera today told the public that he is not in a position to present charges or indictments against the conspirators and abettors of the 2019 Easter Sunday Attacks during his tenure of office, as the CID investigations int

Attorney General Dappula De Livera has informed the IGP that investigations against five suspects in connection with the Easter Sunday Bomb Attacks are incomplete.

A total of 73,267 Sri Lankans received COVID-19 vaccine yesterday alone, the Epidemiology Unit said.

Miss Universe 2019 Zozibini Tunzi joked that the next Miss Universe will literally have to snatch her crown after reigning longer than other titlists in the pageant’s history due to the pandemic.

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that around 11,542 people from 2,750 families were affected due to adverse weather conditions experienced in the Sabaragamuwa, Western, Northwestern and from Southern provinces.

The death of a Sri Lankan woman detained at a central Japan immigration facility has been in the spotlight as parliament debates a controversial bill to revise the immigration law that is feared will worsen conditions for asylum seekers in Japan.

China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, state media announced early on Saturday. The six-wheeled Zhurong robot was targeting Utopia Planitia, a vast terrain in the planet’s northern hemisphere.

Lawyers for Democracy (LFD) yesterday condemned the killing of two suspects who were in police custody in two consecutive days and claimed it was plain murders.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday urged the government to give priority to save lives from COVID-19 and from the new disease Black Fungus which is also spreading in India currently.

The COVID-19 death toll in the country surpassed the 900 mark with 31 more fatalities being reported today, the Government Information Department said.

A 28-year-old pregnant mother had succumbed to COVID-19 infection after a Cesarean delivery at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital.