Pradeep Gunawardene, chairman of the Lanka Salu Sala Limited passed away this morning at the Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) Hospital, Werahera while under treatment for COVID, the hospital sources said.

A number of flights from India landed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) over the past few days amidst a ban on travellers from India.

With the daily count of new Covid reaching 2,275 yesterday, the Colombo district recorded 438 cases as the highest, the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.

A female development officer attached to the Kesbewa divisional Secretariat came under physical assault by an individual who had come to the scene in a motorcycle last evening at Hedigama in Piliyandala.

Due to sudden trade union action by two Railway Trade Unions this morning, the Transport Ministry added more buses to facilitate office transport, Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama said.

Seventy Grama Niladhari Divisions in ten Districts have been isolated from 6.00 this morning, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

The family of murdered rugger player Wasim Thajudeen say expecting justice over his killing has now become an illusion.

Despite an announcement by the Mayor of Colombo, Rosy Senanayake and other government officials over the weekend that Sri Lanka had been able to secure Astrazeneca vaccines for the second round, the Daily Mirror learns that the government is yet to m

The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) is awaiting dossiers containing details for the registration of two more vaccines in Sri Lanka Sinovac and Johnson and Johnson - against COVID-19 in addition to the present three vaccines being given

Army Commander General Shavendra Silva yesterday said that despite an island wide travel restriction coming to an end at 4 am today, people were cautioned to leave their homes only if necessary as the next three weeks were extremely crucial.

Investigations on the Easter Sunday attacks and taking action against the mastermind behind could be pushed to the back seat because of the statement made by the Attorney General, an SJB MP said yesterday.

The air quality in Colombo saw a sharp improvement in May, especially during the extended weekend.

Cyclonic Storm Tauktae, which has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm is expected to bring gusty winds in all provinces during the coming weeks, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) which quoted the Department of Meteorology said yesterday.

A total 21 more COVID-19 related deaths were reported today taking the death toll to 962, the Government Information Department said.

The family members of Maldives Speaker and former President Mohamed Nasheed have released photographs on twitter of him soon after the recent bomb attacks and now recovering in Berlin.

The COVID-19 vaccination drive will continue tomorrow (17) at eight centres in the Colombo District, the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.

A total of 480 more COVID-19 patients have been detected increasing the daily count of COVID-19 cases to 2,212, the Government Information Department said.

The Computer Emergency Readiness Team/Co-ordination Centre (CERT|CC) requests all the Government Agencies maintaining websites and web-based public applications to be alert over the risk of websites being hacked by extremist activist groups.

A total of 1,732 more COVID-19 patients have been detected so far today, the Government Information Department said.

While issuing a scam alert, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) requested the public not to reply to the messages received from unknown contacts.

If someone has COVID-19 symptoms, he/she should not get vaccinated, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said today.

Chief Lekakadikari of the Asgiri Chapter, Ven. Dr. Medagama Dhammananda Thera today requested to provide COVID vaccine under special priority for Buddhist monks as they regularly engage in social and religious matters.

All the COVID-19 variants, except for the Brazilian variant had entered Sri Lanka due to the failure in the Government’s COVID prevention mechanism and arbitrary actions of the government not heeding to advice of the doctors and specialists on prev

An unexpected critical situation will be created in the Gampaha district with the increase of COVID infected cases in the area within the next two weeks, the Government Medical officers’ Association (GMOA) said.

While thanking the public for reducing their movements drastically for three days, the Government Medical officers’ Association (GMOA) today requested them again to honour the travel restriction for another ten days; until the end of the Vesak cele

The Railways Department has decided to operate trains according to the schedule implemented on last Thursday (13), Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Union (SLSMU) said.

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.