No decision has been taken by the Ministry as yet to close the airports, but appropriate action would be taken in line with the COVID committee’s decision, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said.

Considering the current pandemic situation in the country, the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) has made arrangements to deliver medicines for the patients and the needy to their homes in the designated areas.

After recording the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in a single day by yesterday as 2,659, the Colombo district recorded the highest number of cases compared to other districts, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbr

The dispute was settled since Sri Lanka agreed to permit imports of refined, quality palm oil Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardane said the dispute with Malaysia and Indonesia over the ban on palm oil imports were resolved after coming to an agreement

The reason for the increase in the number of daily COVID patients yesterday was due to the clearance of the backlog of PCR laboratory reports accumulated for a few days, an official said last night.

A 39-year old Sri Lankan woman working as a domestic aide in Kuwait was hacked to death by an Ethiopian housemaid.

The Special Waterborne Operations Squadron comprising 16 officers of the Special Task Force of Police (STF) was established yesterday in order to thwart illegal sand mining, deforestation, smuggling and other crimes across the country

Sixteen Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions in Gampaha, Ampara, Ratnapura, Kalutara and Moneragala districts have been isolated with immediate effect, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.

All essential services have been kept on alert in case the COVID-19 pandemic worsens further and authorities decide to go in for further isolations or even a partial lockdown this week, the Daily Mirror learns

Controversy surrounds the Itukama Covid fund after it was revealed that only a small percentage of the funds donated had been spent so far.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has requested China to supply oxygen and ventilators to Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry as the country battles a rising number of COVID-19 patients, the Daily Mirror learns.

A total of 15 more COVID-19 deaths reported today surpassing the 800 mark.

The services provided by the National Transport Medical Institute (NTMI) will be suspended until further notice from tomorrow (10), following instructions of the Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama, NTMI chairman Dr. Savindra Gamage said.

With the COVID-19 variant currently spreading in India (B.1.617) being found from a positive patient at a quarantine centre in Colombo, six COVID-19 variants have been so far identified from the samples sequenced from positive patients across the cou

Sri Lanka today recorded its highest number of single-day COVID-19 cases of 2,659.

Ministry Secretaries and heads of departments in all government establishments have been permitted to allow only essential services with the minimum number of employees, Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration J.J. Rathnasiri said.

A total of 1,732 more COVID-19 patients have been detected so far today increasing the number of patients reported in Sri Lanka to 124,966, the Government Information Department said.

Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said he would meet with a group of leading doctors and educational sector experts in Sri Lanka next Wednesday to seek advice on the opening of schools, pre-schools, Pirivenas and universities.

SJB MP Harin Fernando said today that he had received the COVID-19 vaccine after about one million people had been vaccinated against the virus.

Around 20,000 could lose their lives due to COVID virus in Sri Lanka by September this year, if the country fails to arrest the vast spread of the disease, former Minister Mangala Samaraweera quoted in a Washington-based university’s research repor

A South African national was arrested at the Katunayake international airport while attempting to smuggle cocaine worth nearly Rs. 60 million, Customs Deputy Director (Legal Affairs) and Media Spokesman Sudattha Silva said.

Sri Lankan high jumper Ushan Thiwanka has set a new South Asian and Sri Lankan High Jump record, with a height of 2.30 meters at Lone Star Conference Championship held in Texas, USA yesterday.

If the Government do not take suitable step to vaccinate all private bus employees and owners by end of this week, private bus operations will grind to a halt by next week, Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) warned.

The remnants of China’s largest rocket have plummeted back to Earth, plunging into the Indian Ocean near the Maldives, according to Chinese state media, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit.

Police have arrested six suspects, including three supervisors of a leading courier service in connection with a robbery of iPhone mobile phones being sent to Sri Lanka via air cargo from abroad.

Nine Deputy Director Generals of Health Services have been appointed to all provinces to coordinate and monitor the COVID prevention programme.

Police warned the public to be vigilant of calculating fake 100 Dollar notes and Sri Lanka currency notes.

Fourteen Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions in Rakwana and Kalawana police areas in Ratnapura District and two GN divisions in Lindula and Panadura South police areas in Nuwara-Eliya and Kalutara districts have been isolated with immediate effect, the Na

The Supreme Court has put in place a 12-member National Task Force (NTF), including top experts and doctors from across the country, “to facilitate a public health response to the pandemic based on scientific and specialised domain knowledge”.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 786 with 22 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services, the Government Information Department said.