Following the increase in the number of COVID patients in Colombo, the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has decided to conduct random PCR tests, CMC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ruwan Wijeyamuni said.

All May Day rallies have been canceled as a precautionary measure to curb the spread of COVID-19, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

India’s Rahul Gandhi, today said he had tested positive for COVID19 after experiencing mild symptoms.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s son was arrested over an accident occurred in Rajagiriya last night where four individuals were injured, police said.

The government explored the possibility of attracting investments to the Colombo port City Economic Zone from Qatar and Oman, and would do it with India in the near future, a Minister said today.

The Public Health Inspectors Union today requested political parties and professionals to suspend all rallies to be held on May Day, considering the COVID-19 situation in the country.

Ministers Wimal Weerawansa, Udaya Gammanpila, Vasudeva Nanayakkara and MP Tiran Alles who were alleged to have boycotted an all party leader’s meeting with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday had infact met the Prime Minister separately ahea

Steps would be taken to provide the second dose of the Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine from May 1, State Minister Sudarshani Fernandopulle told in Parliament today.

Seventeen people had been tested COVID-19 positive from the Pamunuwa shopping complex while 70 were found in a State-owned bank, after the New Year festive season, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said today.

The statements made by the Health Ministry claiming that there is an increase in COVID spread by foreigners and the virus situation in the country is under control are not scientific, Head of the Sri Lankan Association of Government Medical Laborator

The government has decided not to have any formal discussion on the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill until the Supreme Court determines its constitutionality, informed sources said.

Nearly, 75% of the road accidents which took place during the new year season caused by motorcycles and three-wheelers, Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

The Government will begin the roll-out of doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines during the first week of May, a Minister said yesterday.

Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said yesterday any increase of the Covid-19 cases due to public movements during the festive period would be visible in four to six weeks time.

Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said yesterday that all those who come to work from various parts of the country after the New Year holidays should take necessary measures to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus as the next three weeks cou

PCR test results of most Sri Lankans returning to the country have been found to be faulty.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya MPs Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara will reveal startling revelations in Parliament today against the ongoing probe on the Easter Sunday terror attacks and how Naufer Maluvi, who the government claimed was the mastermind

The Public Health Inspectors Union yesterday warned that if PCR and random antigen testing is not increased to at least 10,000 a day, Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 situation may lead to a disaster similar to what India is facing now.

India supports the call of international community for the Sri Lankan government to fulfill its commitments on devolution of political authority including through early holding of elections to provincial councils, according to S. Jaishankar, External

The heroin consignment seized by the NCB has a street value of ₹340 crore in India, and ₹1,750 crore in the international market, an official of the federal drug enforcement agency said.

While condemning the statement made by Colombo’s Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith on Sunday, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero today said the Cardinal had become a double agent allowing to support the on

Education Minister Professor G.L Peiris today said that the Ministry had decided to limit the school holidays in August to one week this year.

All Catholic Schools will be closed on Wednesday, April 21 as the country marks the second anniversary of the Easter Sunday terror attacks, the Church announced today.

Sri Lanka’s Dilhara Lokuhettige has been banned from all cricket for eight years under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

It is unlikely that charges could be filed against whom the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has leveled the accusing finger for the alleged involvement of the Easter Sunday carnage before April 21st as demanded by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, J

The Government should reveal the force that is operating behind the controversial Colombo Port City project, Sinhala Ravaya President Ven. Akmeemana Dayarathana Thera said.

Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today that international forces were behind the Easter Sunday terror attacks and said voting on the 20th Amendment in Sri Lanka should also be probed as it seemed to all be part of a deal.

All universities will resume academic activities on April 27, the Education Minister Professor G.L. Pieris said.

Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said that Rs. 349 million was earned from expressways during the 11 days of the festive season.

The Public Health Inspectors Union today urged the government to reveal the actual situation in terms of the possibility of commencing the rollout of the second dose of COVID19 vaccines.