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.

A 49-year-old female councillor of the Maharagama Urban Council had been arrested over alleged assault on another female councillor.

Reigning Mrs. World Caroline Jurie and former model Chula Padmendra have been released on bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today over the incident which took place at the Mrs. Sri Lanka pageant on April 4.

While saying that people’s behaviour during the festive season had not been satisfactory and had already led to a surge in Covid cases, Deputy Director-General of Health Services Dr S.M. Arnold said people who violate Covid related health guideline

The Delhi government on Monday announced a complete lockdown in the city from tonight 10 pm till next Monday morning amid a spurt in Covid-19 cases.

Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan who underwent a successful coronary angioplasty with stents on Sunday, has been discharged from Chennai’s Apollo Hospital.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today proposed some amendments to the Colombo Port city Economic Commission Bill and urged the government to bring the Commission under Parliament.

The Police has initiated an investigation after a body of a 32-year-old Sri Lankan man was brought to Sri Lanka yesterday at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) from Italy with several gunshots wounds, police said.

Six students of the Kottawa Dharmapala Maha Vidyalaya have tested positive for COVID-19, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.

The Five-judge bench of the Supreme Court commenced considering the petitions filed challenging the Colombo Port City Commission Bill.

According to the official data of the Laboratory Service, the number of COVID-19 patients in the country has surpassed the 100,000 mark by April 3, 2021, Sri Lanka Head of the Association of Government Medical Laboratory Technologists Ravi Kumudesh s

The Police Headquarters has issued a special notice to all senior police officers to provide maximum security during the special church services and other religious ceremonies to be held tomorrow to commemorate the victims who were killed by deadly s

A total number of 357 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported until this morning, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.

Seventy-eight tourists who arrived in Sri Lanka had been found to be infected with the coronavirus since December, the Tourism Ministry said.

Suspicion surrounds over an incident where two persons who had died over alcohol poisoning in Galenbindunuwewa and another hospitalised in a critical condition were due to adulterated liquor, which has entered the market owing to the negligence of th

The Government says the proposed fake news law is currently being discussed by the Cabinet.

India has insisted it has not reversed a decision to approve the nomination of Milinda Moragoda as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India.

Sri Lanka spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan has been admitted to a hospital in Chennai due to cardiac issues.

A special traffic plan will be in place on the roads in the vicinity of St. Anthony’s Church in Kochchikade, Colombo as there will be special mass conducted at the church, police said.

Colombo’s Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith said today the brutal attacks on Easter Sunday in 2019 was unleashed by a group, which tried to consolidate their political power by using religious extremism as a tool.

Travel restrictions has been imposed on Thiththawalyaya area in the Kurunegala District until further notice after having found 29 Covid-19 positive cases, the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID- 19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) today said.

Sri Lanka Cricket said that it has initiated an inquiry to ascertain the truth of certain media reports which cited that a national player was involved in a brawl during a recent function held at a hotel in the Southern Province.

The second term of all Government schools will commence from tomorrow (April 19) in accordance with the circulars issued by the Ministry of Education in compliance with the instructions given by the Health authorities, the Education Ministry said.

A couple who had been acting agents of drug kingpin Chaminda Rohana Manju alias ’Kalu Sagara’ had been arrested with 500 grams of heroin during a raid at Heenatikumbura in Talangama, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

Twelve Sri Lankan fishermen which were taken into custody by Myanmar Navy in February, have been released, the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Myanmar said.

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China Dr. Palitha Kohona and the Chief Monk of the Shaolin Temple in China exchanged ideas for cooperation between the Shaolin Temple and Sri Lanka, including visits by senior monks, student exchanges and the establishment

A special meeting of Government party leaders is scheduled to be held under the patronage of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees tomorrow (19).

Two soldiers were injured when a cab which defied order to stop rammed on them at a checkpoint at Omanthai yesterday.

A special 18-hour islandwide operation will be launched from 12.00 noon today to apprehend drunk drivers on all roads including expressway entry points.

Fifty-two people have lost their lives and 669 were injured in road accidents as of yesterday since April 13, Police said.