PCR tests were conducted on students of Ananda College, Colombo after a school teacher tested positive for COVID-19, Public Health Inspectors’ (PHI) Union Secretary M. Balasuriya said today.

The officers of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) had arrested four suspects in connection with the offences of spreading extremist ideologies and Wahabism with the help of social media platforms, police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and seven others, who had been arrested and remanded over the third alleged bond scam amounting to Rs. 15 billion on March 31, 2016 were today ordered to be released on bail by the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar.

The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) has ruled out the possibility to construct a reservoir within the Sinharaja rainforest which is a natural world heritage site, an official said yesterday.

Former Roman Catholic Bishop of Mannar Rt. Rev. Rayappu Joseph passed away at the age of 80 while receiving treatment at a Private hospital in Jaffna this morning, the Bishop’s House said.

Education Minister G.L. Peiris yesterday instructed the University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof. Sampath Amaratunga to immediately investigate and submit a report on Rs. 50 million financial fraud that took place at the Peradeniya Postgradua

The government yesterday said that despite several difficulties faced within the past few weeks from ’unexpected influencers’ to bring down the Sinopharm vaccines from China, the government had finally been successful.

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) is to inoculate 4,000 Chinese nationals from Monday using the Sinopharm vaccine.

Sri Lanka’s senior medical experts have stated that Sinopharm vaccines which were given by China should not be used on Sri Lankan nationals. Senior medical practitioners both in the government and private sectors have expressed concerns over using

Two more COVID-19 fatalities were reported today bringing the death toll in the country to 568, the Director-General of Health Services said.

The health sector in the country is now facing a threat of spreading non-communicable diseases and according to the latest records, 64 cancer patients are being detected and 38 patients lose their lives due to cancer every day, Power Minister Dullas

Chinese vaccine makers Sinopharm and Sinovac have presented data on their COVID-19 vaccines indicating levels of efficacy that would be compatible with those required by the World Health Organization, the chair of a WHO advisory panel said on Wednesd

UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene today told Daily Mirror that he will visit Sinharaja rainforest which is a UNESCO declared world heritage site and other areas that are under threat, when time permits and he will write to UNESCO shortly.

A special Cabinet Memorandum has been passed to expedite the survey of tanks that have not been surveyed.

While refuting social media reports, the Examination Department today said no attempts have been made to privatise it.

An international research team led by Oxford University scientists has developed a portable test for antibodies that fight the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, University of Oxford said.

The Attorney General’s (AG) Department today told the Court of Appeal that the two special Police teams from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), headed by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), have been deployed to investigate the i

The maiden telecast of ’Haritha TV’, launched by the board of governors of Sri Jinarathana Vocational Technical Training Center affiliated to the Gangarama Temple, Hunupitiya - Colombo, was inaugurated under the patronage of President Gotabaya Ra

Twenty-four Sri Lankans who were staying illegally in Switzerland and Germany arrived this morning at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) after being deported.

The two bowser trucks allegedly containing substandard coconut oil was seized and handed over to Customs Authorities this morning, Sri Lanka Customs Director General Major General G. Vijitha Ravipriya said.

The Elections Commission has decided to appoint a five-member committee headed by an Additional Elections Commissioner to look into and report whether registered political parties had been named on religious or racial basis.

The Sri Lankan Rupee depreciated further against the US Dollar today. The Rupee was selling at Rs 202 against the US Dollar today.

The Dharmapuram Police yesterday (30) arrested five persons for digging to unearth gold suspected to have been buried by the LTTE during the war at an abandoned LTTE camp at Wattakachchilamayanur in Kilinochchi.

Ministry of Health will not allow any public gathering during the Sinhala and Hindu New Year season and urged the public to follow existing health guidelines, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID-19 Disease Control Dr. Sudarshan

Attorney General Dappula de Livera moves the Court of Appeal in revision of two bail orders of the Colombo High Court-4, involving a 65g and 485g of heroin and to obtain a stay order of bail being granted to Suspects, AG’s Coordinating Officer Stat

Bail order regarding the third alleged bond scam amounting to Rs. 15 billion held on March 30, 2016, against former Finance Minister Ravi Karunayaka and seven others will be delivered on April 1 by Colombo High Court Trial-at-bar.

600,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Sri Lanka from China this morning.

All Island Egg Producers Association (AIEPA) today warned that the poultry industry would collapse due to the surplus in the production of eggs and the inability to mark a fixed price for eggs.

The Court of Appeal has today decided to issue an order with regard to issuing notices to the respondents of the writ petition filed by former State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake seeking an injunction restraining him from losig his parliamentary seat on

The Indian Coast Guard and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized a Sri Lankan boat carrying 300 kilograms of heroin, five AK-47 guns and ammunition on March 25, off the coast of Vizhinjam in Kerala.