The general public is urged to be vigilant when handling cash during the upcoming festive season because several incidents of circulation of counterfeit notes have been reported in various parts of the country, the police said.

Professor Asita De Silva has resigned from the post of Chairman of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), sources confirmed.

A van crashed into a group of policemen inspecting vehicles in Rajagiriya killing one policeman and another person.

The dispatch of 600,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine will be handed over to the Sri Lankan side in Beijing in one week’s time, to be delivered here for roll-out, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy said.

Sri Lanka was lending money to the UK during the era of former Prime Minister the late D.S. Senanayake though it has become indebted to almost all-powerful nations at the moment, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

Vote on resolution today shortly after 9 am Geneva time

Russia has agreed to supply 6.5 million doses

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Japanese Ambassador Akira Sugiyama discussed the death of a Sri Lankan woman while being detained in Japan.

UNP should join Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) considering its present situation, SJB National Organiser Tissa Attanayake said today.

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today people should come forward to defeat the Government’s moves to destroy forest cover which he called “Bulldozer Concept” of the government.

The coronavirus death toll in Sri Lanka crossed the 550 mark today, the Health Ministry said.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) have entered into a bilateral currency swap agreement amounting to US$ 1.5 billion.

The Ceylon Electricity Board Technical Engineers and Superintendents’ Union (CEBTESU) said they would be on an islandwide token strike tomorrow against the arbitrary move to engage 3,000 CEB human resources to a particular division.

Attorney General Dappula De Livera has informed the IGP that investigations into the sale of shares of Swarnavahini are incomplete and returned the investigation file.

MP Rajitha Senaratne and his son Chathura Senaratne left the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) after making a statement for nearly four hours, the CCD said.

Two suspects who were transporting 239kg and 850g of Kerala cannabis which has a street value of more than Rs. 71 million have been taken into the custody by the Navy during a special operation conducted at Veththalakerni in Jaffna today.

An employee in a wayside hotel near the Kurunegala bus stand was stabbed to death with a broken bottle by a customer during an altercation with him over the price of a banana.

A five-member committee has been appointed by Energy Minister Udhaya Gammanpila to investigate into the spread of COVID-19 at the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery.

Sri Lanka Cricket has been summoned again before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) on April 6.

He said that it is the people in Colombo who often raise concerns over the environment.

Thirty four suspects, including nine women were arrested for violating quarantine rules and health regulations and for using drugs at a guest house in Madapatha, Piliyandala this morning, the Police said.

The Supreme Court has rejected the motion filed by former Minister Ranjan Ramanayake, who was sentenced to a four-year rigorous imprisonment over contempt of court.

The Colombo Municipal Council Health officials have allocated six centers in Colombo this week where those above the age of 60 years will receive the anti COVID-19 jabs.

MP Rajitha Senaratne and his son Chathura Senaratne arrived at the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) to give statements over a false complaint made by a journalist that he was abducted on March 10.

Rear Admiral Ruwan Perera has been appointed as the Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Navy, with effect from March 21 by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.

The vote on the resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva has been postponed to tomorrow (Tuesday).

A suspect was hit with an assault charge Sunday for attacking a 68-year-old Sri Lankan immigrant aboard a Manhattan train last week, police said.

A three-day special operation will be conducted across the country from today to inspect the worn-out tyres of vehicles, police announced.

The Terrorists Investigation Division (TID) arrested a 42-year old man for promoting extremism and alleged involvement in Easter Sunday attacks, after he was deported to Sri Lanka from the UAE.

The Maharagama Police had arrested a radiographer attached to the Apeksha ( Cancer treatment) Hospital in Maharagama for forcibly locking two female nurses inside the radiology room.