Prominent Russian business tycoon Andrey Melnichenko visited Port City Colombo today.

While saying it is the sole responsibility of the people to adhere to health regulations during the upcoming festive season to prevent any possible cluster from emerging, the Public Health Inspectors Union pointed out that it was not practical to go

Former cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga today apologized to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa after he used a national event to verbally attack the Sri Lanka Cricket Board and the past administrators.

Director General of the National Blood Bank, Dr. Laxman Edirisinghe said COVID-19 was not communicable through the blood and that the blood donated by the people would not create any health hazard.

Sri Lanka cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya hopes that the 1996 World Cup win would be an inspiration to many youngsters who show their passion on the game of cricket.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Rajapaksa had a telephone conversation where they discussed efforts to exchange multifaceted experiences between the two countries including combating COVID-19, strengthening co

Leaders of the political parties aligned with the government have decided to prepare the necessary legal infrastructure to conduct the provincial council elections soon, a Minister said today.

There are only 15 Judges per one million people in Sri Lanka and the whole country has only 378 Judges to handle ongoing court cases, addressing a seminar on importance of protecting victims and witness today, Justice Minister Ali Sabry said.

Health authorities today said they are considering allowing returnees to be placed in home quarantine after undergoing a PCR test.

The adjournment debate on the final report of the PCoI on Easter Sunday Bomb Attacks has been scheduled for two more days on March 25 and 26.

The Attorney General has filed Indictments before the Trial-at Bars hearing the cases pertaining to the Central Bank Bond Auctions which had taken place between March 29, and 31, 2016, Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer- State Counsel Nishara

The Philippines’ coronavirus task force said it will suspend the arrival of foreigners and some returning citizens as the Southeast Asian country battles a renewed surge in COVID-19 cases and increasing infections of new variants, the Reuters repor

The quarantine strategy with regard to those who arrive from overseas will be changed soon where those who received both vaccines against COVID-19 and spent two weeks in the countries where they live will be free to fly to Sri Lanka and go home after

The EU’s medicines regulator has said it remains “firmly convinced” the benefits of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine outweigh the risks, but isolated cases of blood clots “are a serious concern and need serious and detailed scientific eva

China said on Monday it will simplify visa applications for foreign nationals who have been inoculated with Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, its latest small step towards normalising international travel.

Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko is currently in Colombo and is expected to hold talks with the top level of the Sri Lankan government, including Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Daily Mirror learns.

Though there was a drop in detection of new COVID-19 cases, Chief of Defence Staff and Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said that there are still a few patients being reported from clusters in Kandy, Morawaka and Katunayake areas

A foreign-made pistol with ammunition recovered by CID in a vehicle belonging to former Western Province Governor Azath Sally yesterday, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

The United Kingdom (UK) has made fresh attempts to secure India’s support for a critical resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.

Blood and pathology tests needed to be carried out to determine whether the sudden drop in the platelets of a dead hotel worker, who was administered with COVID-19 vaccine was due to a complication caused by the vaccine, Assistant Judicial Medical Of

Notwithstanding the earlier media reports that the government was in a move to ban burka that covers the body fully except eyes, co-cabinet spokesman and Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said yesterday that the cabinet did not discuss the issue on Monda

Sri Lanka’s ambassador in Myanmar Prof. Nalin de Silva said he decided to quit his post just two weeks after taking over.

R I L Property PLC today said the director board of its wholly owned subsidiary FoodBuzz (Pvt) Ltd. has decided to close all BreadTalk outlets from March 20, 2021 until further notice.

Thirty-five police officers including the Director of the Crimes Division and three senior DIGs have been transferred, police said.

Two more individuals succumbed to COVID-19 today bringing the total number of COVID deaths in the country to 534, the Government Information Department said.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will start its own programme to repatriate Sri Lankan expatriates and start up quarantine centres in each electoral constituency, an MP representing the party said today.

Leader of the National Unity Front and former Western Province Governor Asath Sally, has been arrested by the CID in connection with a statement he had made on March 10, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

A Parliamentary Sub-Committee has been appointed to formulate an appropriate methodology in order to include ‘Law’ as a subject in the school curriculum.

A 9-year old school boy was killed and 15 others hospitalised after a passenger bus collided with a train at a railway crossing in Thaleimannar this afternoon, police said.

Referring to recent media reports made in regard to a proposal to ban the wearing of the burqa and niqab in Sri Lanka, Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage said a decision has not been taken by the Government to impose such a ban and it