A total number of 12,339 prison inmates have been released from prisons across the country since December 1, 2020 upto today, in order to reduce congestion privailing in prisons.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said a new education system that will protect the dignity of labour and aimed at creating a skilled society will be introduced in the new normal environment.

India is set to begin the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination programme, which aims to protect more than 1.3 billion people from the disease.

The police have put in place a special surveillance programme on the premises that house quarantinees, since it was reported that some who have been ordered to follow mandatory home quarantine process have left those premises without obtaining permis

Two men arrived in a motorcycle wearing full face helmets had robbed Rs.40 million worth cash and jewellery from a financial institution in Gampaha yesterday, police said.

Following the discovery of Covid-19 patients from a large geographical area of the country, the authorities concerned are looking at fresh strategies to contain the pandemic, an official said yesterday.

The UNP which questioned the Government’s inconsistent policy towards allowing people to enter the country yesterday alleged that the lack of accountability and clear direction has resulted in the new strain of the COVID-19 virus entering Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka can commence charter flights from mid-2021, in the post COVID-19 phase to Myanmar, a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry said.

The twelve Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions against former President Maithripala Sirisena, former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former IGP Pujith Jayasundara with regard to the failure on their part to prevent the Easter Sunday terror atta

Discussions are underway for the formation of a broad alliance of opposition parties to take on the Government whose popularity is on the wane, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said today, when he met party activists of the Gamapaha District at Si

The total Covid-19 cases in the Minuwangoda and Peliyagoda clusters climbed to 47,810 with 683 more fresh positive cases being reported today, the Government Information Department said.

The mega recruiting companies in Saudi Arabia such as‘Tamakeen’who are specialized in caregiving and nursing sectors have agreed to recruit Sri Lankan caregivers to be employed there, Charge d’Affairs of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Riyadh Madhu

The Education Ministry today released the cut-off marks for the enrolment of students into Grade six next year, based on the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination 2020.

Four more persons succumbed to COVID-19 increasing the death toll to 255, the Government Information Department said.

The four years imprisonment given to MP Ranjan Ramanayake for contempt of the court violated the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) said.

Six people, including two brides, have been hospitalized due to an allergy during a bridal dressing at a beauty parlour in Mirigama this evening, Police said.

The isolation status of five Grama Niladhari (GN) Divisions in Eheliyagoda is to be lifted at 5 am tomorrow morning, the Government Information Department said.

A total of 512 more Covid-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals increasing the total number of recoveries in Sri Lanka to 44,259, the Health Ministry said.

Sri Lanka has not yet reached the community transmission level though COVID-19 cases reported from different parts of the country, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said today.

Former Directors of ETI Finance Ltd Jeewaka Edirisinghe, Asanka Edirisinghe, Nalaka Edirisinghe and Deepa Edirisinghe were released on bail today.

Two employees of a tourist hotel in Dadalla, Galle, where the English cricketers are staying during the first test match between the two countries at the Galle International Cricket Stadium, have been tested positive with COVID-19.

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today inaugurated the first phase of the Park & Ride bus service at the Makumbura Multimodal Transport Center in Kottawa.

At least 55 persons who were working in a factory warehouse in Meegoda have tested positive for Covid-19, said Homagama Medical Officer of Health, Jagath Kumara.

All the MPs who were subjected to PCR tests on Wednesday (15) have tested negative to Covid-19, Parliament sources said.

Four persons including the son of former state minister and Samagi Jana Balawegaya Hambantota District Parliamentarian Dilip Wedaarachchi have been arrested for having assaulted a couple following an argument over an accident in Maharagama, police sa

A special operation is in place within the Police department in order to apprehend indisciplined and corrupt police officers, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

A 27-year-old bus driver was arrested with 18 kgs of ice drugs or methamphetamine during a raid conducted by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) at Hegalla in Kosgoda this morning.

India will donate a consignment of Covid-19 vaccines being manufactured there by the end of this month as a gesture of goodwill between the two countries, a Minister said.

The European Union (EU) is to raise concerns with Sri Lanka on human rights and other matters at a joint commission meeting later this month.

Four more Covid-19 related deaths were reported today increasing the death toll to 251, the Government Information Department said.