There is a possible threat of COVID-19 spreading from Western Province to other areas, where the risk is low, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said.

The Indian Coast Guard on Friday said it had seized 9.7 kg gold from a fishing boat in the Gulf of Mannar off the Tamil Nadu coast and arrested five persons.

Following the recent minor tremors which caused alarm in the Digana area in Kandy, there is no threat or danger the tremors could cause to the Victoria reservoir and it is 100% safe, Central Province Governor Lalith U. Gamage said.

Following a lengthy discussion, the Central Province Governor has decided to open 42 schools out of the 45 on Monday (14) in the Kandy city limits.

Anyone who is serving quarantine process found violating the rules and regulations, the courts could impose a three-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine, if found guilty, police said.

A Cabinet Sub-Committee, under leadership of Transport Minister Gamini Lokuge was appointed today to investigate railway employees occupying railway reservation lands illegally, the Transport Ministry said.

It is the UNP which should lead a grand opposition alliance if such a political force is to be established to take on the government, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

An initial protest started by the inmates to escape from getting infected from COVID-19 at Mahara Prison had taken a violent turn as members of certain underworld gangs who had sought revenge from each other, the fivemember committee appointed to pro

The proposals presented under the 2021 Budget will come to effect from today, the Finance Ministry said.

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing Easter Sunday attacks yesterday observed that there were certain instances where Sri Lankan Muslims who go to Saudi Arabia were brainwashed by some Islamic preachers.

The annual occurrence of the Geminids Meteor shower will be visible to Sri Lanka this Sunday (13) night, Colombo University Astronomy and Space Science Unit Director Prof. Chandana Jayaratne said.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday called on health authorities to find an immediate solution to the burial issue of Muslim COVID-19 victims following serious concerns raised by the Muslim community over the cremation only policy.

Several parliamentarians yesterday who had gathered in Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena’s chamber consumed the ayurvedic tonic by ayurvedic practitioner Dhammika Bandara which recently caused a stir in Kegalle, despite health authorities stating th

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today directed IGP CD Wickramaratne to conduct an immediate and comprehensive investigation into the death of a Dutch monk who was found at the lagoon in Rathgama.

While raising the importance to establish a Presidential Task Force to resolve existing problems in prisons, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said a large number of people are in remand custody due to delays in the Analyst, Attorney General and Police De

The Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine has launched a revised dietary guideline for Sri Lankans, in collaboration with the the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Only 22 out of 400 people were present from Marawa area in Atulugama, Bandaragama today for PCR and Rapid Antigen tests, Bandaragama Additional Health Officer Dr. Srimali Amarasinghe said.

Former Chairman of the National Election Commission Mahinda Dehapriya has been appointed as the chairman of Delimitation Commission of Sri Lanka.

For the first time, the Education Ministry introduced an online system for the admission of children to popular schools based on their performance at the Grade 5 scholarship examination.

There will be civic resistance if the government does not allow the burying of Muslims who succumb to COVID-19, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) MP, Leader Rauff Hakeem said.

The third reading of the 2021 Budget was passed in Parliament today with a majority of 97 votes.

A total of 300 new Covid-19 patients were detected increasing the total number of cases in the country to 30, 375, the Government Information Department said.

The bodies of the eleven prisoners who were killed during the Mahara prison unrest were identified today by their family members, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

While saying that media freedom and independent information are the best antidote against stigmatisation and polarisation in times of pandemic and fear, UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Hanaa Singer said protecting journalists is protecting the p

Detained Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah’s lawyers filed a writ Petition before the Court of Appeal seeking access to Hizbullah

Army Commander Lt. General Shavendra Silva said steps would be taken to bring in a system to free the people residing in the housing complexes in isolated areas of Colombo and let them to come out of the flats.

Ward 24 of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital was closed after several Covid-19 patients were identified, National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID - 19 Outbreak said.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that he intends to take the Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available and he will do so publicly, asserting that vaccination for him is a “moral obligation’’ towards the whole community.

All Island Unified Economic Centres and Manning Market Traders Union (AIUECMMTU) today said they have decided not to move into the new Manning Market complex at Peliyagoda which will commence its operations from next Monday.

Authorities are considering the possibility of halting the mandatory home-quarantine process which Sri Lankan expatriates undergo upon the completion of the quarantine process, Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva said.