A total of 487 individuals have so far tested positive for Covid-19 today increasing the total cases in the country to 19,771, the Health Ministry said.

The Cinnamon Garden Police have arrested the son of a former Minister for allegedly threatening a police constable who was deployed for security of a Judge’s house in Cinnamon Gardens.

The re-opening of schools on Monday for the third term might cause a factor to emerge another massive COVID cluster in the country, Teachers-Principals Unions said.

The Budget was passed at the second reading with a majority of 99 votes in Parliament a short while ago.

One of the employees of the Central Bank tested positive for Covid-19 on November 19.

Eight Grama Niladhari divisions in the Atulugama area have been declared as isolated areas after 17 Covid-19 patients were reported from the area.

The national security could not be still assured until the people who led Zahran Hashim to carry out the sudden terror attacks are identified, former SDIG of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Ravi Seneviratne yesterday informed the PCoI pro

The Government had to forego a staggering sum of Rs.784 million, in terms of tax revenue because the Department of Excise permitted thousands of litres of Ethanol to be sold to both the state and the private sector to manufacture Covid-19 disinfectan

Budget 2021 comprises some good proposals but at the same time it had failed to explain how the Government is planning to meet the economic challenges that the country is currently facing, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

Vehicle Importers Association of Sri Lanka (VIASL) urged the government to reconsider the import ban.

MP Rishad Bathiudeen told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing Easter Sunday attacks that he contacted then Army Commander Mahesh Senanayake thrice to know about the suspect arrested in connection with the multiple bombings.

Any COVID-19 vaccine will not be tried in Sri Lanka until WHO officially approves it, Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa told Parliament yesterday.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was gifted his first vehicle, a FIAT 124 Sports Coopé, by the family which bought the vehicle from Rajapaksa years ago.

The toll of Covid-19 deaths in Sri Lanka increased to 74 with a 70-year-old male succumbing to the virus today.

A total of 215 more individuals contracted Covid-19 today taking the total confirmed cases reported so far to 19,280.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today claimed that if the Western Province Health Service Director did not provide COVID-19 patients’ surveillance data, assurance cannot be given to prevent the spread of the virus to other dis

Three suspects were arrested with 100 kg of heroin by the Special Task Force (STF) in a raid carried out in the Weligama area, Police Spokesman Ajith Rohana said.

The bus carrying Parliament staffers has toppled into the pond at the Parliament premises today.

A total of 220 more individuals tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total cases in the country to 19,065, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

The Government had not made any allocations in the budget for the vaccine for COVID-19 which was scheduled to be released shortly by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament today.

While the official poverty rate is very low, the majority of Sri Lanka’s children live in families that are struggling financially, and 36 per cent of children live in families with a per person expenditure of less than Rs. 278 a day, a new UNICEF

A total of 368 more Covid-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals increasing the total number of recoveries in Sri Lanka to 13,271, the Health Ministry said.

The Jaffna High Court today dismissed four petitions filed in the court seeking a writ order to prevent Police and the health authorities over attempts to stop Mahaviru commemoration in the Northern Province.

The Health Ministry was taking steps to increase the number of PCR laboratories and the capacity of the existing laboratories with an aim to increase the number of PCR tests conducted within a day to 20,000, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweer

The Court of Appeal today issued a writ order quashing the indictments served against Minister Janaka Bandara Tennakoon in connection with a murder in 1999, ruling that it was illegal.

Veteran actor Wilson Karu was arrested yesterday by the Kirulapone police for violating quarantine regulations.

Railway Department announced today that no passenger trains will be operated this weekend (21, 22).

Justifying the request made to the government to isolate the Colombo Municipal Council area for at least two weeks, Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake said yesterday that she does not want the government to fail due to the corona virus.

The Covid-19 infected child, who went missing from the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Angoda last night, has been found in Eheliyagoda area this morning, Police said.

While saying that the support from the Health Ministry officials was not adequate in the endeavour to contain the Covid-19, Public Health Inspectors Union said there is an attempt to pass the blame on PHIs whenever there is a shortcoming with regard