All bus services entering and leaving the Western Province will be suspended until Sunday (November 15) midnight, the National Transport Commission (NTC) and Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) said.

A 68-year-old female from Colombo 10 died at her residence due to Covid-19 reporting as the 45th Covid-19 death in Sri Lanka, the Government Information Department said.

Two local workers and four Chinese employed at another CHEC project in Kotahena, Colombo 13 have tested positive for COVID-19.

People in the Western Province are prohibited from travelling outside the Province with immediate effect until November 15, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

Despite the curfew being lifted in the Western Province, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today informed officials to take measures to restrict people’s movements from the Western Province to other provinces as a majority of Covid-19 cases were reporte

A total of 309 more Covid-19 cases were reported today, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

Three more COVID-19 deaths were reported in Sri Lanka increasing the death toll to 44, Director General of Health Services said.

With the sudden increase in Covid-19 deaths in the country for the last three weeks, a panel of experts was appointed by the Director-General of Health Services to evaluate the deaths related to Covid-19, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera s

An employee attached to the Cargill’s Food City outlet in Maradana Road, Colombo 10 has tested positive for COVID-19, the management said in a statement.

Four persons have tested positive for COVID-19 at a private radio station.

Twelve Indian nationals and two locals who are working at a site opposite the Galle Face Green tested positive for Covid-19, CMC sources said.

At least 30 people out of 100 people who are randomly tested in high-risk areas within the Colombo city detected as COVID positive, forcing the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) to increase the number of PCR tests by five fold, Chief Medical Officer Dr

A 26-year-old man was reported missing after two boats collided in the Diyawanna Lake last night, the Police said.

Sri Lankan born Dr Dinesh Palipana founder of Doctors with Disabilities Australia is named Queensland’s 2021 Australian of the Year, Brisbane Times reported.

A special ambulance service has been introduced in lockdown areas in Colombo and suburbs, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said today.

One line between Kollupitiya and Bambalapitiya Railway Stations on the Coastal Line will be closed for five days from today due to repair work, the Railways Department said.

The total number of Covid-19 cases reported in the police cluster surpassed 600 with 82 police officers at the Fort Police contracted with virus.

Raising questions on the newly imported Rapid Antigen test kits, the main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday charged that the kits have been imported into the country before the evaluation of tenders were completed and before obtaining

Brilliant hostile bowling led by Kiwi Trent Boult took Mumbai Indians to an emphatic five-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals and a fifth Indian Premier League title today.

The President’s Media Division today published the disbursement report of the COVID – 19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund that has reached Rs. 1,668,379,121.74 as of October 31, 2020.

As the talks on a vaccine against Covid-19 are in the spotlight around the world, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said Sri Lanka cannot keep depending on a vaccine alone considering the time period of availability of the vaccine, the cost

The Covid-19 death toll in the country mounted to 40 with five more persons succumbed to the virus today.

Four more members working at Keells supermarkets, three members from Thimbirigasyaya store and a member from the Havelock Road, tested positive for Covid-19 today.

Ministry of Health says that it has not taken a decision to change the current procedure of cremation of those who succumbed to COVID-19, Health Ministry Spokesman Dr. Jayaruwan Bandara said.

The government will only take a decision to bury Muslim citizens who died due to Covid-19 disease on the advice of a committee appointed by the Ministry of Health, Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera said.

MP Rishad Bathiudeen who is in remand prison, was further remanded till November 13 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today.

Nearly four per cent of total PCR tests performed on individuals of the Minuwangoda and Peliyagoda clusters and from the second wave of Covid-19 tested positive for Covid-19, according to statistics.

The Mawanella Magistrate’s Court today issued an interim order suspending sessions of Mawanella Pradeshiya Sabha for seven days, Police said.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has issued a circular extending the debt moratorium for Covid-19 affected business and individuals.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed health authorities to look at the possibility of allocating a dry land in any part of the country to allow burials of COVID-19 victims following increasing requests by the Muslim community to halt cre