A total of 113 more people from Minuwangoda cluster tested positive for Covid-19, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

United National Party (UNP) yesterday urged the government not to take up the debate on the proposed 20th Amendment in Parliament till the COVID-19 pandemic situation is controlled

Quarantine curfew will be imposed in Katunayake police area with effect from 5.00 am tomorrow until further notice, the Government Information Department said.

Accountant Alagarathnam Manoranjan, who was arrested for misappropriating public funds during the previous Presidential Election, was remanded until October 26 by the Fort Magistrate.

No appropriate analysis was conducted over the threats related to National Security at the time of Easter Sunday coordinated terror attacks, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday told the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing Easter Sunday attacks a short while ago to provide evidence for the third day.

Colombo High Court today imposed a fine of Rs. 12 million on Captain of crude oil tanker MT New Diamond after he pleaded guilty to the charges.

Alagarathnam Manoranjan, an accountant by profession and MP Rishad Bathiuden’s security guard were taken into CID custody at Kirulapone, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

The Attorney General has sought a court order for a sum of Rs 200 million as compensation after the accused Captain of crude oil tanker MT New Diamond pleaded guilty to charges in the Colombo High Court, the Attorney General‘s Coordinating Officer

The Ministry of Health said today that 29 more COVID-19 infected patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals increasing total number of recoveries in Sri Lanka to 3,357.

China, Russia and Cuba won seats on the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday despite opposition from activist groups, New Indian Express reported today.

Former Police Spokesman SSP Jaliya Senaratne, who was transferred to the Kankesanthurai Division as Personal Assistant to the Senior DIG in charge of the Northern Province, had been transferred to the Police Headquarters with immediate effect, source

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa publicly refuted the claim again that China had set up a debt trap to control Sri Lanka, China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian’s said in a press conference yesterday.

Two women had been killed and one injured after a tree fell on them while plucking tea leaves in an estate at Walawaththa in Pinnawala this morning.

The traffic light signals at several roads in Colombo will be automatically operated from today as a pilot project to reduce traffic congestion in Colombo, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), Commander of the Army Lt General Shavendra Silva stated that information had been received to the effect that there had been 33 employees at the Brandix Apparel facto

The government will use the US$500 million loan from the China Development Bank (CDB) for budgetary support, Money, Capital Markets and State Enterprise Reforms Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal told Daily Mirror yesterday.

With the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in Minuwangoda, the number of beds available to treat new COVID-19 patients stood at 251, according to the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) statistics as of yesterday.

Several issues cropped up after a relative of an LTTE member was appointed to a high position of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) by the previous government, former president Maithripala Sirisena told the PCoI into the Easter Sunday a

Former president Maithripala Sirisena should have been aware of possible terror attacks on April 21, 2019 before he left the country, former defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando today told the PCoI into the Easter Sunday attacks.

Volunteers who were cleaning up the Wetahirakanda Nature Reserve, Uva-Kuda Oya, Thanamalwila have stumbled upon a patch of buried fabric labels bearing the name of leading global apparel brand, H&M.

Six Criminal Investigation Department (CID) teams were deployed to arrest MP Rishad Bathiudeen following the Attorney General’s directive to the police to arrest him and produce before courts, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

The Amarapura Nikaya said in a statement that the Sangha Councils of the Amarapura Nikaya had not met and discussed the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution as yet.

A total of 145 Covid-19 positive cases were reported today, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

The 20th Amendment should not be proceeded with in its entirety and instead a new Constitution should be the national priority at this moment, the Catholic Bishops Conference (CBC) said today.

The Government had lifted the import tax on several essential items such as dhal, canned fish, Big Onions and sugar with effect from midnight today, the President’s Media Division said.

The authorities won’t be able to control the COVID-19 situation as before if the virus spread goes out of hand exceeding the health capacity, Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Secretary Dr. Shenal Fernando said.

The government should take the responsibility for the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic because they had let they guard down, JVP propaganda Secretary Vijitha Herath said today.

The Yahapalana Government was like a mismatched marriage and dealing with former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was like dealing with a ‘political devil’, former President Maithripala Sirisena said giving evidence to the PCoI probing Easter

The Government had approved to import 6, 000 metric tons of Basmati rice annually under the provisions of Pakistan-Sri Lanka Trade Agreement, Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said.