A total of 114 people, who had visited the inmates at the Kandakadu Drug Rehabilitation Centre and their family members, have tested negative for COVID-19, Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said.

The Director of Ministerial Security Division (MSD) SSP W. Thilakarathne yesterday told the Daily Mirror that the late politician Arumugam Thondaman’s son Jeevan Thondaman had been given MSD security following orders, they received, from government

Through third party sources it was informed that former President Maithripala Sirisena’s government had given Presidential awards to Senior Police officers including the then SIS Director for their involvement on investigating Easter Sunday attacks

Former TID Chief DIG Nalaka de Silva yesterday said the Easter Sunday attacks revealed the lack of a contingency plan and policy to face emergence situations.

India is currently in discussion with the Sri Lankan authorities to grant a debt moratorium for Sri Lanka as requested by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Daily Mirror learns.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that there was no need to get unnecessarily scared or panic about the spread of Covid-19 in Sri Lanka as things were under control.

Seven more Sri Lankan migrant workers in Middle Eastern countries have died due to COVID-19 within last week increasing the death toll to 42, the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB) told the Daily Mirror today.

A key suspect in the Wasim Thajudeen murder case, Ex- Chief Judicial Medical Officer of Colombo, Prof. Ananda Samarasekara had passed away, the Attorney General’s Department informed the Colombo Additional Magistrate today.

Whilst stating that Sri Lanka is slated to lose one million jobs and foreign revenue worth USD 7 billion this year, former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today said manifesto of his party has focused on this issue.

The OIC of the Ja-Ela Police has been transferred by the National Police Commission (NPC) on a request made by the Elections Commission.

A special operation will be launched from tomorrow (17) to identify vehicles for illegal parking as well as for parking on pavements, DIG Ajith Rohana said.

Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe today cleared the air surrounding the stopping of PCR tests done by the lab at Sri Jayewardenepura University stating that it was done in agreement with the university authorities after several di

At least 27 parcels containing mobile phones, chargers, SIM cards, batteries and cigarettes etc, which had been thrown over the wall into the Welikada Female Section from the Colombo Remand Prison (CRP), were found by the prison officers, Prisons Com

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to award contracts to construct expressways only to Sri Lankan contractors in a bid to strengthen the local construction industry, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today said.

SJB leader Sajith Premadasa has pledged to give an opportunity to estate workers to become owners of small tea holdings as the Prime Minister of a future Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) government.

Nine senior Police officers have been appointed as hostage negotiators, the first of such an initiative in Sri Lanka, in keeping with international aviation obligations as a part of crisis management during a possible aircraft hi-jacking or a hostage

The Asian Development Bank has given its consent for assistance required for performing feasibility studies applicable to establish ten High Tech Universities at ten districts.

Police fired tear gas to disperse a group of residents who acted violently at the Angulana Police station and pelted stones in protest of the recent death of a fisherman.

While saying Covid-19 situation at the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre had been brought under control, Army Commander Shavendra Silva stressed the need to wear face masks when going outdoors.

Nine medical students of the Jaffna University, who went missing in Muththiyankattu Forest Reserve in Pudukuduirippu, have been found today, Police said.

The Cabinet has decided to extend the agreement reached between government and private sector employers to ensure payment of Rs. 14.500 or 50 per cent of the basic salary of private sector employees until September.

Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam.

Health Minister Pavitra Wanniarachchi today said that health guidelines pertaining to the General Elections would be Gazetted within the next two days after receiving the necessary advice from the Attorney General and the Legal Draftsman.

Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said more than 130,000 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests have been performed so far to identify COVID-19 patients in Sri Lanka .

Senior Medical Specialists yesterday warned that if the current spread of COVID-19 is ignored Sri Lankan could end up becoming another Brazil or India.

While claiming that people at quarantine centres or on self-quarantine would not be allowed to vote at normal polling station, the Elections Commission (EC) said yesterday it was considering the possibility of establishing mobile polling centres or s

Maldives on Wednesday announced the reopening of its borders for tourists amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, and said the country is a safe destination.

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for coronavirus again, CNN Brazil said on Wednesday, quoting the far right leader, who underwent a new test on Tuesday.

Although former Presidents Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapaksa attended the sessions of the Ministerial Consultative Committee (MCC) on National Security as defense ministers during their tenure, the ’Yahapalana’ government

Colombo National Hospital’s (CNH) Burns and Reconstructive Surgical Unit, which was empty during the COVID-19 pandemic, has filled with patients again, the Head of the Surgical Unit Consultant Surgeon Dr. Dulip Perera said.