Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to assume the role of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) after the general election in the wake of the current SLFP leader, former president Maithripala Sirisena being expected to step down from the post after

Producing prison inmates in courts has been temporarily suspended and their legal proceedings would be carried out through video technology, the Prisons Department said.

Melsta Hospitals Ragama has been closed after its General Manager (GM), who had conducted lectures at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Centre, was tested positive for COVID-19, police said.

At least 30 persons belonging to seven families in Homagama have been sent for self quarantine after two Army officers from the area who are serving at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Centre tested positive for Covid-19, Homagama MOH office said.

Four independent witnesses today recorded statements over the sale of drugs seized in raids by the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) Officers. The statements were provided behind closed doors at the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.

Three police officers who were on duty at a roadblock on the Matara-Hakmana road were run over by a tipper truck, killing a police constable.

An inmate who was admitted to the Negombo Hospital for a PCR test on Covid-19 has died after falling from the eighth floor of the hospital, the Police said.

There have been no isolated cases of COVID-19 patients found in Colombo or its outskirts and all associates linked to the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center inmates and its employees have been traced while further monitoring is continuing, Director Gene

A total of 285 Sri Lankans who were stranded in Jordan arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning. They arrived in Sri Lankan Airlines flight UL 1506 from Amman Airport (AMM).

The National Peoples’ Power (NPP) said yesterday the government was hiding the true situation of the COPVID-19 outbreak in a move to show that the situation in the country had returned to normalcy just for political advantage.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman Professor G.L. Peiris yesterday said those who are afraid of facing the elections use the COVID-19 situation as a scapegoat to get the General Elections postponed.

Referring to the outbreak of COVID-19 cases at Kandakadu Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) on Monday requested the Government to use both the Ministry of Health (MOH) network and military intel

An Inspector of Police (IP) attached to the Yakkala Police Crimes Division was arrested by the Bribery Commission while soliciting a bribe of Rs.15,000 from a businessman at Bandarawatta today.

The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Sri Lanka increased to 2,642 today with 11 inmates from Senapura Rehabilitation Centre tested positive for the virus, the Government Information Department said.

The Japanese Government has agreed to provide Rs. 340 million to strengthen the investigation and detection capacities of drugs and related anti-narcotic activities of Sri Lanka Police, the Finance Ministry said.

Navy Commander Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva is to retire on Wednesday after 36 years of service in the Sri Lanka Navy.

Mohommad Najim Mohommad Imran alias Kanjipani Imran who is currently serving a six-year rigorous prison term at Boossa Prison today filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court.

While claiming that 428 Covid 19 Positive cases had been reported from Kandakadu and Senapura Rehabilitation Centres, Director General of Health Services Dr Anil Jasinghe today said the spreading of the virus in the respective areas was not a wide-sp

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake today filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal seeking an order staying the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing incidents of Political Victimization, from hearing a case launched based on a compla

The OIC of the Ampara Police Transport Division had been arrested in Ampara in connection with an investigation into the Easter Sunday attacks.

Four individuals who had exploded pieces of explosives at Ilavalai in Jaffna were arrested last night, the Police said.

Not granting of leave to employees to exercise their franchise at the upcoming election was an offense that could be prosecuted in the Magistrate Court and punished, the National Elections Commission said today.

The Attorney General today informed the Supreme Court that a committee appointed by new Government is currently reviewing the context of the Sri Lanka–Singapore Free Trade Agreement signed by the previous government.

Two close associates of underworld figure ’Angoda Lokka’ have been arrested with heroin during a raid at Udumulla in Mulleriyawa this morning.

Postal voting for the Medical Officers of Health (MOH) was held today while postal voting for all government institutions except for District Secretariat, Election Commission and Defense sector would be held tomorrow and the day after.

The Election Commission is closely monitoring the situation after the discovery of a fresh bout of COVID-19 patients in the country, an official said yesterday.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched a special investigation into allegations that several Special Task Force (STF) officers were closely associating with narcotics officers arrested in connection with the sale of heroin to drug t

In the wake of new Covid-19 cases being reported from the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) reiterated the health authorities to increase the number of PCR tests in the country.

With the finding of 57 persons positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, Dr Sudath Samaraweera of the Epidemiology Unit said that this latest discovery was made while investigating the historical records of the affected person found in Welikada.

All schools in the country would be closed from Monday (13) to Friday (17) considering the prevailing situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the Education Ministry said.