The toll of Covid-19 cases in Sri Lanka has increased to 1913, according to the National Epidemiological Report.

Eighty-five technicians from Iran have arrived in Sri Lanka to complete the Uma Oya Multi-Purpose Development Project, President’s Media Division said.

Three Indian army personnel, including a commanding officer, have been killed in a ’’violent face-off’’ with Chinese soldiers in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, an Indian army spokesman has said.

The Colombo Additional Magistrate today issued arrest warrants on four directors of the Edirisinghe Trust Investments (ETI) holdings for not appearing in court.

New Zealand said today that it has two new cases of the coronavirus, both related to recent travel from the UK, ending a 24-day streak of no new infections in the country.

Twenty-nine more COVID-19 infected patients were recovered and discharged from hospitals today increasing the total number of recovered patients in Sri Lanka to 1371, the Health Ministry said.

Former UNP MP Palitha Thewarapperuma was admitted to a private hospital in Colombo following a cardiac arrest.

A 43-year-old man was killed and thrown into a canal at Angulana early this morning. Police said the victim and another man had got into a brawl following a dispute at a big girl party in Angulana last night.

Preparations are being made to re-open Day Care Centers from July 1, the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs said today.

The body of a 26-year-old Police Constable attached to the Madampe Police was found inside the police station this morning, Police said.

The Attorney General has informed the Special Permanent High Court Trial-At-Bar that Central Bank’s former governor Arjun Mahendran, the first accused in the bond scam, has changed his name to Arjan Alexander.

Most Reverend Father Ernest Porutota passed away at the age of 88 this morning at a private hospital in Colombo.

The Election Commission will have a meeting with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tomorrow to discuss the creation of a conducive atmosphere for the conduct of the general elections, an official said.

The archaeological artifacts recovered at the site during excavations at the Pahiyangala cave could have been looted, Ven. Pahiyangala Ananda Sagara Thera said

A recovered COVID-19 patient from Anuradhapura has reportedly tested positive for the virus for the second time, health authorities said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday that he had never requested any bank to grant loans to his kith and kin, acquaintances or supporters.

A decision has been taken to return vehicles which were taken into custody for violating curfew regulations imposed to prevent spread of COVID-19 pandemic, to their owners, the Presidential Media Division said.

The Colombo Lotus Tower project would be declared opened for the public after clearing all the issues, as a more productive investment of higher quality, the President’s Media Division said.

Attorney General Dappula de Livera has concluded action in respect of 19,091 criminal cases from January 2019 to May 2020 and forwarded 10,785 indictments to the High Court, Coordinating Officer to the AG, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said.

Sithum Alahapperuma, the 22-year-old Police Constable attached to the State Intelligence Services (SIS), who died following an accident in Bambalapitiya on June 11, has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant by Acting IGP C.D. Wickramarathna today.

An 84-year-old man died after he fell from a building in Kirulapone this morning, the Police said.

An event organised by former President Maithripala Sirisena, who is contesting the general elections, to distribute scholarships among 360 students selected for universities from the Polonnaruwa District, has been suspended by the Elections Commissio

Sixty-one tri forces members were among those 130 Sri Lankans who returned from Pakistan this morning, Military Spokesman Brigadier Chandana Wickremesinghe said.

Vinavi Mapitigama (41), the daughter of veteran film Director Chandrarathna Mapitigama, was killed and two others were injured when two cars collided head-on at Wellawatta on the Old Havelock Road yesterday.

Efforts are being made by the Swiss authorities to track down the owner of more than 3kgs of gold that was left in a carriage last October, BBC said yesterday.

Tarinda Ratwatte, the suspect of the Defender accident in which the PC attached to the State Intelligence Services (SIS) Sithum Alahapperuma was killed, was remanded till June 19 by the Colombo Traffic Court today.

An airman attached to the SLAF Base in Ratmalana was killed when the motorcycle he was riding on collided with a Colombo-bound train from Galle at a railway crossing at Wewala in Hikkaduwa last evening.

A 56-year-old Catholic priest was drowned while bathing in the sea off Kepungoda in Dungalpitiya yesterday, the Police said.

Director of the State Intelligence Services of Sri Lanka (SIS) Major General Suresh Sallay has sent a Letter of Demand to Executive Director of the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) Ms. Yasmin Sooka and the ITJP for making various allega

It is more important to focus on the crisis situation that has arisen in the country rather than harping on crisis situations in political parties, former State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.