The electricity supply to some 45,000 people living in several areas in the Kegalle, Ratnapura, Galle, Matara, Hambantota and Kurunegala Districts had been disrupted due to heavy rains, the Ministry of Power and Energy said.

A 48-year-old man died after being swept away by the currents in Wattarama, Kegalle in the early hours of today, police said.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma and Chennai Super Kings player Suresh Raina turned selectors on their recent chat session on Instagram as the due picked their combined MI-CSK ultimate XI.Rohit Sharma after that apologised to Lasith Malinga for no

Ten more Covid-19 infected patient were reported today increasing the total cases in Sri Lanka to 935, the Health Ministry said.

A travel picture quiz posted by the UK’s The Guardian website in one of its question said Eelam is an indigenous name for Sri Lanka.

The balance of the COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund has reached Rs.1064.4 million passing the Rs.one billion mark, the President’s Media Division said today.

The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) today issued landslide early warnings for Matale and Galle districts.

The grace period granted for renewing of vehicle revenue licences in the Western Province had been extended till July 31, the Chief Secretary of the Western Province said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that irrational laws should not obstruct the policies formulated to achieve the economic objectives of the people.

The low pressure area over South East Bay of Bengal and neighborhood is likely to developed into a depression over same region during next 12 hours and further intensify into a cyclonic storm over South Bay of Bengal tomorrow (16), the Department of

The jogging tracks, which were closed more than a month due to the COVID-19 outbreak, reopened to the public for exercising this morning, Police said.

Alcohol consumption has dropped by 80 per cent while smoking records 68 per cent drop during the lockdown period since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, a survey by the Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) revealed.

Thirty-two more COVID-19 infected patients were recovered and discharged from the hospital today, the Health Ministry said.

Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne said yesterday that tough action will be taken against those vandalizing and encroaching archaeological and historic sites.

A total of 151 naval personnel out of those infected with Covid-19 have been recovered and discharged from hospitals, the Navy said.

Four suspects have been arrested with 226 kgs of heroin during a raid in Ragama by the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB).

A total of 180 people who were quarantined at the SLAF quarantine centre in Vanni left for their homes today.

Global coronavirus deaths have passed 300,000 as infections approached 4.5 million, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States responsible for more than a quarter of all fatalities.

Bandaranayake Mawatha in Colombo 12 and the Suduwella area in Ja-Ela, which were placed under isolation, have been re-opened, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

While expressing its displeasure over the Government’s decision to re-open liquor shops in the country, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said the behavior of people at liquor shops could not be condoned.

Heavy falls up to 100 mm could be expected at some places in the Western and the Sabaragamuwa provinces and in the Galle and Matara districts, The Department of Meteorology forecast yesterday.

Nine more Covid-19 infected patient were reported today increasing the total cases to 925, the Health Ministry said.

Brandix Apparel Limited has started to export 200 million face masks to the United States, the company said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested the banking sector to deviate from conventional thinking and practice to support the efforts to rebuild the economy which was badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the PMD said.

The government has worked out a roadmap for reopening the Bandaranaike International Airport for inbound and outbound passengers with guidelines that include the setting up of a laboratory to test them for COVID-19, Civil Aviation Minister Prasanna R

Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay, who presented his credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at a ceremony organised through video conferencing, stressed in a brief, exclusive comment to the Daily Mirror that joint efforts bet

The government has been able to obtain an undertaking from employers not to lay off even a single employee, but pay whatever the highest in half of the monthly salary or Rs. 14,500 minimum per month from April though their establishments had been hit

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has surrendered his three-month salary of Rs. 292,500 to the COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund, the President’s Media Division said.

One more Covid-19 infected patient was reported today increasing the total cases to 916, the Health Ministry said.

The curfew in the Colombo and the Gampaha districts would continue until further notice while curfew in other districts would continue from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily until next Saturday (16) and island-wide curfew would be imposed on Sunday (17), Presid