The Supreme Court has appointed a five-judge bench, led by the Chief Justice to hear Fundemental Rights petitions filed challenging the election date.

Two newly appointed Ambassadors and a High Commissioner presented credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa through video conferencing today due to COVID-19 pandemic, the President’s Media Division said.

Former Minister Mangala Samaraweera arrived at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) a short while ago to give a statement over a case of transporting voters during the Presidential Election.

A total of 63 more Covid-19 infected patients recovered and were discharged today increasing the total recovered cases in Sri Lanka to 445, the Health Ministry said.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and Lanka Electricity Company Private Limited (LECO) have taken steps to ensure fairness for electricity consumers in issuing monthly electricity bills and allowing

Sri Lanka is considering reopening its air and sea borders in July to foreign tourists, TTG Asia reported. However, Sri Lanka Tourism’s chairperson Kimarli Fernando said arrivals would be mostly Sri Lankans who reside overseas, return to visit rela

The Health Ministry yesterday said Sri Lanka was closely monitoring increasing cases of a Kawasaki-like disease spreading among children in Europe and in the West and said although no cases had been reported here, they would continue to study the pat

Twenty-two (22) more persons tested positive for Covid-19 as of 11.45 pm on Wednesday, increasing the total number of infected cases to 915. All 26 Covid-19 infected patients identified yesterday (13) have been reported from the Welisara Navy camp.

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested Wednesday that China and Sri Lanka, while ensuring COVID-19 prevention and control, gradually resume practical cooperation in various fields, advance major cooperation projects in an

Election Commission’s Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya asserted at Tuesday’s meeting with the political party representatives that his office was prepared to conduct the general election, but not at the cost of human lives.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) are providing US$400,000 (LKR 74 million) to the Ministry of Education (MoEd) towards the National School Meal Programme. 80,000 primary s

With corporate and individual donations and direct deposits, the COVID – 19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund‘s balance has now surpassed Rs. 915 million, Presidential Media Division said.

Former Minister Rajitha Senaratne was remanded till May 27 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court over the ’white van’ press conference.

The suspension of scheduled passenger flights of SriLankan Airlines due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has been extended till May 31, the Airlines said.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratna today ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to produce former Minister Rajitha Senaratna before courts.

Nearly 500 tri-forces personnel and their close contacts were among those tested positive for Covid-19 in the country.

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

A fire has broken out in the record room of the Deiyandara Magistrate’s Court this morning, the Police said.

Liquor shops have been permitted to re-open in the areas where the curfew is not in effect, the Excise Department said.

The Colombo High Court has set aside a bail order issued by the Colombo Chief Magistrate on former Minister Rajitha Seneratna over the ’white van’ press conference case.

The Education Ministry is focussing on keeping schools open all seven days of the week to catch up with the lost opportunities in education in the aftermath of the Covid 19 pandemic, Education Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said yesterday.

Armed with the backing of a Magistrates determinations, the Police have decided to get tough from today (13) on anyone violating the curfew or quarantine laws.

Facebook Inc.’s lack of a serious response to signs of abuse on its platform in Sri Lanka may have helped stoke deadly violence in the country in 2018, according to an investigation of the social network’s operations there.

Five more Covid-19 infected patients were reported increasing the total cases to 889 in Sri Lanka, the Health Ministry said.

The Defence Ministry strongly denies allegations by some media against the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) that it refrains from providing information about sailors, who are infected with coronavirus, to health authorities.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today reviewed the current status of the proposed “unique digital identity card”, which will be issued only once by obtaining bio data of all citizens, the President’s Media Division said.

Taking into consideration the reopening of economic activity in the world followed by easing of some travel restrictions between countries, SriLankan Airlines is now offering services to passengers who are eligible to travel under the respective coun

New York may have as many as 93 cases of children presenting with a new pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome likely linked to COVID-19. At least three children have died, and two more deaths are under investigation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announce

Twenty-three (23) COVID-19 infected patients recovered and were discharged from the hospital today increasing the total number of recovered cases to 366, the Health Ministry said.

A total of 320 Sri Lankans including an expectant mother who were stranded in Chennai had arrived at the Katunayake International Airport today, Airport Duty Manager said.