The Central Bank has imposed maximum interest rates on pawning advances of licensed banks to provide relief to low income families affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.

The United States now has more than one million coronavirus cases across the country - accounting for a third of the global tally - as the death toll rises to more than 56,000.

At least five navy personnel were hospitalised after SLTB bus they were travelling in crashed into a wall at Randombe in Ambalangoda early this morning.

A Police Sergeant, attached to the Narammala Police Station was killed when the motorcycle he was riding on collided head on with an army cab at Galwanguwa Junction in Narammala last night.

Some 1,553 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests were carried out within Monday (27), the Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said.

Police curfew in 21 districts was lifted at 5 am today and will be re-imposed at 8 pm today.

A total number of 588 Covid-19 infected patients have been identified in Sri Lanka, the health ministry said.

A new special Presidential Task Force headed by the Governor of the Western Province Marshal of the Air Force Roshan Gunatileke was appointed to identify measures that need to be taken to ensure health security at military camps, the President’s M

A total of 180 Navy personnel attached to the Welisara Navy Camp had tested positive for COVID-19 so far, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said today.

A total of 44 have tested positive for COVID-19 today increasing the total number of cases to 567, Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said.

A total of 10,346 students who sat for the 2019 O/L Examination have obtained ‘9A’ passes and 73.84 per cent of students qualified for the GCE A/L, the examination Department announced

Former MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who sat for the 2019 GCE Ordinary Level examination, has got a ’C’ for English.

Seven opposition Party Leaders, in a joint statement, has urged the President to reconvene Parliament assuring responsible cooperation in Parliament in order to face the challenge of COVID-19 effectively.

The Examinations Department has released the results of the 2019 GCE Ordinary Level Examination.

Thirty-four individuals have tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 557, the Health Ministry said.

The Examinations Department announced that the results of the 2019 GCE Ordinary Level Examination will be released by this evening.

A SriLankan Airlines special flight left Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for Dhaka, Bangladesh today to bring 74 Sri Lankan students stranded there.

The Computer Emergency Readiness Team/Co-ordination Centre (CERT|CC) today warned that a Google doc related phishing attack was circulating on WhatsApp.

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

Health Services Director Dr. Anil Jasinghe said today that the Health Ministry requested the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) 1,000 body bags not with the expectation of a possible increase of COVID 19 casualties but on the Health Ministry

A member of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has been infected with Covid-19 reporting as the first case in the SLAF.

The Australian government has been ordered to pay a Tamil family more than $200,000 in legal fees over their bid to stay in Australia,

The SAARC Secretariat should play an active role in the region’s response to COVID-19, along with “someone in charge”, according to Sri Lanka’s former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Arrangements have been made to station the members of security forces who go on leave and return in several schools in Colombo.

Prisons Commissioner (Rehabilitation) Chandana Ekanayake said telephone facilities have been provided at all prisons including Welikada Prison, so that the inmates can call their loved ones at home in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Army Special Forces Camp in Seeduwa was isolated with immediate effect yesterday when one of its officers was found positive with Covid-19 on Saturday night, whilst his spouse attached to the Welisara Navy base was maternity leave.

A total number of 523 Covid-19 infected patients have been identified in Sri Lanka, the health ministry said.

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) today requested the consumers to pay the monthly bills using online payment facilities and also said that there would be no disconnections of water supply.

Twenty more Covid-19 infected patients were identified increasing the total cases in Sri Lanka to 505, the Health Ministry said.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has sought 1000 body bags from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to dispose bodies during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic