An eighteen-year-old student of the Isipathana College and 17-year -old student of a girls school in Colombo have died of Covid 19 recently.

Mohamed Razik Mohamed Taslim, who was shot in the head by Zahran Hashim’s group that was believed to be linked to the Easter Sunday suicide attacks, was offered Rs. 2.5 million in cash by Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekera for providing in

(London) – The Scottish government should provide details of a review of Police Scotland training for Sri Lankan police, Human Rights Watch, Freedom from Torture, the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, and Pax Christi Scotland said in a lett

The government has approved the purchase of nine million doses of Sinopharm and 14 million doses of Pfizer at the unit price and it has been decided to vaccinate all people over 18 years of age by September 30 in order to reduce the impact of the COV

Social Media reports claiming that former MP Mangala Samaraweera has passed away after battling COVID19 are false, his colleagues confirmed to Daily Mirror a short while ago.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal submitted to import 6,000 metric tons of rice immediately from Pakistan.

The Cabinet today granted approval to import 360,000 more litres of liquid medicinal Oxygen to ensure undisturbed supply of liquid medicinal Oxygen for treating the critical COVID-19 positive patients in the country.

Responding to messages being circulated claiming that licensed banks have been officially asked to devalue the Sri Lanka rupee with immediate effect, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said they had not given such orders to any Licensed Banks.

Chief News Editor of the ’Sunday Island’ Suresh Perera succumbed to Covid-19 last evening while receiving treatment at the Colombo South Teaching Hospital.

Despite the government’s assurance that the vaccination drive in the country will be expedited to prevent the rapid spread of COVID-19, the number of persons vaccinated yesterday (17) stood up to 137,221 only.

The Joint Alliance of Teachers and Princiapls launched a cyber protest yesterday, in a move to further strengthen their trade union action against the salary anomalies they have been suffering with. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reiterated that even though no lockdown has been imposed, travel restriction would be strictly implemented.

Four new sensitive ecosystems have been identified in the country and they have been designated as Sensitive Ecological Zones, the Environment Ministry said.

Sri Lanka’s health experts have launched a probe to identify the implications of the three new mutations of the Delta variant found mainly from Colombo and if it is more contagious than the original Delta variant which itself is fast spreading in t

The central bank of Bangladesh will lend $50 million to under-pressure Sri Lanka this week as part of Bangladesh’s efforts to support the Island nation suffering from a foreign exchange crisis.

Sri Lanka is closely monitoring the development in Afghanistan in terms of immediate, mid and long term implications and to bring down a group of 65 Sri Lankans now in Kabul, a day after the Taliban seized power of Afghanistan after 20 years, a senio

In their first official press briefing since the Kabul seizure, the Taliban vowed to protect women’s rights ’’within the limits’’ of Islamic law.

A total of 171 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (16) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 6,434.

A Sri Lankan online retailer is selling firewood online and reportedly had sold more than 1000 bundles of firewood, as the country was facing an acute scarcity of domestic gas.

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila today requested the public to use fuel economically in view to save foreign currency to bring in the much-needed medicines and vaccines.

Members of the Civil Defence Force are seen busy putting the final touches in the construction of new wards at the Cancer Hospital, Maharagama today for those cancer patients who have become COVID-19 positive. The project was funded by the Sri Lanka

Two men were killed in a shootout between two robbers and the police in Sooriyawewa this evening, police said.

Claiming that there was no scientific basis in the allocation of Cabinet of Ministers, Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said today what was needed not a Cabinet reshuffle, but to allocate Ministries on a scientific basis immediately.

Business operations of at least 31 cities across the country have been suspended as of today while another 15 cities have suspended operations today due to the spread of COVID-19.

Several streets of COlombo are deserted due to Covid spread in the city, Though most of the shops are closed, some vendors who were selling essentials keep their shops open. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

A total of 12 staff members of Parliament tested positive to Covid-19 following Rapid Antigen Tests carried out today, Sergeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando said.

China Development Bank and Sri Lankan Government has entered into an agreement of RMB 2 billion - approximately Rs. 61.5 billion Term Facility today, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said.

By administering a booster dose, it will halt or minimize the spread of the disease and prevent further mutation, thereby preventing a mutant variant, the Government Medical Officers’ Association today said.

Rear Admiral YN Jayarathne has been appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy with effect from today by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The most dangerous threat that Sri Lanka may face is the potential for an emergence new severe COVID virus strain by the end of 2021, that would bypass the immunity created by the current vaccination programme, the Government Medical Officers’ Asso