The Government has decided to procure 100 Metric Tonnes of oxygen from India every week in view to facilitate COVID-19 treatment.

The 142nd Annual Battle of the Blues Inter-School Big Match between Royal College and S. Thomas’ College which is scheduled to be held from September 9 to 11 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota, had been postponed until further notice, t

The law will be strictly enforced against those who violate the inter-provincial travel restrictions from today, police said.

July 2021 has earned the unenviable distinction as the world’s hottest month ever recorded, according to new global data released today by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NC

An Extraordinary Gazette Notification has been issued imposing a Special Commodity Levy on several items, including Sprats, Dried fish, Kurakkan flour, mustard seeds and salt.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the seizure of five AK-47 rifles and `3,000-crore worth of heroin from a Sri Lanka boat off the Kerala coast on March 25 has found that a Pakistan national was the main handler of the smugglers.

Some Christian preachers are misleading their followers requesting them not to get the COVID-19 vaccine, saying the Bible had forbidden taking such vaccines, Sri Lanka National Christian Conference (SLNCC) said yesterday.

The milk powder importers still insist on a price hike of at least Rs. 260 for a packet of one kilo despite tax exemptions and by the slight drop of world market prices. Earlier, they sought a price hike of Rs.350 a kilo.

The Medical teams of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps were engaged in mobile vaccination in the Western Province where immobile and bedridden elderly people are administered with a COVID-19 vaccine. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

A total of 155 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (12) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 5,775.

The Environment Minister has proposed designating the Kelani River from Hanwella to Peliyagoda as a ’conservation zone’ and to install CCTV cameras on the bridges built over the river in this zone to arrest those who drop garbage bags into the ri

Leaders of political parties representing Parliament are to meet next Monday (16) to discuss the current pandemic situation in the country,Sergeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando said today.

The bodies of the COVID-19 victims were seen brought to the Borella Cemetery for cremation. A new cremation area was established in the Borella cemetery specially for COVID-19 victims. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

As a first step of the programme to launch 20 television channels dedicated to education, six new television channels and a radio frequency will be launched next week, Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said.

Former Parliamentarian, Mangala Samaraweera has been hospitalized after being infected with the COVID-19 virus, the Daily Mirror learns.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed the health officials to pay special attention to those who are above the age of 60 and are suffering from chronic non-communicable diseases.

The government has decided to check the vaccination cards of those above 30 years, when they visit all public places, from September 15, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

The Department for Registration of Persons (DRP) has decided to close their main office at Battaramulla and all other branch offices for public from Monday (16) until further notice, DRP Commissioner General Vianni Gunathilaka said.

State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera tested positive for COVID 19 today and thus became the fifth Member of Parliament to become positive within the last ten days.

The prevailing inter-provincial travel restrictions will be thoroughly implemented from midnight today, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

Referring to discrepancy in the official count of infected patients released to the media, Deputy Director-General of Health Services Dr Hemantha Herath said there is no move to hide or alter statistics related to COVID-19 infections and deaths.

Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith requested all Catholics in the archdiocese and others to raise black flags on August 21 in protest against the failure to mete out justice to Easter Sunday victims by the authorities.

The Supreme Court today concluded arguments put forward in support and against the Human Rights Organization Bill which was presented to Parliament by SJB Parliamentarian Tissa Attanayake, as a Private Member Bill.

Following a meeting held between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, the President said he was not ready to impose an islandwide lockdown but opted for tougher travel restrictions, informed sources said.

Criticizing the Government’s failure to intervene in preventing Covid mortality, JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva said today that the Government should be responsible for Covid deaths even more than the previous government that was responsible fo

The World Health Organization (WHO) expert group said today that Sri Lanka is showing a rapid increase in daily reported number of cases and deaths and the trends indicate that Sri Lanka could soon face a health crisis of unprecedented proportions.

SLPP Puttalam District MP and State Minister Priyankara Jayarathna has written to Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Namal Rajapaksa requesting for 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines to the Puttalam District, instead of writing to the Ministry of Health.

Claiming that the Hospital network in the country is at grave risk of being crippled, former Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Nihal Abeysinghe today urged the Government to impose a two-week lockdown. Failing which, not only the Covid mortality but deaths du

Sri Lanka Medical Association and the Intercollegiate Committee have urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to impose lockdown for a minimum of two weeks in order to prevent a vast escalation of COVID-19 infections and fatalities.

The railway stations are not operated today due to the token strike action launched by Railway Station Masters’ Association since midnight yesterday over government’s failure to ensure the health safety of railway employees. The token strike is e