Traffic congestion has been reported due to a protest march by university students in Battaramulla.

The Fundamental Rights petition filed by environmental scientist Dr. Ajantha Perera and a social activist seeking an order directing the authorities to set up a Restoration and Conservation Fund for the environmental degradation due to the pollution

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhane today assured to look into the incident where Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Thalatha Athukorala was subject to verbal sexual harassment during a debate in parliament.

Claiming that the Government is not in a position to provide immediate solutions to the demands of the teachers, Education Minister G.L. Peiris said today the Government was planning to provide practical solutions to the issues faced by all public se

A COVID-19 treatment centre constructed at the Mulleriyawa Base Hospital by the Sri Lanka Air Force, was handed over to the Health Minister Pavithra Vanniaarachchi by Air Force Commander Sudarshana Pathirana today. The new centre is capable of accomm

Attorney General today informed the Supreme Court that Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has commenced an investigation into the Aranthalawa massacre that took place in 1987.

The National Tsunami Early Warning Centre at the Department of Meteorology said that there is no tsunami threat to Sri Lanka at present due to an earthquake to the magnitude of 6.5 in the Richter scale struck about 310 km (190 miles) southeast of Por

Government is considering giving weekly reports to Parliament on COVID-19 pandemic situation, Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi said today.

Police have found a note written on the wall of the room where the 16-year-old girl, who died of burn injuries was staying while serving as a domestic helper in the house of former minister Rishad Bathiudeen.

A total of 244,251 second doses of AstraZeneca vaccines have been administered since Monday ( August 1) with 174,985 AztraZeneca vaccines administered yesterday.

An expert of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said post COVID-19 condition which is also called long COVID-19 had around 200 symptoms, but shortness of breath, cognitive dysfunction and fatigue were the most common ones.

Sri Lankan High Commissioner-designate to India Milinda Moragoda, in his blueprint for fostering bilateral ties with India, has proposed electrical grid connectivity between the two countries, highlighting that it would be mutually beneficial.

People in Badulla staged a protest on the Mahiyangana Badulla Road over serveral demands including fertilizer issue. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

The COVID-19 ward at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) in Colombo designated to treat COVID-19 infected children has reached its maximum capacity, Hospital Director Dr G. Wijesuriya said.

A new mobile application has been introduced by the Health Ministry to help the general public to get an understanding about their health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Public Health Inspectors who arrived at a place where SJB members including Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa were protesting against the Kotelawala Act yesterday, were seen grumbling at the media personnel over violating health guidelines. Pix

The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Ms. Alaina B. Teplitz said today that the United States will continue to support Sri Lanka’s fight against Covid-19 by providing ongoing support to the COVAX facility - an international mechanism distributing life sav

Operations at the District Secretariat Colombo resumed at full capacity today after all the public servants reported to work. The Government issued a circular calling all the public servants to duty from today. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel

A total of 63 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (01) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 4,571.

Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has decided not to administer the first dose of Sinopharm vaccine to city dwellers till the completion of administering second doses of AstraZeneca and Sinopharm, Mayor Rosy Senanayake said today.

The High Commission of India in Colombo said that it has received requests from Sri Lankan citizens from several walks of life in respect of visa and consular services.

A former Commissioner of Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the Presidential Pardon granted by President to former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe today filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal seeking an order to stay the operation of finding and recommendations of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to probe incidents of political vi

The shop owners and workers of the Peoples Park Complex in Colombo were subjected to PCR tests today by the Colombo Municipal Council. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

It is of utmost importance to get both the doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in order to protect from the dreaded and highly contagious Indian variant known as Delta, Sri Jayewardenepura University’s Immunology and Molecular Medicine Department Director

The next batch of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the Government of Japan will arrive in Sri Lanka next Saturday (07), Japanese Ambassador Akira Sugiyama said.

The United Arab Emirates will start providing China’s Sinopharm (1099.HK) COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17, the UAE government said on Twitter on Monday.

Domestic Workers’ Union staged a protest outside the Labour Department in Narahenpita urging the authorities to include domestic workers in the National Minimum Wages Bill. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel

The number of individuals who have received their first dose of vaccination against COVID-19 in the country has surpassed the ten million mark, State Minister Channa Jayasumana said.

The Joint Center against John Kotelawala National Defence University (KNDU) Bill staged a protest outside the National Hospital Colombo today. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi