Sri Lanka Cricket said today that it has decided to bid for three major ICC Men’s events to be held during the period between 2024 and 2031.

The Government today tabled a supplementary estimate of Rs 200 billion to control the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and for other government expenses.

SJB Councilors of the Bandaragama Pradeshiya Sabha organised a vehicle procession in protest of the fuel price hike. Pix by Samantha Perera

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is to be sworn in as a Member of Parliament, has been allotted the 13th front row seat on the side of the Opposition in the House, Serjeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando said.

The Port City Colombo donated 20 laptop computers to the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) to be used at vaccination centers, in support of the Council’s ongoing public vaccination drive against COVID-19. Jiang Houliang, Managing Director of CHEC Por

The no confidence motion against Minister Udaya Gammanpila was handed over to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene today.

While there is great environmental damage to the country, the Environment Minister, Mahinda Amaraweera, advised the ministry officials to take steps to ban all types of lunch wrapping sheets in the country without publishing a new gazette notificatio

Following the lifting of travel restrictions, eleven deaths have been reported in fatal road accidents in various parts of the country within a period of the last 24 hours, police said.

The Biden-Harris Administration yesterday announced the distribution list for 55 million of the 80 million doses of America’s own vaccine supply President Biden has pledged to allocate by the end of June in service of ending the pandemic globally.

The Biden Administration in the United States yesterday pledged more Covid vaccines for Sri Lanka.

While expressing her concern over the recent appointments to Sri Lanka’s Office of Missing Persons and Office for Reparations, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet yesterday noted ‘a continuing series of deaths in police custody and in the con

Pfizer, the vaccine manufacturing giant of the United States, will dispatch 25,000 doses of its vaccines to Sri Lanka before July 10 to initiate mass inoculation with it as a trial, a Minister said.

Veddha Chief Vanaspathi Uruvarige Vannila Ettho stressed that the people must strictly adhere to the health precautions without misusing the relaxing of travel restrictions. He said the people had been virtually immobilised for more than a month and

The hunt for the coronavirus Delta variant in Sri Lanka, particularly in Colombo, is continuing with increased PCR and antigen tests as well as genome sequencing of samples being carried out, officials said.

The Sri Lanka Petroleum Private Tanker Owners’ Association (SLPPTOA) today said that they had decided not to report for duty if the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL) and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) did not take acti

A total of 2,098 more COVID-19 patients have been detected so far today increasing the number of patients reported in Sri Lanka to 241,820, the Government Information Department said.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today staged a protest in Maharagama against the rising cost of living and fuel prices. Pix Damith Wickramasinghe

The genomic sequencing facility of the Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit (AICBU) at the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine in the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, has added nanopore sequencing technology to their sequencing faci

The government is targeting providing integrated communication facilities and internet access throughout the country while erecting communication towers that comply with a national plan within two years, Digital Technology and Enterprise Development

A total of 52 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (20) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 2,633.

Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) staged a protest in front of the Fort Railway station against the proposed General Sir John Kotelawala National Defence University (KNDU) Bill that is to be discussed tomorrow by the relevant authorities

A tipper truck driver died after he was shot by a Police Constable attached to the security details of State Minister S. Viyalendran in Batticaloa this evening.

A disinfection programme was carried out at the Municipal Workshop area, including the railway yard, yesterday and today evening prior to the resumption of public transportation. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

The government is developing a system to provide mobile phones and tab computers to teachers who are committed to online teaching during the pandemic. Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services the online education system, State

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Doha facilitated the second air shipment of 125 Oxygen Cylinders and 10 Oxygen Regulators to Sri Lanka in a move to strengthen the capacity of the health sector to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Health Ministry has issued updated health guidelines regarding workplace capacity for Government, semi-Government, and private institutions in the Western Province.

The construction of the fourth car park has commenced at Abdul Kader Mawatha in Colombo 11 as part of a programme to construct 12 new car parks to ease traffic congestion in Colombo, Ministry of Urban Development and Housing said.

Bishop of Galle Rt. Rev. Raymond Wickramasinghe and eight other priests in the Bishop’s house in Galle have been tested COVID 19 positive, Galle MOH office said.

Anusha Pelpita, who resigned from the post of Secretary to the Ministry of Industries, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Development Lotteries Board (DLB).

A coach in Uganda’s Olympic team tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Tokyo on Saturday night, according to Japanese officials.