Ranjan Ramanayake, who is serving a four-year rigorous imprisonment at the Angunukolapalassa Prison, has been directed to the Karapitiya hospital, the Prisons Department said.

With the Chinese Navy getting new port projects in Sri Lanka, a top Indian Navy officer said that it ’could pose a threat’ to Indian interests in the region and there is a need to keep a close watch on such activities.

An Extraordinary Gazette has been issued declaring Postal services as an essential service considering the current COVID-19 situation in the country.

Eleven cannabis growing chenas were raided during an operation carried out in Hambegamuwa, Sooriyawewa and Thanamalwila areas by the Special Task Force of Police (STF).

Four lions of Vandalur Arignar Anna Zoological Park infected by SARS-CoV-2 have now tested positive for the highly contagious Delta variant.

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has issued an extraordinary gazette removing the maximum retail price imposed on coconuts based on the circumference.

The COVID-19 vaccination drive will continue today at 51 vaccination centres in ten districts, the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.

Three persons including a Sub Inspector of Police were arrested by the Police Organized Crime Prevention Unit at the Athurugiriya Expressway entrance while transporting 52kg of heroin worth over Rs.50 million.

Although UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara said that the details on SJB MPS who will support former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be revealed shortly, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara said no

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that under the leadership of the Communist Party, China had become the most powerful country in the world economy today and it was important for Sri Lanka to understand how the development of the future

Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda yesterday slammed Indian experts and Indian fishermen who have called Sri Lanka ‘irresponsible’ over a project to submerge discarded vehicles in the sea to create an artificial reef.

Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera has been transfered

The married police officers attached to the Maradana Police station and the Colombo Central Division were provided with parcels containing essential food items. The event was held at the Maradana Police station under the patronage of in-charge of the

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) said today that they were presently administering only the second doses of the COVID-19 vaccines on persons who received their first jabs last month and the first week of June.

The Epidemiology Unit has issued the high-risk areas where covid cases were reported within the last 14 days.

A total of 55 more COVID-19 related fatalities that occurred yesterday were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today bringing the death toll to 2,480.

As all Economic Centers will remain closed from today until next Monday, vendors and consumers were seen buying and selling goods in a hurry at the Peliyagoda Manning Market. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

There is a high risk that the Indian variant which was originally detected in the Dematagoda area yesterday could spread to the other parts of the country, Public Health Inspectors’ Union warned.

A lion aged 11 at the Dehiwala Zoo was confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19, the Department of Zoological Gardens said today.

Regarding what has transpired in the aftermath of the detection of the Indian variant in Sri Lanka, Prof. Neelika Malavige of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura said inoculation of any kind of

Police Spokesman and Western Province (North) DIG Ajith Rohana has been promoted to the post of Acting Senior DIG.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today inaccurate figures on Covid death toll reported on June 11 led to the extension of travel restrictions and stressed that it was vital to provide accurate and updated information to make correct decisions.

The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority General (Retired) Daya Ratnayake has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Industries.

A section of the Colombo Naional Hospital (CNH) which was renovated with new medical equippment was handed over to the hospital management today. The renovation was done by the Engineering Corporation. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Tension prevailed in parts of the Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu as the caste Hindus of Munneerpallam village hacked a Dalit youth and two Sri Lankan refugees on Wednesday night.

The ongoing island-wide travel restrictions will be lifted at 4.00 am on Monday (21), Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

The Moratumulla Police has arrested a man who called and asked ’Dan Sapada?’ (’’Are you happy now?’’) from the Mayor of Moratuwa, Samanlal Fernando, who had returned from remand custody.

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) today carried out 150 PCR tests at Aramya Road, Dematagoda where the Indian Variant of COVID-19 was detected yesterday. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

Roundworm disease found in dogs and cats, which is known as ’toxocariasis’, is getting more common among children these days, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children (LRH) Consultant Paediatrician Dr. Deepal Perera said.

The fuel tank of a merchant vessel, that was en-route from Colombo Port to Haldia in West Bengal, developed a crack leading to 10 kilolitres of oil being spilled in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said.