The disaster management authorities, with the support of the police, will evict people residing in areas declared red zones of vulnerability to natural disasters such as earth- slips or landslides, an official said.

Whilst confirming that the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) will begin providing the second dose of Sinopharm vaccines from Tuesday, June 8, Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake yesterday expressed her sadness for the non-availability of Astrazeneca vaccines

The officers attached to the Wellaweediya Police today started providing lunch and dinner for the paupers who have became extremely helpless due to travel restrictions in the Wellaweediya area. The benevolent act is carried out upon the instruction o

Sri Lankans or dual citizens who are fully vaccinated arriving or transiting or having a travel history within the past 14 days from India, Vietnam, South African countries and South American countries will not be allowed for home quarantine but inst

A man who was being taken to the police station for violating the quarantine rules, has died after jumping out of the moving police jeep.

Eleven special stickers with separate colors will be introduced from tomorrow for vehicles that engage in essential services during travel restrictions are in place, police said.

Picture shows pits are dug on the road in front of the Pillawa Bodhiraja Temple in Boralesgamuwa on the Colombo-Piliyandala main road. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

UNP leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to look into the fire on the X-Press Pearl.

After the burning of the MV X-Press Pearl in Sri Lankan waters, more than ten turtles a dolphin, seabirds, several fish have been washed ashore dead, so far, wildlife sources said.

Steps will be taken to introduce another special sticker for vehicles operating during the traffic restrictions for essential services from tomorrow (7), Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said

A delegation of French naval crew members who will arrive in Sri Lanka on June 7, have been granted permission to visit the National Parks of Yala, Minneriya-Kawudulla, Udawalawa and the Eco Park in Habarana, which remains shut due to the COVID-19 pa

The vaccination priority list is to be subject to several changes with the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in future, the Health Ministry said.

Villages in and around Kelanimulla in Colombo flooded due to the recent torrential rain. The temple of the Ven. Kotuwe Podi Hamuduruwo is also seen flooded. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi.

Ten police personnel attached to the Parliament police division have tested COVID-19 positive, Parliament sources confirmed today.

An SMS service will be launched informing the public details of administering the second doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines in the Colombo Muncilipity area, Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Regional Epidemiologist Dr Dinuka Guruge said.

With the increase of the number of daily COVID positive cases in the country, it is not practical to lift the islanwide travel restrictions on June 14, Public Health Inspectors’ (PHI) Union President Upul Rohana said.

A simple ceremony was held at the Police Special Task Force Headquarters with the participation of a limited number of officers following COVID-19 rules and guidelines to bid farewell to the Deputy Commanding Officer of the STF, SSP T.F Hadji who ret

The five sluice gates of the Deduru Oya reservoir still have been opened by three feet each, Kurunegala District Disaster Management Centre (DMC) Assistant Director said.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the electricity sector regulator has successfully organized 12 blood transfusion camps island wide within a month, at the request of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS or Blood Bank) wit

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has received the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) of the X Press Pearl ship which contains all the communication dialogues between the captain, the parent company and the local shipping agent, police said.

Fourteen people have died and 245,212 people belonging to 60, 674 families have been affected in ten districts due to adverse weather conditions experienced in the country, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.

A stock of one million doses of the Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Sri Lanka from China this morning.

No negative side-effects were detected during trials of a combined COVID-19 vaccine using AstraZeneca (AZN.L) and Oxford University’s shots and Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, the Interfax news agency reported.

At least six persons have been killed in six fatal accidents reported within a period of last 24 hours despite the imposition of travel restrictions.

A total of 40 more COVID-19 deaths were reported out of which 09 individuals have succumbed to the virus in residences, the Government Information Department said.

The Government has so far spent a sum of Rs. 286 billion on COVID-19 related activities including welfare purposes for general public, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.

Sri Lanka has called on the US House Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) not to proceed with H. RES. 413 on Sri Lanka moved by Congresswoman Deborah Ross (Democrat/North Carolina) on May 18, 2021.

Ten individuals have died while 219,027 people from 54,126 families in eight districts had been affected due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said today.

The number of total confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed the 200,000 mark with 2,280 more cases being reported today.

An allowance of Rs. 5000 was distributed among the senior citizens of low income families in Homagama. pix Damith Wickramasinghe