President Gotabaya Rajapaksa advised the officials to study the machinery required to produce organic fertilizer and manufacture machines that could be built locally with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Army Engineer’s Corps at state owned factorie

All Post offices and Sub Post offices across the country remain open from today to provide limited services such as public payments and medicine deliveries. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

The investigation into the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo, which allowed to hold a birthday celebration for event organizer Chandimal Jayasinghe and model Piumi Hansamali when island wide restrictions were in place, have been handed over to the Colombo

State owned retail network Lanka Sathosa will remain open across the island from today as directed by the government to ensure the masses have access to food and essential items during the ongoing restriction period.The Ministry of Trade has decided

A total of 1,683 more COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals increasing the total number of recoveries in Sri Lanka to 162,397, the Health Ministry said.

The COVID-19 vaccines delivered to Sri Lanka from certain countries were through diplomatic approach and discussions with the vaccine manufacturing countries, not because the Government has money, Community Police Services State Minister Dilum Amunug

The demand for dry fish has considerably reduced in the Negombo area due to prevailing travel restrictions and also owing to fears in people to consume fish following the fire in X-Press Pearl vessel. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

A search operation will be carried out to locate the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) of the MV X-Press Pearl ship, officials said. Officials said that the VDR will be used to determine conversations the ship captain had with others before and when the fir

The Australian Government handed over 6,300 kilograms of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Sri Lanka today.

Minister Namal Rajapaksa was sworn in as the State Minister of Digital Technology and Entrepreneur Development before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today.

A minor flood situation was witnessed in Gampaha and Colombo Districts. Roads were seen inundated due to torrential showers. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana, Nimalsiri Edirisinghe, Nisal Baduge and Damith Wickramasinghe

The President yesterday told the Government officials to purchase crops from farmers and to distribute them free of charge among the needy, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

Fonterra Brands Lanka has clarified the reason behind Anchor butter not having Tamil wording. The company said that Anchor butter product packaging is fully compliant with the packaging regulations of Sri Lanka.

NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. Part of NASA’s Discovery Program, the missions aim to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world when it has so many other characteristics similar to ours –

A minor flood situation was witnessed in Gampaha and Kalutara District as the water levels of Kalu Ganga and Attanagalu Oya swell, the Department of Irrigation said today.

While stating that some politicians may be involved in the Easter Sunday attacks, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith yesterday urged the government to carry out a proper investigation to determine as to who was behind the conspiracy which

The official website of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, www.mahindarajapaksa.lk reported to have been hacked yesterday (June 2), Information Technology Society of Sri Lanka (ITSSL) President Rajiv Yasiru Kuruwitage said.

The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has airlifted emergency medical supplies to Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to help save lives, stop the spread of COVID-19, and continue to meet the urgent health

The daily COVID-19 cases reported within a district in a single day has surpassed the 1,000 mark for the first time as 1,004 COVID-19 patients were reported in the Gampaha District yesterday.

Two persons have been arrested for maintaining a Facebook page and illegally treating the COVID positive patients and those under quarantine in Kesbewa.

The Kiribathgoda Police are investigating a complaint lodged by an OIC of a police station in Gampaha division against an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of the CID alleging that his wife had been abducted.

Sri Lanka closely monitors mixing and matching Astrazeneca vaccine with Pfizer or Moderna in countries such as Canada, a Minister said. Sri Lanka currently faces the shortage of 600,000 Astrazeneca vaccines to be used as the second dose.

Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa yesterday criticized the government for its not heeding his earlier request to call up an all party conference to decide on a course of action to arrest the current COVID-19 pandemic and to find solutions to seve

Police officers were pasting stickers on vehicles entering the Western Province from North Western Province at Thoppuwa Junction. The operation was conducted under the instructions of Kochchika. Police introduced a sticker system for the vehicles ent

Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith flanked by some catholic priests speaks during a press conference where he urged the authorities to investigate to determine as to who was behind the Easter Sunday attacks which the former A

The Sri Lanka Medical Association said that the current vaccination strategy is flawed and in need of urgent review, with priority given for elderly patients. Sri Lanka’s premier professional medical body in a letter to the President said that ther

A total of 39 more COVID-19 patients died of the virus bringing the death toll in the country to 1,566, the Government Information Department said.

Inoculation of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine took place in Walpola of the Ragama MOH office yesterday. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the Governors and District Secretaries today that they should personally intervene to maintain essential services and prevent any disruption to the lives of the people.

Goods including vegetables, fruits and other essential items are being delivered to the houses considering the island-wide travel restrictions imposed due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the county. Pix by Nisal Baduge