The Fort Police will take legal action against the management of the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo for allowing to host a birthday party on Sunday night when islandwide restrictions are presently in place, the Dailymirror learns.

Although the airport will be opened from June 1, people who have been in Vietnam for 14 days will not be allowed to enter the country temporarily, Aviation and Export Zones Development State Minister D. V. Chanaka said.

Event organiser Chandimal Jayasinghe and model Piumi Hansamali who were arrested by the Fort Police on charges of violating quarantine regulations for organising a birthday party at a five star hotel in Colombo, have been released on bail.

Amidst Police Chief C. D. Wickramaratne’s recent instruction to all police officers carrying out the COVID-19 duties to refrain from harassing the public whilst doing so, scores of policemen were seen even yesterday deployed in numerous road blocks

Event organiser Chandimal Jayasinghe and model Piumi Hansamali have been arrested by the Fort Police on charges of violating quarantine regulations for organising a birthday party at a five star hotel in Colombo.

A lorry has been taken into police custody while transporting 9,240 bottles of liquor worth Rs.17 million at a roadblock at Rideethenna in Valachchenai this morning, Police said.

As there were 2,859 COVID positive cases reported yesterday, the Colombo District recorded the highest with 608, the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.

Over 48 kgs of Kerala Cannabis worth over Rs.14 million were seized by the army officers in collaboration with the Navy yesterday in Point Pedro area.

The officers attached to the Vavuniya Army Defence Headquarters provided food for the paupers who became helpless due to travel restrictions. They began their benevolent act today upon the instruction of Wanni Security Forces Head Maj. Gen. D.M.H.D.

The second doses of the Sinopharm vaccines will begin to be administered from June 8, exactly a month after the first doses began to be administered, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva told Daily Mirror.

The CID is currently recordings statements from the Captain, Chief engineer and deputy chief engineer of the X-press pearl vessel in connection with the complaint by the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) over the environmental damage due

’’Even if India sends a C team to Sri Lanka they will win. The Lankans recently lost to Bangladesh,” Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal said ahead of India’s tour of Sri Lanka in July this year.

The Ministry of Health said that it had not sanctioned the inoculation program of the Covishield Astrazeneca vaccine at the Abhayaramaya Temple in Narahenpita.

“Tarzan: The Epic Adventures” actor Joe Lara was killed in a plane crash that left his wife and five others dead in Tennessee on Saturday.

A 55-year-old registrar of marriages was arrested by Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) at Oluvil for providing accommodation to Zahran Hashim and others before the Easter Sunday attack.

Indian and Sri Lankan authorities’ joint efforts to extinguish the massive fire onboard a container vessel off Colombo have yielded positive results with increasing signs of fire being under control, said Indian Defence Ministry on Sunday.

More than 50 residents and staff of an elder’s home in Mulgampola in Kandy have been tested COVID-19 positive, a notice put out by its board of trustees said yesterday.

The government should explain as to why it is paying an extra $70 million (Rs.14,140 million) for the 14 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines purchased from China, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said yesterday.

People were vaccinated yesterday at the P.D Sirisena Playground with the assistance of Army Officers. People were seen in long queues to get vaccinated. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

The COVID-19 death toll in the country climbed to 1,441 with 36 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services, the Government Information Department said.

Renowned Sri Lankan artist Laki Senanayake passed away this evening at the age of 84.

The government was planning to import urban waste from China through its crooked businessmen on the pretext of importing carbonic fertilizer, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna charged today.

Italy extended Sunday an entry ban for people coming from Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh as a continued precaution against the more transmissible variant of the novel coronavirus, first detected in India.

All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association (ACBOA) today said that a mobile bakery vendor (’Choon Paan’) cluster would emerge, if vendors enage in their delivery without following health guidelines.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secretly-planned wedding at Westminster Cathedral.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today called for a special legislation to control the COVID 19 pandemic with the cooperation of both the government and the opposition.

Responding to reports that China has given one dose of Sinopharm vaccine at a higher price ($15) to Sri Lanka than it has given to Bangladesh ($10), Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals State Minister Professor Channa Jayasuma said th

At least 40 Indian nationals who had attempted to enter into Sri Lankan waters on board four fishing vessels in the seas off Mannar were repatriated to the Indian waters along with their fishing vessels by the Navy on Saturday.

The World Health Organization (WHO), in a technical note informed Sri Lanka that there is no need for the recipients of AstraZeneca vaccines to restart the full course of vaccination, in case the administration of their second dose is substantially d

Security personnel are seen checking the validity of permission granted to travel during travel restrictions. Pix by Nisal Baduge