A total of 200 Sri Lankans and 15 foreign nationals were under medical observation for possible infection at various hospitals in the country. 71 Sri Lankans and one foreigner at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Angoda, 19 Sri Lankan

It is only the Coronavirus that could stand in the National Election Commission’s way preventing the holding of the Parliamentary election on April 25 as scheduled, Chairman of the Election Commi

The Acting Chief Basnayaka Nilame Dilruwan Rajapaksa says in a statement issued that there is no truth in the news being spread in social media about closing of the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devala

Two suspects were arrested with 19,500 kgs of refuse tea by the STF during two raids carried out at Bopitiya in Pamunugama on Saturday. The STF said initially they had seized a container travelling on the Bopitiya - Ja Ela road and had seized 17,50

The Government should give the correct picture to the people on COVID -19 without allowing others to utter about the disease, United National Party the ( UNP) said yesterday. UNP former MP Palitha Range Bandara told a press conference yesterday t

A senior official of the Anuradhapura prison said that official duties of the prison had been obstructed since many prison officers have not reported to work after an inmate had been admitted to the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital on suspicion of havi

The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau has taken steps to issue permits for sand transportation once again from today (16). The issuing of permits to transport sand and earth was suspended subs

The group of former electoral organisers of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) who opposed their party contesting the forthcoming General Election in coalition with Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) are to support the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) l

Two suspects had been arrested with a stock of 485kgs of Kerala cannabis by the Navy and Sri Lanka Coast Guard during two search operations carried out in the northern seas on Saturday, Navy Spokesman Isuru Sooriyabandara said. He said naval person

Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) had decided to remove a wide range of wireless mobile phones which cannot be used under the mobile frequency range in Sri Lanka.

The religious title “Agga Maha Panditha” was conferred on the Most Ven. Prof. Kotapitiye Rahula Anunayake Thera of Sri Lanka by the government of Myanmar last Monday, the Sri Lankan Embassy in Yangon said. The ceremony was he

Chief of Defence Staff and Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva making a special announcement last evening requested the public to have faith in them in handling the well being of the inmates detained at the quarantine centres. “No one should b

Former Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera yesterday urged Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to retire from politics and hand over the leadership of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa so that he can implem

Condemning the incident where a university student was warded after being injured as a result of ragging, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday said that ragging should be banned and made a criminal offence. “It is sad t

Former MP Rajitha Senaratne yesterday said he was still trying to bring the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the UNP onto a common platform. Dr. Senarat

The Sri Lanka Embassy in Tokyo introduced an Information Tracking System for consular service recipients in March, the foreign ministry said.

The time was ripe to introduce laws afresh to deal with those who challenge laws pertaining to the prevention of diseases and disrupt quarantine and disseminate fabrications, misinformation, misint

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday urged the government to introduce a national action plan to rescue the country and the people from the COVID19 virus considering it a nationa

With the aim of protecting work sites from the spread of Coronavirus or Covid19, the relations has decided to set up special task teams. The Labour Department informs that this decision was taken at a sp

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to expel former MP Vijith Wijayamuni Zoysa and several local government members from the party, SLFP media spokesman Weerakumara Dissanayake said. He said the decision was taken at the Central Working Co

The Government should talk to all stake holders in the health sector and should come up with plans to face the COVID -19, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday. “The Gov

Colombo High Court overruled the defence’s request to dismiss the action filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegation of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) against Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi and Rakna Lanka Marine Service Chairman

The only alternative left for those UNPers who wanted to build a strong force with a new brand was to form Samagi Jana Balawegaya ( SJB), former MP Harsha de Silva said yesterday. De Silva said Sajith Premadasa is the brand which SJB will promote

United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has requested all members attached to provincial councils and local bodies of the party to only support candidates who contest the general

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday requested the politicians not to use the COVID-19 epidemic situation for mere political gain, ahead of the General Election. Speaking at a media briefing yesterday GMOA Secretary Dr. H

The government in a bid to ensure food security for low income families and in another step forward on poverty alleviation will provide a food basket of essential food commodities (valued at Rs.1,007) at Rs. 500 each, Plantation Industries and Agricu

If the Government would reduce fuel prices following the decrease in the crude oil prices in the world market, the Lanka Self-Employed Professionals’ National Three-Wheeler Federation yesterday said that the

Court of Appeal President A.H.M.D. Nawaz, yesterday constituted a divisional Bench of three Judges to hear the Writ Petitions filed by former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, Arjun Aloysius and two others contesting the warrant of arrest on them

The first batch of passengers who were to be quarantined, sent to the Batticaloa Campus quarantine centre yesterday. The Health Ministry has set up three quarantine centres at three locations - Batticaloa campus, the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilit

Power, Energy and Commuter Transport Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera will appraise the Cabinet today on the low level of fuel prices in the global market and seek the possibility of reducing prices in the domestic market.