Category: Local News

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Patali Champika Ranawaka has been summoned by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to record a statement over an ongoing investigation.

Two persons aged 60 and 46 years were killed when a trap gun set up for hunting triggered in the Muriyakalla tank grounds in Tirappane, Anuradhapura last evening (September 23).

The JVP yesterday alleged that the government was engaged in subterfuge to get its cronies to arouse communal disharmony to cover up its failure to bring to justice those responsible for the Easter Sunday carnage.

The party leadership meeting of the Sri Lanka People’s Freedom Alliance was held under the patronage of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday afternoon (September 23).

Foreign Minister Prof. Peiris briefed his Indian counterpart on the situation with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic and the successful measures being implemented by the Government of Sri Lanka to control the spread of the virus.

72 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed for September 22, increasing the death toll to 12,448.

Tamil National People’s Front (TNFP) Jaffna District MP Selvarasa Gajendran and two others were arrested in Jaffna for violating quarantine regulations by holding a memorial observation for LTTE member Tileepan in Jaffna.

Today marks the 74th day of the teachers and principals trade union struggle, which was launched over salary anomalies.

Justice Minister Ali Sabry told Parliament yesterday that appropriate action would be taken, based on the investigation reports against State Minister Lohan Ratwatte, who was allegedly involved in a couple of incidents in Anuradhapura and Welikada prisons.

Professor Neelika Malavige of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the Sri Jayawardanapura Hospital said although numerous COVID-19 related variants are reported, people should not be scared and panic over them as long as they have received the vaccines…

Sri Lanka has proposed to establish a Regional Knowledge Hub in Colombo in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), to facilitate exchange of lessons learnt from COVID-19 and support countries to build back better.

Controversial self-proclaimed spiritual healer Eliyantha White, who was infected with the COVID-19 virus, passed away a short while ago, sources said.

92 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed for September 21, increasing the death toll to 12,376.

The Consumer Affairs Authority (Amendment) Bill, which was introduced in Parliament today (22), has been passed without amendments.

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday ruled that Japanese immigration authorities’ actions involving two Sri Lankan men were unconstitutional after the men said they were deported, having been denied refugee status, without enough time to take legal action.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to increase the Government Credit limit of Rs. 2,997 billion by another Rs. 400 billion, thus increasing the amount to Rs. 3,397 billion.