Category: Local News

The milk powder importers still insist on a price hike of at least Rs. 260 for a packet of one kilo despite tax exemptions and by the slight drop of world market prices.

An Extraordinary Gazette Notification has been issued imposing a Special Commodity Levy on several items, including Sprats, Dried fish, Kurakkan flour, mustard seeds and salt.

The JVP yesterday said that the government’s failure to prevent COVID-19 deaths was worse than the Yahapalana government’s lapses that led to the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

155 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed for August 12, increasing the death toll to 5,775.

Travel between the provinces will be restricted for two weeks from midnight today (13), Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

Country will not go for a lockdown but travel restrictions could be further tightened, State Minister Professor Channa Jayasumana said.

The Railway Station Masters’ Association has withdrawn from services in a one-day token strike, over several concerns including failure by authorities to ensure the health safety of employees.

The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in March following mistreatment at a Japanese immigration center said she was “treated like a dog” after the government disclosed Thursday security camera footage of her final days.

Introducing further guidelines for travellers from overseas, Director General of Health Services, Dr. Asela Gunawardena said it was mandatory for travellers aged two years or above arriving in Sri Lanka to carry a negative PCR test report in English done 72 hours prior to embarkation.

Sri Lanka yesterday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in a single day.

The effects of the Delta variant of the coronavirus will be severe in the coming two weeks, says Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, the Director of the Department of Immunology & Molecular Medicine at Sri Jayewardenepura.

The Consumer Affairs Authority has granted permission to increase the prices of domestic Laugfs LP Gas cylinders.

JVP-led Women for Rights (WFR) yesterday warned that mounting public pressure due to economic hardships would soon explode and people would take to the streets if the government failed to provide immediate relief to those hit hard by the pandemic.

Sri Lanka Army will launch its Mobile Vaccination Fleet against COVID-19 focused on Western Province from today (12).

Sri Lanka yesterday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in a single day.

A Gazette Notification is to be issued stipulating a maximum fee for PCR tests and Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT), said the Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi.