Category: Local News

The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) in a statement yesterday warned of impending disaster by the Government’s ill-timed relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions.

Certain tax reliefs given by the current Government has aggravated the economic crisis in the country, Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in Parliament yesterday (3).

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a joint proposal made by Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, to establish a National Radio Channel for Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Higher Education.

Sri Lanka lifted a ban on chemical fertiliser imports Tuesday after farmer protests, forecasts of severe food shortages and worries about the island’s crucial tea exports.

Traffic congestion is reported in Battaramulla due to a protest march organized by the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) from Polduwa Junction in Battaramulla towards Parliament, police said.

The Colombo High Court today (August 03) released the four former Directors of Edirisinghe Trust Investments (ETI) Finance Limited over the Rs. 7 billion misappropriation case.

Police Spokesman Senior DIG Ajith Rohana stated that the police are conducting further investigations into the death of the 16-year-old girl who was working at the residence of MP Rishad Bathiudeen.

The junior staff of hospitals island-wide have decided to engage in a trade union action and report sick leave today (03) and tomorrow (04).

Colombo High Court Judge, Damith Thotawatta yesterday (2) deferred to 15 September further proceedings of the case filed against SJB MP Patali Champika Ranawaka and two others on charges of causing grievous injuries to two youth in a traffic accident in Rajagiriya in 2016.

Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka (HISSL) and the Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health (CWCDH) have introduced the COVID Shield app to Sri Lanka to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa has requested the government to withdraw the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University bill immediately.

Copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates will be issued online from today (August 02), the Registrar General’s Department said.

Despite President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s announcement mandating public servants to return to work, academic staff in schools around the country will not report to work.

Head of Virology at the University of Hong Kong, Professor Malik Peiris has warned that the worst for Sri Lanka is yet to come, and it will hit the island in the coming months.

Investigations disclosed that three of the eleven women who had served as domestic workers at MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s residence in Colombo since 2010, have died.

Popular singer Umaria Sinhawansa was arrested by the Welikada Police last evening (31) following an accident near the Rajagiriya flyover.