Category: Local News

Warning of the rapid rise of the COVID-19 situation, Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday said the decision to lockdown or not must be made by health professionals and not politicians.

There is a need to formulate a new programme to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to bring down more vaccines into the country, UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday (23).

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Friday, monitored steps being taken for the construction of the new Kurunegala Hospital.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 1,210 with 32 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (23), the Government Information Department said.

The travel restrictions imposed on the island will only be relaxed on May 25, and not removed, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and his wife Jalani Premadasa have tested positive for COVID-19.

A person from Ampara has been diagnosed to have been infected with the Black Fungus that is spreading among COVID-19 patients in India.

All liquor stores must remain closed on the 25th of May, even though travel restrictions will be lifted on that day, Sri Lanka’s Excise Department stated.

The Central Bank has inspired that fuel prices should be revised to conform to spikes in the world market, a Minister said today.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 1,178 with 46 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (22), the Government Information Department said.

The controversial plaque at the newly-declared open Smart Library of the Attorney General’s Department, by an inadvertent omission did not contain the script in the Tamil Language, has been removed, says State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne.

Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa says fundamental rights of health sector workers have been violated through the recent circular issued by the Secretary to the Ministry of Health, preventing groups within the sector from making statements to media.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has taken a number of decisions to avoid impact on the people and the economy when imposing travel restrictions from 11:00 p.m., yesterday (21) as a step to contain the spread of COVID-19.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 1,132 with 44 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (21), the Government Information Department said.

The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar today acquitted and released all the suspects, including Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi from all charges in relation to the Avant-Garde floating armoury case.

The JVP says all Parliamentarians who voted in favour of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill have already gone down in history as traitors.