Category: Local News

New guidelines have been issued to be followed when travel restrictions are lifted as of 4.00 am tomorrow.

Twenty-four Grama Niladhari Divisions in twelve districts will be isolated from 4.00 am tomorrow (June 21), Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

While urging the President to continue with the current lockdown measures uninterrupted, Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) said lifting the lockdown even for a few days would escalate the COVID-19 situation, increasing numbers of cases and causing unacceptable mortality.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya Parliamentarian Dr. Rajitha Senaratne says appointing unsuitable individuals as part of the Presidential Task Force for the Prevention of COVID-19, is one of the main reasons for the current crisis within Sri Lanka.

With the increase in fuel prices triggering an uproar with an Opposition inspired no-confidence motion against Energy Minister, Udaya Gammanpila also on the cards, the government is expected to decide on the price revision sought by Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and milk food importers shortly.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has amended the functions, responsibilities and institutions coming under the purview of Industries Ministry and the Agriculture Ministry through a Gazette Extraordinary, effective from June 17.

An Extraordinary Gazette has been issued declaring Postal services as an essential service considering the current COVID-19 situation in the country.

The Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera has been transferred from the Epidemiology Unit.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that under the leadership of the Communist Party, China had become the most powerful country in the world economy today…

A police officer in uniform has been arrested while transporting 50 kilograms of heroin.

A team of technical experts from European Union are helping Sri Lanka’s government assess the environmental damage caused by the sinking of a container ship that was carrying chemicals and caught fire, the government said Friday.

The ongoing island-wide travel restrictions will be lifted at 4.00 am on June 21 (Monday), Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

Mobile service permits of vendors selling fruits and vegetables at higher prices will be revoked, says the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival & Poverty Alleviation.

The Indian High Commission in Colombo today denied media reports that a group of Sri Lankan fishermen were attacked physically by the Indian Navy, stating that it was blatantly false.

At a time when Sri Lanka faces the possible danger of losing its GSP Plus concession, economic experts warn that having to pay duty will make the country less competitive in the International market.

An extraordinary gazette has been issued on Thursday (17) declaring services provided by certain state institutions, Local Authorities and Co-operative Societies as essential services.