Category: Local News

Governor of Uva Province A.J.M. Muzammil has temporarily suspended all functions of Badulla Municipal Council with immediate effect from today (February 10).

The Cabinet of Ministers will be called for a special meeting to discuss the report submitted by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on the Easter Sunday terror attacks, which took the lives of 270 Sri Lankans and foreign nationals in 2019.

Five more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago.

The Attorney General has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to conclude criminal investigations of grave crimes and drug offenses within 3 months.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is due to arrive in Sri Lanka on 22 February, on the invitation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, is scheduled to address Sri Lanka Parliament on 24th February at 2:00 p.m., Government sources said.

Police has decided to take action against persons who organise events and mass gatherings to celebrate the Valentine’s Day.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) claimed yesterday that Industries Minister Wimal Weerawansa has no right to comment regarding any matter related to the SLPP and he must seek public forgiveness on the statement made to a weekend newspaper stating that the Party Leadership of the SLPP should be handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

A senior Sri Lankan church official has asked President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to give him access to a presidential commission’s report on Easter Sunday bomb attacks in 2019 that killed more than 260 people, including churchgoers.

Nine more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago.

Steps are being taken to provide COVID-19 vaccine to all citizens between the ages 30 and 60 years from March 1, State Minister Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle said.

Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera visited Shukra Munawwar in Katugoda, Galle following her two million rupees win in the recent TV quiz competition and extended his good wishes.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday emphasised that visiting the people and solving their problems is not a political drama or a media show, and that it is not his policy to identify problems only through the officials without going among the people.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Saturday said the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has gone beyond its scope in urging the Member States to impose sanctions on sovereign nations.

Five more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago.

State Minister of Prison Management Lohan Ratwatte says he expects President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to approve the method of releasing prisoners under the four-year review system.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said that those who are now agitating against the government remained mum during the Yahapalanaya regime, which heaped unbearable burdens on the masses.