Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugma was sworn-in as the State Minister of Community Police Services before the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this morning (03).
Eight more Grama Niladhari divisions have been isolated in Kalutara, Colombo, Gampaha, Batticaloa and Nuwara-Eliya districts with immediate effect, the Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.
It is not the working class people who make the decisions but ultimately, it is the working class people who suffer because of the Government, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on 1 May.
Information has been received that Corona patients are attempting to enter Sri Lanka by sea and officials have been instructed to be vigilant over this issue
The isolation on Piliyandala Police area will be lifted and 10 Grama Niladhari Divisions in Piliyandala Police area will be placed in isolation from 05 AM on Monday (03), said Army Commander General Shavendra Silva.
All offices of the Department of Registration of Persons will be closed until further notice, after taking into consideration the prevailing COVID-19 situation.
The permission has been granted allowing Ayurvedic hospitals to treat COVID-19 positive patients, Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID-19 Disease Control Minister Sudarshini Fernandopulle said.
Police arrested four individuals over financial fraud amounting to Rs.43 million of a bank account belonging to a leading steel wire manufacturing firm in the country.
All airlines have been informed to limit their passengers to Sri Lanka to 75 per aircraft due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said.
There’s no move to arrest opposition MP, Harin Fernando over his statement in Parliament that he was aware of the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday terror attacks, Public Security Minister, Sarath Weerasekara said.
The Government has started talks with several countries, including the United States and Australia, to purchase Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines as hopes for a quick delivery of fresh batches of the vaccine from India are fading.
Piliyandala police area in Colombo district, seven Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions in Trincomalee, Panadura and Nuwara-Eliya have been isolated with immediate effect, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID said.
All night clubs, pubs and speacial functions in Hotels (gatherings, parties and events) are prohibited after 10:00 p.m. for a period of two weeks, from today, according to Commander of Sri Lanka Army General Shavendra Silva.
