Category: Local News

An 82-year-old inmate at the Mahara prison who was serving life imprisonment has died at the Ragama Hospital and confirmed COVID-19 positive.

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has issued an Extraordinary Gazette to establish two new ministries and revise the subjects of several ministries.

Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the Easter Sunday attacks that he will file a petition in the Supreme Court against the decision of the Court of Appeal regarding the deforestation of the sanctuary adjacent to the Wilpattu National Park.

Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Namal Rajapaksa told Ceylon Today that a group of parliamentarians of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya are engaged in a very low-down effort to halt the holding of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) tournament in Sri Lanka and that all those activities of sabotage will be defeated and arrangements will be made to continue with the LPL cricket tournament.

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

Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella says a website regulatory process will be implemented within the next two weeks.

The lockdown of Borella, Wellampitiya, Colombo Fort, Slave Island, Ja-Ela and Kadawatha police areas will be lifted tomorrow (23) at 5.00 am, the Government Information Department said.

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

The Second Reading of the Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year 2021 has been approved in the Parliament with a two-thirds majority.

Atulugama in Bandaragama has been isolated following the detection of COVID-19 cases.

The United National Party (UNP) yesterday charged that the Government has failed to indicate a revenue enhancement model needed to fund debt repayment for 2021 in the Budget, pointing out that $ 5.2 billion worth of debt was due for repayment next year.

Minister Chamal Rajapaksa said in Parliament, on 20 November, at least eight to nine persons die on a daily basis in traffic accidents, according to the Police.

The multi-skilled and multi-faceted corps of Sri Lanka Army Engineers (SLE) yesterday raised its newest first Army Engineers Division that includes three Brigades.

Another patient who tested positive for the COVID-19 has died today, marking the 74th death reported in Sri Lanka due to COVID-19.

Three persons have been arrested with 100 kilograms of heroin by the Special Task Force (STF) in the Weligama area in Matara.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 20 November 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.