Category: Local News

The Ceylon Teachers Services Union has raised objections to the decision by the government to reopen schools across the island excluding schools in the Western Province and in isolated areas.

The government could not dispatch 10 or more aircraft and bring home Lankan migrant workers stranded overseas though it was desirous of doing so because it had to follow international procedures, Labour Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva told Parliament yesterday.

Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake yesterday (19), said people who live within the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) area are facing a massive humanitarian crisis due to the knock-on effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Former Chairman of the Ceylon Fertilizer Company Limited has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for financial fraud.

The Rapid Antigen Test is not a substitute for the PCR test, stressed the Government Medical Officers Association on Thursday (18).

The government’s current import restrictions in place are having a negative impact on Sri Lankan and European businesses, and on Foreign Direct Investment, the Delegation of the European Union (EU) said.

The Court of Appeal today acquitted former presidential secretary Lalith Weeratunga and former director general of the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC), Anusha Palpita from the ‘Sil Redi’ distribution case.

Police have urged the general public to bring and use their own pen when entering any place of business, so they could safely record their details in the log book at the entrance.

The best yardstick to measure whether I’ve failed or not depends on public opinion but not on organised and false propaganda published by political opponents on social media, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said addressing the Nation.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 18 November 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

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

Former Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe is scheduled to attend the forthcoming meetings on COVID-19 mitigation, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said.

Five inmates who were under quarantine at the Old Bogambara Prison have made an attempt to escape, one inmate was shot and killed by security.

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a proven veteran who weathered many a storm marks the first anniversary since ascension to the Presidency today.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harsha De Silva said the budget was weak and uninspiring with totally unrealistic revenue figures.