Category: Local News

A 55-year-old registrar of marriages from Oluvil has been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) yesterday (30) for allegedly providing accommodation to Zahran Hashim, the ringleader of the Easter Sunday attacks, and others on several occasions from 2017.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 1,441 with 36 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (30), the Government Information Department said.

Sri Lanka is facing its worst beach pollution crisis as tonnes of plastic waste from a burning container ship wash ashore, a senior environment official said Saturday.

Former Parliamentarian and Former Southern Provincial Councillor venerable Baddegama Samitha thera has passed away.

The Government plans to merge LAUGFS Gas and the state-owned Litro Gas bringing the two-LP gas importing and distributing enterprises under one banner as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday made an inspection visit to the coastal area in Uswetakeiyawa on the outskirts of capital Colombo which is affected by the debris washed up from the fire-ravaged container ship X-Press Pearl, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 1,405 with 42 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (29), the Government Information Department said.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) has directed the police officers not to inconvenience the public when implementing quarantine rules and regulations.

The Public Health inspectors Union warns that the country could experience a rise in cases of dengue, diarrhea and leptospirosis, due to the inclement weather.

National Movement for a Just Society Chairman and former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has saluted a lady medical officer for standing up against injustice.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday (28) demanded an independent inquiry on granting permission to the MV X-Press Pearl container ship to enter Sri Lankan waters off the vicinity of Colombo Port.

Former Northern Province Chief Minister and present Parliamentarian C.V. Wigneswaran has requested the deputy Indian High Commissioner in Jaffna, S. Balachandran to ask his government to donate AstraZeneca vaccines to the Northern and Eastern Provinces as vaccination has been slow in these two areas.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 1,363 with 38 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (28), the Government Information Department said.

Police say it is mandatory for all individuals engaged in providing essential services to be in possession of a letter validated by the respective head of the institution or an online document, at all times.

The government has decided to grant the Rs.5,000 allowance from June 02 to low-income families, State Minister Shehan Semasinghe said.

The Sri Lanka government has decided to continue the strict travel restrictions islandwide until 4:00 AM on 7th June.