Category: Local News

The U.S. embassy in Sri Lanka donated 4,700 PCR test kits worth Rs.13 million to the Ministry of Health yesterday (25).

As COVID-19 has hampered the Vesak celebrations, commemorate it giving priority to understand the Buddhist teachings in a more pragmatic way, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said in his Vesak Poya Day message.

It is our societal duty in the face of the COVID-19 epidemic to dedicate ourselves to the protection and well-being of the lives of others as preached by the Buddha, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in his Vesak Poya Day message.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 1,269 with 28 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (25), the Government Information Department said.

Grama Niladhari officers across the island will launch an indefinite strike action from midnight today.

Kurunegala District Parliamentarian Nalin Bandara Jayamaha and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19.

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to award the construction of the expressway on pillars that connect the Athurugiriya Interchange and the New Kelani Bridge to the China Harbor Engineering Cooperation.

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted the approval to purchase 14 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine and one million doses of Astrazeneca vaccine immediately.

A 34-year-old suspect who robbed a house in Pelawatta in Talangama, Battaramulla on May 08 and stole Rs. 30.6 million worth cash, jewellery was arrested from Belihuloya area.

An explosion was reported on board the burning Singapore-flag ship ‘X-PRESS PEARL’ in the seas off Colombo Port.

The U.S. State Department on Monday urged against travel to Japan and Sri Lanka due to a new wave of COVID-19 infections, saying those two nations will now fall under the department’s “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory.

Leader of the UNP and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the Government should first follow medical advice and control the spread of the virus, adding that all the citizens will not be able to receive the vaccine this year.

Seven Police Officers, who had contracted the COVID-19 virus, had died and 900 others are undergoing treatment, sources said.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 1,243 with 33 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (24), the Government Information Department said.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) board on Sunday approved in principle a draft $200 million currency swap deal with Sri Lanka, which is struggling to maintain a moderate foreign exchange reserve.

The Government today (24) introduced a new hotline 1965 for the public to inquire about essential services that are in operation during the travel restrictions currently in effect in the country.