Category: Local News

Attorney General Dappula de Livera today told the public that he is not in a position to present charges or indictments against the conspirators and abettors of the 2019 Easter Sunday Attacks during his tenure of office, as the CID investigations into that are incomplete, AG’s Coordinating Officer said.

The landslide warnings issued in the Colombo, Kalutara, Ratnapura, Galle, Matara and Kegalle Districts owing to the inclement weather has once again been extended till 7pm today.

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The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 923 with 31 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on yesterday (14), the Government Information Department said.

Leader of the United National Party Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has recalled of claims by medical experts recently, who predicted COVID-19 will spread rapidly in the country in the next few weeks.

The World Bank on Thursday announced a USD 80.5 million credit for Sri Lanka to help it purchase vaccines for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Extending his wishes to the Muslim community which celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr at the end of Ramadan fasting today (14), President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he believes the true Muslims who follow the Holy Quran would collectively commit themselves with added determination to further strengthen peace and harmony.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday called on the Government to put an end to extrajudicial killings and to launch an independent investigation into them.

The Heated Humidified Oxygen Therapy Unit manufactured by the Sri Lanka Air Force for patients with respiratory difficulties was officially handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on Wednesday (12).

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 892 with 24 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on yesterday (13), the Government Information Department said.

Isolation orders have been issued on 42 more areas in Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Kurunegala districts, says the Commander of Sri Lanka Army General Shavenra Silva.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 868 with 18 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on yesterday (12), the Government Information Department said.

All shops must remain closed from 11 pm tonight till 4 am on Monday, the 17th of May, due to the imposition of island wide travel restrictions, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

Notorious underworld figure “Kosgoda Tharaka”, who was under detention order with Peliyagoda Special Crimes Division, has been shot dead early this morning at Meerigama when he tried to attack police while recovering some weapons, police said.

Eleven Grama Niladhari divisions and a town area have been isolated with immediate effect in Gampaha, Galle and Ratnapura districts, the Army Commander General Shavenra Silva announced.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said the decision to start using organic fertilizer was taken towards endowing a healthy future generation to the country.