Category: Local News

State Minister Arundika Fernando has tested positive for COVID-19.

Ruling out any doubts of a third party or the military taking over their duties as remarked by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as a solution to eliminate all corrupt officials, Customs trade unions yesterday warned the Government that they shall not let such a thing happen at all costs.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would listen to the advice of the Maha Sangha regarding the East Container Terminal (ECT), Minister of Highways, Johnston Fernando said yesterday in Kottawa.

Former United National Party (UNP) MP Navin Dissanayake has notified the party in writing yesterday (26) regarding his intention to step down as National Organiser.

One more COVID-19 related death has been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago.

Researchers in Sri Lanka have identified a new variant of the COVID-19 virus (B1258 lineage), which is highly transmissible.

A group of U.N experts has criticized Sri Lanka’s requirement that those who die of COVID-19 be cremated, even it goes against a family’s religious beliefs, and warned that decisions based on “discrimination and aggressive nationalism” could incite hatred and violence.

Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake who was sentenced to 04 years of Rigorous Imprisonment has been transferred to the Angunukolapelessa Prison today.

Ambassador of the United States to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz has insinuated that Chinese deals lack transparency and mutual benefits for Sri Lanka.

A probe into parties being allegedly held at the Negombo Prison during the tenure of its former Superintendent Anuruddha Sampayo is underway and legal action will be taken accordingly, the Prisons Department said.

Former Deputy Leader of the UNP, Ravi Karunanayake, said the UNP Leader should take the blame for its predicament and leave, if he wants the Party to regain its past glory.

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

A person has been killed in a shooting incident in Pallemulla, Panadura this morning (25).

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Kandy District Parliamentarian Wasantha Yapabandara has tested positive for COVID-19.

State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control, Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle yesterday said that the country should explore the possibility of treating asymptomatic patients at hospitals for only 10 days and letting them complete the last four days of treatment at their homes given that a person with COVID-19 is most contagious in the first 10 days of contracting the disease.

The Cabinet Sub Committee appointed to look into the East Container Terminal of the Colombo Port will convene to examine the report handed over by trade unions pertaining to the Terminal last Friday.