Category: Local News

The SLFP, which is contesting the Parliamentary Polls on the Podujana Peramuna ticket, shared common ground with the UNP, on the feasibility of holding the elections as scheduled on June 20 when the two parties along with 32 others met the Elections Commission in Colombo, last week.

Two deaths due to the adverse weather experienced across the country were reported yesterday from Kegalle.

More than 56,000 persons have been arrested thus far for violating curfew regulations since curfew was first imposed.

11 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 960, says the Ministry of Health.

12 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 949, says the Ministry of Health.

43 more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

Curfew will be implemented island wide from 8.00 p.m. today, till 5.00 a.m. on Monday.

The Sri Lanka Telecom PLC and Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd has donated Rs.50 million to COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund.

10 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 935, says the Ministry of Health.

Government has announced a grace period till 31 July, 2020 to renew vehicle revenue licences in the Western Province.

32 more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

Four suspects have been arrested while in possession of 225kg 969g of heroin during a raid in Welisara, Ragama by the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB).

The Alcohol and Drug Information Centre says alcohol consumption has dropped by 80% among consumers, since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.

The Government assured that no one in the private sector will lose their jobs due to the financial crisis created by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Nine more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 925, says the Ministry of Health.

Basil Rajapaksa, Special Representative of the President and Head of the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication, symbolically handed over the first batch of face masks from a production of 200 million face masks for export by Brandix, to the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Alaina B. Teplitz.