Category: Local News

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 27 July 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

The previously scheduled mobile postal voting programme for those in quarantine centres would not be carried out as planned, National Elections Commission said.

Sri Lanka Police introduced a new hotline 1997 to report on extortion, dangerous drugs, large scale corruption, and threats to National Security said Police Spokesperson SSP Jaliya Senaratne.

Former Parliamentarian Field Marshall Sarath Fonseka claims the government is attempting to conceal the real issues faced by the people.

The North Colombo Teaching Hospital (NCTH) Ragama liver transplant team together with expert doctors from across the country, was able to perform a living-donor liver transplant on a nine year old girl. This marks the first successful liver transplant performed for a child in Sri Lanka, Prof. Rohan Siriwardana said.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 26 July 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

South Indian runners have taken to smuggling turmeric instead of Kerala ganja to Sri Lanka after learning that the scarce commodity brought them more money than narcotics.

Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says drug racketeers must be served the death penalty.

Former Prime Minister and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, stressing he has “no deals with anybody” said he is confident of forming a UNP government following the upcoming parliamentary election.

Terrorists should be treated as terrorists no matter what ethnic or religious group they belong to, while extremism should also not be tolerated, former premier and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

A revelation will be made at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing incidents of political revenge, concerning the undue political influences exerted by a certain group who were acting even above former President Maithripala Sirisena, claimed former Parliamentarian Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.

In 2015, the then President Maithripala Sirisena had not thought there would be a threat to national security and had agreed to hold the National Security Council (NSC) meetings once a month, instead of once a week as before, former Secretary to the President P. B. Abeykoon yesterday told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) investigating the Easter Sunday attacks.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has paid his attention to amend the Antiquities Ordinance in order to strengthen the preservation of antiquities and historical national heritage.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 24 July 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

The United National Party says supporters who are dedicated to carrying out its vision to the grassroots will be protected.

The Cabinet of Ministers has agreed to grant Agrahara insurance benefits to retired public servants numbering around 600,000 in the country.