Category: Local News

The Constitutional Council today met under the Chairmanship of former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya.

Two more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 337, says the Ministry of Health.

One more patient has tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 335, says the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health has decided to involve private hospitals in the process of carrying out Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing in the country to increase the number of PCR tests carried out daily.

Seven more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 334, says the Ministry of Health.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Presidential Task Force in charge of Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication.

Former State Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva, yesterday, said that Sri Lanka was not in a position to take advantage of extremely low fuel prices due to lack of storage facilities.

Seven more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 330, says the Ministry of Health.

One more patient has tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 323, says the Ministry of Health.

Former Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella has deemed the 2nd of March Presidential Proclamation issued to dissolve the Eighth Parliament, invalid, and has requested Former Speaker of House Karu Jayasuriya to reconvene the previous Parliament.

One more patient has tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 322, says the Ministry of Health.

11 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 321, says the Ministry of Health.

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

The Government would bring all culprits who planned, financed and supported the Easter bombing carnage that killed over 270 and wounded over 500 innocent people on last year’s Easter Sunday, to book soon, Defence Secretary Major General (Retired) Kamal Gunaratne has said.

The government of Japan has provided a sum of approximately Rs.230 million through the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for tackling the novel COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.

113 students who had been stranded in Lahore and Karachi have been brought back to Sri Lanka today (21).