Category: Local News

With postal workers planning to begin an island-wide go-slow campaign from Monday over a decision to scrap overtime payments, the Government has invited postal trade unions for talks to resolve the issue that could affect the upcoming parliamentary election.

Dismissing speculation that she is to be given the marching orders as Colombo’s Mayor, Mrs. Rosy Senanayake stood her ground last week saying “nobody can remove me”.

The main suspect of the gunfire attack on a restaurant in Soysapura, Moratuwa has been shot dead by the Police.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 6 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

It has been made mandatory that all foreign tourists arriving in Sri Lanka from overseas must stay in the island for a minimum of 5 nights from the 1st of August onwards.

In this interview, Election Commission Chairman, Mahinda Deshapriya discusses the possible date of the upcoming General Election, holding an election amidst a pandemic, and allegations against the Commission and its members.

Three police officers have been interdicted over the alleged assault on an autistic teen at the police checkpoint at Ambagaha Junction in Aluthgama.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 5 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Late former Minister Arumugan Thondaman’s son, Jeevan Thondaman has signed nomination papers to contest the upcoming General Election for the Nuwara-Eliya District under the ticket of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.

A U.S. diplomat, who had arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday (4) at about 1.30 a.m. and had been asked to undergo the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test for COVID-19, had however refused, stating that he was entitled to diplomatic immunity.

The whole purpose of having three members on the election commission was to accommodate a diversity of opinion, head of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday said during a TV talk show.

Strengthened by our past experiences and inspired by Dhamma, we strive for prosperity. Even whilst facing the prevailing pandemic, we did not deviate from our vision that is built on the civilized culture we inherited from Arahat Mahinda’s arrival in the country.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed the officials to send returnees from foreign countries for quarantine only after results of PCR tests conducted at the airport itself are known.

Former Minister Lakshman Kiriella says the newly appointed Presidential Task Force under the leadership of Secretary of Defence, Commanders of the Tri-Forces and the Acting Inspector General of Police violates the Constitution.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 4 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

The Cabinet has decided not to charge any fine on income tax during the lock-down period (till June 20, 2020), Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardane said.